1975–76 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 = 1975

| image =

| image_caption =

| regular_season =

| number_of_bowls = 11

| all_star_games =

| bowl_start = December 20, 1975

| bowl_end =
January 1, 1976

| championship_bowl = 1976 Orange Bowl

| championship_location = Miami Orange Bowl,
Miami, Florida

| champions = Oklahoma

}}

The 1975–76 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1975 and January 1976 to end the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Tangerine Bowl on December 20, 1975, and concluded on January 1, 1976, 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

{{nowrap|Dec. 20}}

|Tangerine Bowl

|Orlando Stadium
Orlando, Florida

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|No. 16 Miami (OH) (10–1)
South Carolina (7–4)

|Miami 20
South Carolina 7

{{nowrap|Dec. 22}}

|Liberty Bowl

|Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, Tennessee

|ABC

|USC (7–4)
No. 2 Texas A&M (10–1)

|USC 20
Texas A&M 0

rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Dec. 26}}

|Sun Bowl

|Sun Bowl
El Paso, Texas

|CBS

|No. 20 Pittsburgh (7–4)
No. 19 Kansas (7–4)

|Pittsburgh 33
Kansas 19

Fiesta Bowl

|Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, Arizona

|CBS

|No. 7 Arizona State (11–0)
No. 6 Nebraska (10–1)

|Arizona State 17
Nebraska 14

{{nowrap|Dec. 27}}

|Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

|Astrodome
Houston, Texas

|ABC

|No. 9 Texas (9–2)
No. 10 Colorado (9–2)

|Texas 38
Colorado 21

{{nowrap|Dec. 29}}

|Gator Bowl

|Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida

|ABC

|No. 17 Maryland (8–2–1)
No. 13 Florida (9–2)

|Maryland 13
Florida 0

rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Dec. 31}}

|Peach Bowl

|Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia

|Mizlou

|West Virginia (8–3)
NC State (7–3–1)

|West Virginia 13
NC State 10

Sugar Bowl

|Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana

|ABC

|No. 4 Alabama (10–1)
No. 8 Penn State (9–2)

|Alabama 13
Penn State 6

rowspan=3|{{nowrap|Jan. 1}}

|Cotton Bowl Classic

|Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas

|CBS

|No. 18 Arkansas (9–2)
No. 12 Georgia (9–2)

|Arkansas 31
Georgia 10

Rose Bowl

|Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California

|NBC

|No. 11 UCLA (8–2–1)
No. 1 Ohio State (11–0)

|UCLA 23
Ohio State 10

Orange Bowl

|Miami Orange Bowl
Miami, Florida

|NBC

|No. 3 Oklahoma (10–1)
No. 5 Michigan (8–1–2)

|Oklahoma 14
Michigan 6

Rankings from AP Poll

{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1975-bowls.html | title=1975 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=April 22, 2024 | work=Sports Reference }}

References

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