Series of post-season NCAA football games
The 1976–77 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1976 and January 1977 to end the 1976 NCAA Division I football season . A total of 12 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 13, 1976, and concluded on January 2, 1977, with the Sun Bowl .
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Date Game Site TV Teams Results Dec. 13 Independence Bowl State Fair Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana — McNeese State (9–2)Tulsa (7–3–1) McNeese State 20 Tulsa 16 Dec. 18 Tangerine Bowl Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida Mizlou No. 14 Oklahoma State (8–3)BYU (9–2) Oklahoma State 49 BYU 21 Dec. 20 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee ABC No. 16 Alabama (9–3) No. 7 UCLA (9–1–1) Alabama 36 UCLA 6 Dec. 25 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona CBS No. 8 Oklahoma (8–2–1)Wyoming (8–3) Oklahoma 41 Wyoming 7 Dec. 27 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida ABC No. 15 Notre Dame (8–3) No. 20 Penn State (7–4) Notre Dame 20 Penn State 9 Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Fulton County Stadium Atlanta , Georgia Mizlou Kentucky (7–4) No. 19 North Carolina (9–2) Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astrodome Houston , Texas TVS No. 13 Nebraska (8–3–1) No. 18 Texas Tech (10–1) Nebraska 27 Texas Tech 24 Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans , Louisiana ABC No. 1 Pittsburgh (11–0) No. 5 Georgia (10–1) Pittsburgh 27 Georgia 3 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas , Texas CBS No. 6 Houston (9–2) No. 4 Maryland (11–0) Houston 30 Maryland 21 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, California NBC No. 3 USC (10–1) No. 2 Michigan (10–1) USC 14 Michigan 6 Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl Miami , Florida NBC No. 11 Ohio State (8–2–1) No. 12 Colorado (8–3) Ohio State 27 Colorado 10 Jan. 2 Sun Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas CBS No. 20 Texas A&M (9–2)Florida (8–3) Texas A&M 37 Florida 14
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