1997–98 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 1997 20 December 20, 1997 January 2, 1998 Orange Bowl Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL Michigan (AP) Nebraska (Coaches) Big Ten 7 2 5 4 SEC 6 5 1 6 Pac-10 6 5 1 4 Big 12 5 2 3 5 ACC 4 3 1 3 Big East 4 0 4 1 WAC 3 1 2 1 CUSA 2 2 0 1 Big West 1 0 1 0 MAC 1 0 1 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.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1997-bowls.html 1997 College Football Bowl Games Sports-Reference.com December 15, 2018 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 DateTimeGameSiteResultRef. Dec 20 6:00 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV Oregon 41, No. 23 Air Force 13 Dec 25 3:30 PM Aloha Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI No. 21 Washington 51, No. 25 Michigan State 23 Dec 26 8:00 PM Motor City Bowl Pontiac SilverdomePontiac, MI Ole Miss 34, Marshall 31 Dec 27 2:30 PM Insight.com Bowl Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 Dec 28 8:00 PM Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA No. 15 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9Dec 29 3:30 PM Humanitarian Bowl Bronco StadiumBoise, ID Cincinnati 35, Utah State 19 7:30 PM Carquest Bowl Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens, FL Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30 8:00 PM Holiday Bowl Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA No. 18 Colorado State 35, No. 19 Missouri 24 Dec 30 8:00 PM Alamo Bowl AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX No. 17 Purdue 33, No. 24 Oklahoma State 20Dec 31 2:00 PM Sun Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX No. 16 Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 3:30 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN No. 22 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7Jan 1 11:00 AM Outback Bowl Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL No. 12 Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6 12:30 PM Gator Bowl Alltel StadiumJacksonville, FL No. 7 North Carolina 42, Virginia Tech 3 1:00 PM Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL No. 6 Florida 21, No. 11 Penn State 6 1:30 PM Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton BowlDallas, TX No. 5 UCLA 29, No. 20 Texas A&M 23 5:00 PM Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA No. 1 Michigan 21, No. 8 Washington State 16 Jan 2 3:00 PM Peach Bowl Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA No. 13 Auburn 21, Clemson 17 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.https://www.newspapers.com/image/89637677/?terms=bowl%2Bschedule Bowl Schedule Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 12, 1997 71 limited Newspapers.com Bowl Alliance bowls DateTimeGameSiteResultRef. Dec 31 7:00 PM Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ No. 10 Kansas State 35, No. 14 Syracuse 18 Jan 1 8:00 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA No. 4 Florida State 31, No. 9 Ohio State 14 Jan 2 8:00 PM Orange Bowl (championship game) Pro Player StadiumMiami 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. References