1936–37 NCAA football bowl games

1936–37 NCAA football bowl games
1936–37 NCAA football bowl games
	Number of bowl games per state. Note that the Bacardi Bowl was held in Havana, Cuba.
Season	1936
Number of bowls	6
All-star games	East–West Shrine Game
Bowl games	January 1, 1937
National Championship	none
Location of Championship	N/A
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (AP, Dickinson, Dunkel)
Conference
Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls
Independents	6
SEC	3
SWC	1
Border	1
Pacific Coast	1
Big Six	0
Big Ten	0
Rocky Mountain	0
Southern	0
	←1935–36; Bowl game; 1937–38→;

Number of bowl teams per state

The 1936–37 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the 1936 college football season, and included the debuts of the Cotton Bowl Classic and Bacardi Bowl, which would complement the Orange, Rose, Sugar Bowl and Sun Bowl as the fifth and sixth post-season games.^[1] This was the only season that the Bacardi Bowl was recognized by the NCAA.

Poll rankings[]

The below table lists top teams (per the AP Poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win-loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in.^[2]^[3]

AP	Team	W–L	Conf.	Bowl
1	Minnesota Golden Gophers	7–1	Big Ten	—
2	LSU Tigers	9–0–1	SEC	Sugar Bowl
3	Pittsburgh Panthers	7–1–1	Ind.	Rose Bowl
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	8–0–1	SEC	—
5	Washington Huskies	7–1–1	PCC	Rose Bowl
6	Santa Clara Broncos	7–0	Ind.	Sugar Bowl
7	Northwestern Wildcats	7–1	Big Ten	—
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6–2	Ind.	—
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers	7–2	Big Six	—
10	Penn Quakers	7–1	Ind.	—
11	Duke Blue Devils	9–1	Southern	—
12	Yale Bulldogs	7–1	Ind.	—
13	Dartmouth Indians	7–1–1	Ind.	—
14	Duquesne Dukes	7–2	Ind.	Orange Bowl
15	Fordham Rams	5–1–2	Ind.	—
16	TCU Horned Frogs	7–2–2	SWC	Cotton Bowl Classic
17	Tennessee Volunteers	6–2–1	SEC	—
T18	Arkansas Razorbacks	6–3	SWC	—
T18	Navy Midshipmen	6–3	Ind.	—
20	Marquette Golden Avalanche	7–1	Ind.	Cotton Bowl Classic

The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.

Bowl schedule[]

Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll.

Date	Game	Site	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Jan. 1	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	No. 3 Pittsburgh Panthers (7–1–1) No. 5 Washington Huskies (7–1–1)	Independent PCC	Pittsburgh 21 Washington 0
	Sugar Bowl	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana	No. 6 Santa Clara Broncos (7–1) No. 2 LSU Tigers (9–0–1)	Independent SEC	Santa Clara 21 LSU 14
	Orange Bowl	Miami Field Miami, Florida	No. 14 Duquesne Dukes (7–2) Mississippi State Maroons (7–2–1)	Independent SEC	Duquesne 13 Mississippi State 12
	Sun Bowl	Jones Stadium El Paso, Texas	Hardin–Simmons Cowboys (8–2) Texas Mines Miners (5–3–2)	Independent Border	Hardin–Simmons 34 Texas Mines 6
	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	No. 16 TCU Horned Frogs (8–2–2) No. 20 Marquette Golden Avalanche (7–1)	SWC Independent	TCU 16 Marquette 6
	Bacardi Bowl	La Tropical Stadium Havana, Cuba	Auburn Tigers (7–2–1) Villanova Wildcats (7–2)	SEC Independent	Auburn 7 Villanova 7

References[]

^ Rigg, Don (December 8, 1936). "That's My Story". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. p. 24. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Final Standings". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. December 1, 1936. p. 16. Retrieved December 17, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "1936 Final AP Football Poll". collegepollarchive.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2018 – via Wayback Machine.

[1] Rigg, Don (December 8, 1936). "That's My Story". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. p. 24. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

[2] "Final Standings". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. December 1, 1936. p. 16. Retrieved December 17, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

[3] "1936 Final AP Football Poll". collegepollarchive.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2018 – via Wayback Machine.

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