1997–98 NCAA football bowl games

1997–98 NCAA football bowl games
Season1997
Number of bowls20
Bowl gamesDecember 20, 1997 –
January 2, 1998
National ChampionshipOrange Bowl
Location of ChampionshipPro Player Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL
ChampionsMichigan (AP)
Nebraska (Coaches)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP poll
Big Ten 7 2–5 (0.286) 4
SEC 6 5–1 (0.833) 6
Pac-10 6 5–1 (0.833) 4
Big 12 5 2–3 (0.400) 5
ACC 4 3–1 (0.750) 3
Big East 4 0–4 (0.000) 1
WAC 3 1–2 (0.333) 1
CUSA 2 2–0 (1.000) 1
Big West 1 0–1 (0.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1997–98 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third and final year of the Bowl Alliance era, Nebraska defeated Tennessee in the 1998 Orange Bowl, designated as the Bowl Alliance national championship for the 1997 season. AP-No. 1 ranked Michigan defeated Washington State in the 1998 Rose Bowl, which was not a part of the Bowl Alliance. Michigan was awarded the national championship by the AP Poll and Nebraska by the Coaches Poll.

A total of 20 bowl games were played between December 20, 1997 and January 2, 1998 by 40 bowl-eligible teams.[1] Two new bowl games were added this year: the Motor City Bowl (now known as the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl), and the Humanitarian Bowl (now known as the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).

Non-Bowl Alliance bowls

Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 20 6:00 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium
Las Vegas, NV 		Oregon 41, No. 23 Air Force 13
Dec 25 3:30 PM Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HI 		No. 21 Washington 51, No. 25 Michigan State 23
Dec 26 8:00 PM Motor City Bowl Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac, MI 		Ole Miss 34, Marshall 31
Dec 27 2:30 PM Insight.com Bowl Arizona Stadium
Tucson, AZ 		Arizona 20, New Mexico 14
Dec 28 8:00 PM Independence Bowl Independence Stadium
Shreveport, LA 		No. 15 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9
Dec 29 3:30 PM Humanitarian Bowl Bronco Stadium
Boise, ID 		Cincinnati 35, Utah State 19
7:30 PM Carquest Bowl Pro Player Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL 		Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30
8:00 PM Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA 		No. 18 Colorado State 35, No. 19 Missouri 24
Dec 30 8:00 PM Alamo Bowl Alamodome
San Antonio, TX 		No. 17 Purdue 33, No. 24 Oklahoma State 20
Dec 31 2:00 PM Sun Bowl Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX 		No. 16 Arizona State 17, Iowa 7
3:30 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, TN 		No. 22 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7
Jan 1 11:00 AM Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 		No. 12 Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6
12:30 PM Gator Bowl Alltel Stadium
Jacksonville, FL 		No. 7 North Carolina 42, Virginia Tech 3
1:00 PM Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl
Orlando, FL 		No. 6 Florida 21, No. 11 Penn State 6
1:30 PM Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX 		No. 5 UCLA 29, No. 20 Texas A&M 23
5:00 PM Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA 		No. 1 Michigan 21, No. 8 Washington State 16
Jan 2 3:00 PM Peach Bowl Georgia Dome
Atlanta, GA 		No. 13 Auburn 21, Clemson 17
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

Bowl Alliance bowls

Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 31 7:00 PM Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ 		No. 10 Kansas State 35, No. 14 Syracuse 18
Jan 1 8:00 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, LA 		No. 4 Florida State 31, No. 9 Ohio State 14
Jan 2 8:00 PM Orange Bowl
(championship game) 		Pro Player Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL 		No. 2 Nebraska 42, No. 3 Tennessee 17
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

References

  1. ^ "1997 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Bowl Schedule". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 12, 1997. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.