Bowl History
1961
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Collegiate 0-0 Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 0-0 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-1 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Carolinas 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 2-1 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-1 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain States Athletic 1-1 Northern California Athletic 0-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 0-1 Southeastern 2-2 Southern 0-0 Southwest 2-2
Bowl History
1961
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1962 Cotton Texas 12-7 Mississippi 1/1/1962 Orange Louisiana State 25-7 Colorado 1/1/1962 Rose Minnesota 21-3 UCLA 1/1/1962 Sugar Alabama 10-3 Arkansas 12/16/1961 Bluebonnet Kansas 33-7 Rice 12/16/1961 Liberty Syracuse 15-14 Miami (Florida) 12/30/1961 Gator Penn State 30-15 Georgia Tech 12/30/1961 Sun Villanova 17-9 Wichita State 12/9/1961 Gotham Baylor 24-9 Utah State 12/9/1961 Aviation New Mexico 28-12 Western Michigan
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.