Bowl History
1955
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 0-1 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-0 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 0-1 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf Coast 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 1-1 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain States Athletic 1-0 North State 0-0 Northern California Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pacific Coast 0-1 Southeastern 3-1 Southern 0-0 Southwest 0-1
Bowl History
1955
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/2/1956 Orange Oklahoma 20-6 Maryland 1/2/1956 Rose Michigan State 17-14 UCLA 1/2/1956 Sugar Georgia Tech 7-0 Pittsburgh 1/2/1956 Sun Wyoming 21-14 Texas Tech 1/2/1956 Cotton Mississippi 14-13 Texas Christian 12/31/1955 Gator Vanderbilt 25-13 Auburn
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.