Division 1A College Bowl Results 1988

Bowl	Winners		Runners-Up
	Big 4 Bowls
Cotton	UCLA Bruins	17	Arkansas Razorbacks	3
Rose	Michigan Wolverines	22	USC Trojans	14
Sugar	Florida State Seminoles	13	Auburn Tigers	7
Orange	Miami Hurricanes	23	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3
	Other Division 1A Bowls
Holiday	Oklahoma State Cowboys	62	Wyoming Cowboys	14
Peach	North Carolina State Wolfpack	28	Iowa Hawkeyes	23
Liberty	Indiana Hoosiers	34	South Carolina Gamecocks	10
Gator	Georgia Bulldogs	34	Michigan State Spartans	27
Fiesta	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	34	West Virginia Mountaineers	21
Hall of Fame	Syracuse Orangemen	23	Louisiana State Tigers	10
Citrus	Clemson Tigers	13	Oklahoma Sooners	6
Sun	Alabama Crimson Tide	29	Army Black Knights	28
Independence	Southern Mississippi	38	Texas-El Paso	18
Freedom	Brigham Young Cougars	20	Colorado Buffaloes	17
All-American	Florida Gators	14	Illinois Fighting Illini	10

Division 1A Conferences 1988

Major Division 1A Conferences	Other Division 1A Conferences
Atlantic Coast	Independents
Big Eight	Mid-American
Big Ten	Missouri Valley
Pacific 10	Ohio Valley
Southeastern	Pacific Coast
Southwest	Southern
Western Athletic

Report

The 1988 College Football Bowl Games in 1988, had Four Big Bowl Games: Cotton, Rose, Sugar and Orange. The Bowl Games participants are selected by the Conferences.

In 1947-48, the Rose Bowl became a Western Universities match-up between the winners of the Pacific Coast (now Pacific 10) and the Big Ten, always held in Pasadena, California. Michigan beat USC (Southern California) 22-14 in the 1988 Rose Bowl.

The Orange Bowl had a tendency at the time to match up the Country’s two best teams, for the unofficial title of “National Champion”. In 1988 Miami beat Nebraska 23-3.

The Cotton Bowl matches the Champions of the Southwest Conference with another top College from across the USA, and in 1988 UCLA (California-Los Angeles) were the invited team, and beat Arkansas 17-3.

The Sugar Bowl, like the Cotton Bowl, matches the Champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with another top College from elsewhere in the United States and in 1988 Florida State (an Independent) beat Auburn (the SEC Champions) 13-7.

The Irish interest, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, from South Bend, Indiana, just outside Chicago, won the Fiesta Bowl, beating West Virginia 34-21.

References

Bibliography

[1] Rowe, Pete (1989) “Guinness American Football: Records, Facts and Champions” Fifth Edition, 1989. Pg. 112. Published in Great Britain by Guinness Publishing Ltd. Enfield, Middlesex

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

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