Date | Game | Site | TV | Teams | Results |
Dec. 15 | Garden State Bowl | Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey | Mizlou | No. 20 Temple Owls (9–2) California Golden Bears (7–4) | Temple 28 California 17 |
Independence Bowl | State Fair Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana | TBS | Syracuse Orangemen (6–5) McNeese State Cowboys (11–0) | Syracuse 31 McNeese State 7 |
Dec. 21 | Holiday Bowl | Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California | Mizlou | Indiana Hoosiers (7–4) No. 9 BYU Cougars (11–0) | Indiana 38 BYU 37 |
Dec. 22 | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas | CBS | No. 13 Washington Huskies (9–2) No. 11 Texas Longhorns (9–2) | Washington 14 Texas 7 |
Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee | ABC | Penn State Nittany Lions (7–4) No. 15 Tulane Green Wave (9–2) | Penn State 9 Tulane 6 |
Tangerine Bowl | Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida | Mizlou | LSU Tigers (6–5) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (8–3) | LSU 34 Wake Forest 10 |
Dec. 25 | Fiesta Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona | NBC | No. 10 Pittsburgh Panthers (10–1) Arizona Wildcats (6–4–1) | Pittsburgh 16 Arizona 10 |
Dec. 28 | Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida | ABC | North Carolina Tar Heels (7–3–1) No. 14 Michigan Wolverines (8–3) | North Carolina 17 Michigan 15 |
Dec. 29 | Hall of Fame Classic | Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama | Mizlou | Missouri Tigers (6–5) No. 16 South Carolina Gamecocks (8–3) | Missouri 24 South Carolina 14 |
Dec. 31 | Peach Bowl | Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia | CBS | No. 19 Baylor Bears (7–4) No. 18 Clemson Tigers (8–3) | Baylor 24 Clemson 18 |
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | Astrodome Houston, Texas | Mizlou | No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers (9–2) Tennessee Volunteers (7–4) | Purdue 27 Tennessee 22 |
Jan. 1 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas | CBS | No. 8 Houston Cougars (10–1) No. 7 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10–1) | Houston 17 Nebraska 14 |
Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana | ABC | No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11–0) No. 6 Arkansas Razorbacks (10–1) | Alabama 24 Arkansas 9 |
Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California | NBC | No. 3 USC Trojans (10–0–1) No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes (11–0) | USC 17 Ohio State 16 |
Orange Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida | NBC | No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (10–1) No. 4 Florida State Seminoles (11–0) | Oklahoma 24 Florida State 7 |