1976–77 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 = 1976
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 12
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 13, 1976
| bowl_end =
January 2, 1977
| championship_bowl = 1977 Sugar Bowl
| championship_location = Louisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana
| champions = Pittsburgh
}}
The 1976–77 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1976 and January 1977 to end the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 12 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 13, 1976, and concluded on January 2, 1977, with the Sun 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. 13}}
|State Fair Stadium |{{mdash}} |McNeese State (9–2) |McNeese State 20 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 18}}
|Orlando Stadium |No. 14 Oklahoma State (8–3) |Oklahoma State 49 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 20}}
|Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium |ABC |No. 16 Alabama (9–3) |Alabama 36 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 25}}
|Sun Devil Stadium |CBS |No. 8 Oklahoma (8–2–1) |Oklahoma 41 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 27}}
|Gator Bowl Stadium |ABC |No. 15 Notre Dame (8–3) |Notre Dame 20 |
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Dec. 31}}
|Fulton County Stadium |Mizlou |Kentucky (7–4) |Kentucky 21 |
| Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
|TVS |No. 13 Nebraska (8–3–1) |Nebraska 27 |
| rowspan=4|{{nowrap|Jan. 1}}
|Louisiana Superdome |ABC |No. 1 Pittsburgh (11–0) |Pittsburgh 27 |
| Cotton Bowl Classic
|CBS |No. 6 Houston (9–2) |Houston 30 |
| Rose Bowl
|Rose Bowl |NBC |No. 3 USC (10–1) |USC 14 |
| Orange Bowl
|Miami Orange Bowl |NBC |No. 11 Ohio State (8–2–1) |Ohio State 27 |
| {{nowrap|Jan. 2}}
|CBS |No. 20 Texas A&M (9–2) |Texas A&M 37 |
Rankings from AP Poll
{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1976-bowls.html | title=1976 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=April 22, 2024 | work=Sports Reference }}