Bowl History
1959
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 1-0 Big 10 0-1 Big Eight 0-1 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 1-0 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 2-0 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-1 Mountain States Athletic 0-0 North State 0-0 Northern California Athletic 0-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 1-0 Southeastern 2-3 Southern 0-0 Southwest 1-2
Bowl History
1959
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1960 Orange Georgia 14-0 Missouri 1/1/1960 Rose Washington 44-8 Wisconsin 1/1/1960 Sugar Mississippi 21-0 Louisiana State 1/1/1960 Cotton Syracuse 23-14 Texas 1/2/1960 Gator Arkansas 14-7 Georgia Tech 12/19/1959 Liberty Penn State 7-0 Alabama 12/19/1959 Bluebonnet Clemson 23-7 Texas Christian 12/31/1959 Sun New Mexico State 28-8 North Texas
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.