Bowl History
1976
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic Coast 0-2 Big 10 1-1 Big Eight 3-1 Big Sky 0-0 Big West 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf South 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Independent 2-2 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-1 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 1-1 Southeastern 2-2 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-0 Southwest 2-1 Western Athletic 0-2
Bowl History
1976
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1977 Cotton Houston 30-21 Maryland 1/1/1977 Orange Ohio State 27-10 Colorado 1/1/1977 Rose Southern California 14-6 Michigan 1/1/1977 Sugar Pittsburgh 27-3 Georgia 1/2/1977 Sun Texas A&M 37-14 Florida 11/27/1976 Capital One Florida 19-10 Miami (Florida) 12/13/1976 Independence McNeese State 20-16 Tulsa 12/18/1976 Capital One Oklahoma State 49-21 Brigham Young 12/20/1976 Liberty Alabama 36-6 UCLA 12/25/1976 Fiesta Oklahoma 41-7 Wyoming 12/27/1976 Gator Notre Dame 20-9 Penn State 12/31/1976 Peach Kentucky 21-0 North Carolina 12/31/1976 Bluebonnet Nebraska 27-24 Texas Tech
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.