1973–74 NCAA football bowl games
{{Short description|Series of post-season NCAA football games}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1973
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 11
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 17, 1973
| bowl_end =
January 1, 1974
| championship_bowl = 1973 Sugar Bowl
| championship_location = Tulane Stadium,
New Orleans, Louisiana
| champions = Notre Dame
}}
The 1973–74 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1973 and January 1974 to end the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 17, 1973, and concluded on January 1, 1974, with the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2022/Bowls.pdf|title=All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance|access-date=April 28, 2024|work=National Collegiate Athletic Association}}
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| Date
!Game !Site !TV !Teams !Results |
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| {{nowrap|Dec. 17}}
|Memphis Memorial Stadium |ABC |No. 16 NC State (8–3) |NC State 31 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 21}}
|Sun Devil Stadium |No. 10 Arizona State (10–1) |Arizona State 28 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 22}}
|Tangerine Bowl |No. 15 Miami (OH) (10–0) |Miami OH 16 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 28}}
|Fulton County Stadium |Mizlou |Georgia (6–4–1) |Georgia 17 |
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|Dec. 29}}
|CBS |Missouri 34 |
| Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
|ABC |No. 14 Houston (10–1) |Houston 47 |
| Gator Bowl
|Gator Bowl Stadium |ABC |No. 11 Texas Tech (10–1) |Texas Tech 28 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 31}}
|Tulane Stadium |ABC |No. 3 Notre Dame (10–0) |Notre Dame 24 |
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|Jan. 1}}
|CBS |No. 12 Nebraska (8–2–1) |Nebraska 19 |
| Rose Bowl
|Rose Bowl |NBC |No. 4 Ohio State (9–0–1) |Ohio State 42 |
| Orange Bowl
|Miami Orange Bowl |NBC |No. 6 Penn State (11–0) |Penn State 16 |
Rankings from AP Poll
{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1973-bowls.html | title=1973 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=April 28, 2024 | work=Sports Reference }}