1936–37 NCAA football bowl games

1936–37 NCAA football bowl games
File:1936 Bowls-USA-states.PNG Number of bowl games per state (note 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
Conference Bowl Records
Conference Bowl Teams Record % Teams in AP Poll
Independents 6 4–1–1 0.800 10
SEC 3 0–2–1 0.000 3
SWC 1 1–0 1.000 2
Border 1 0–1 0.000 0
Pacific Coast 1 0–1 0.000 1
Big Six 0 0–0 0.000 1
Rocky Mountain 0 0–0 0.000 0
Southern 0 0–0 0.000 1
Western 0 0–0 0.000 2
College football bowl games «1935–36 1937–38»

File:1936 Bowl Teams-USA-states.png

Number of bowl teams per state

The 1936-37 NCAA College Football Bowl Games were the first to feature 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. This was the only season that the Bacardi Bowl was recognized by the NCAA.

Bowl games

NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted

Rose Bowl

Main article: 1937 Rose Bowl

• (3) Pittsburgh 21, (5) Washington 0

Sugar Bowl

Main article: 1937 Sugar Bowl

• (6) Santa Clara 21, (2) LSU 14

Orange Bowl

Main article: 1937 Orange Bowl

• (14) Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12

Sun Bowl

Main article: 1937 Sun Bowl

• Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas School of Mines 6

Cotton Bowl Classic

Main article: 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic

• (16) Texas Christian 16, (20) Marquette 6

Bacardi Bowl

Main article: 1937 Bacardi Bowl

• Auburn 7, Villanova 7