1986–87 NCAA football bowl games


The 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1986 and January 1987 to end the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the California Bowl on December 13, 1986, and concluded on January 17, 1987, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.

Schedule

DateGameSiteTime
TVMatchup
AP
pre-game
rank		UPI
pre-game
rank
12/13California BowlBulldog Stadium
Fresno, California		 San Jose State 37 ,
Miami 7 		NR
NR		#19
NR
12/20Independence BowlIndependence Stadium
Shreveport, Louisiana		 MizlouOle Miss 20 ,
Texas Tech 17 		NR
NR		NR
NR
12/23Hall of Fame BowlTampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida		 MizlouBoston College 27 ,
Georgia 24 		NR
NR		NR
  1. 17
12/25Sun BowlSun Bowl Stadium
El Paso, Texas		 CBSAlabama 28 ,
Washington 6 		#13
  • 12
    		• #14
  • 11
    • 12/27Aloha BowlAloha Stadium
    Honolulu, Hawaii    		 ABCArizona 30 ,
    North Carolina 21     		#16NR#13
    NR
    12/27Gator BowlGator Bowl Stadium
    Jacksonville, Florida    		 CBSClemson 27 ,
    Stanford 21     		NR
    1. 20
    		#18
  • 17
    • 12/29Liberty BowlLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
    Memphis, Tennessee    		 Raycom SportsTennessee 21 ,
    Minnesota 14     		NRNRNR
    NR
    12/30Holiday BowlJack Murphy Stadium
    San Diego, California    		 ESPNIowa 39 ,
    San Diego State 38     		#19
    NR    		RV
    NR
    12/30Freedom BowlAnaheim Stadium
    Anaheim, California    		 MizlouUCLA 31 ,
    BYU 10     		NR
    1. 15
    		NR
  • 15
    • 12/31Bluebonnet BowlRice Stadium
    Houston, Texas    		 Raycom SportsBaylor 21 ,
    Colorado 9     		#14
  • 16
    		• NRNR
    12/31All-American BowlLegion Field
    Birmingham, Alabama    		 TBSFlorida State 27 ,
    Indiana 13     		NR
    NR    		NR
    NR
    12/31Peach BowlFulton County Stadium
    Atlanta    		 MizlouVirginia Tech 25 ,
    NC State 24     		NR
    1. 18
    		NRNR
    1/1Florida Citrus BowlFlorida Citrus Bowl
    Orlando, Florida    		12:00 PMABCAuburn 16 ,
    USC 7     		#10
    NR    		#9
    NR
    1/1Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton Bowl
    Dallas, Texas    		1:30 PMCBSOhio State 28 ,
    Texas A&M 12     		#11
    1. 8
    		#12
  • 7
    • 1/1Sugar BowlLouisiana Superdome
    New Orleans, Louisiana    		3:30 PMABCNebraska 30 ,
    LSU 15     		#6
  • 5
    		• #5
  • 6
    • 1/1Rose BowlRose Bowl
    Pasadena, California    		4:30 PMNBCArizona State 22 ,
    Michigan 15     		#7
  • 4
    		• #8
  • 4
    • 1/1Orange BowlMiami Orange Bowl
    Miami    		8:00 PMNBCOklahoma 42 ,
    Arkansas 8     		#3
  • 9
    		• #3
  • 10
    • 1/2Fiesta BowlSun Devil Stadium
    Tempe, Arizona    		8:00 PMNBCPenn State 14 ,
    Miami 10     		#2
  • 1
    		• #2
  • 1