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1973–74 NCAA football bowl games

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Season

1973

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 17, 1973 –
January 1, 1974

National Championship

1973 Sugar Bowl

Location of Championship

Tulane Stadium,
New Orleans, Louisiana

Champions

Notre Dame

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP Poll

←1972–73

Bowl game

1974–75→

The 1973–74 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1973 and January 1974 to end the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 17, 1973, and concluded on January 1, 1974, with the Orange Bowl.

Schedule[edit]

^[1]

Date	Game	Site	TV	Teams	Results
Dec. 17	Liberty Bowl	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	ABC	No. 16 NC State (8–3) No. 19 Kansas (7–3–1)	NC State 31 Kansas 18
Dec. 21	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	Mizlou	No. 10 Arizona State (10–1) Pittsburgh (6–4–1)	Arizona State 28 Pittsburgh 7
Dec. 22	Tangerine Bowl	Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida	Mizlou	No. 15 Miami (OH) (10–0) Florida (7–4)	Miami OH 16 Florida 7
Dec. 28	Peach Bowl	Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	Mizlou	Georgia (6–4–1) No. 18 Maryland (8–3)	Georgia 17 Maryland 16
Dec. 29	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	CBS	Missouri (7–4) Auburn (6–5)	Missouri 34 Auburn 17
	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, Texas	ABC	No. 14 Houston (10–1) No. 17 Tulane (9–2)	Houston 47 Tulane 7
	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	ABC	No. 11 Texas Tech (10–1) No. 20 Tennessee (8–3)	Texas Tech 28 Tennessee 19
Dec. 31	Sugar Bowl	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana	ABC	No. 3 Notre Dame (10–0) No. 1 Alabama (11–0)	Notre Dame 24 Alabama 23
Jan. 1	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	CBS	No. 12 Nebraska (8–2–1) No. 8 Texas (8–2)	Nebraska 19 Texas 3
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	NBC	No. 4 Ohio State (9–0–1) No. 7 USC (9–1–1)	Ohio State 42 USC 21
	Orange Bowl	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida	NBC	No. 6 Penn State (11–0) No. 13 LSU (9–2)	Penn State 16 LSU 9

Rankings from AP Poll ^[2]

References[edit]

^ "All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

^ "1973 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

1973–74 NCAA football bowl game season

Liberty (Dec. 17)
Fiesta (Dec. 21)
Tangerine (Dec. 22)
Peach (Dec. 28)
Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 29)
Gator (Dec. 29)
Sun (Dec. 29)
Sugar (Dec. 31)
Cotton (Jan. 1)
Rose (Jan. 1)
Orange (Jan. 1)

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