Bowl History
1948
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Intercollegiate 1-0 Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-1 Arkansas Intercollegiate 0-0 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-1 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 0-2 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 California Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Dixie 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Independent 1-1 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-1 Mountain States Athletic 0-1 North State 0-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pacific Coast 0-2 Southeastern 0-1 Southern 1-2 Southwest 3-0
Bowl History
1948
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1949 Cotton Southern Methodist 21-13 Oregon 1/1/1949 Delta William & Mary 20-0 Oklahoma State 1/1/1949 Dixie Baylor 20-7 Wake Forest 1/1/1949 Gator Clemson 24-23 Missouri 1/1/1949 Harbor Villanova 27-7 Nevada 1/1/1949 Orange Texas 41-28 Georgia 1/1/1949 Raisin Occidental 21-20 Colorado State 1/1/1949 Rose Northwestern 20-14 California 1/1/1949 Salad Drake 14-13 Arizona 1/1/1949 Sugar Oklahoma 14-6 North Carolina 1/1/1949 Sun West Virginia 21-12 Texas-El Paso 12/30/1948 Camellia Hardin-Simmons 49-12 Wichita State
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.