1995–96 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 1995 18 December 14, 1995 January 2, 1996 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona Nebraska Big Ten 6 2 4 5 SEC 6 2 4 4 Pac-10 5 1 4 2 Big Eight 4 4 0 4 ACC 4 3 1 2 SWC 3 2 1 3 Big East 2 2 0 3 WAC 2 0 2 0 MAC 1 1 0 1 Big West 1 0 1 0 The 1995–96 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first year of the Bowl Alliance era, the Alliance achieved its goal of matching the two top-ranked teams in the country in the Fiesta Bowl, designated as the Bowl Alliance national championship game for the 1995 season. Top-ranked Nebraska soundly defeated second-ranked Florida 62–24 to repeat as national champions. A total of 18 bowl games were played from December 14 through January 2 by 36 bowl-eligible teams.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1995-bowls.html 1995 College Football Bowl Games Sports-Reference.com December 16, 2018 This was one fewer than the 19 bowls played in 1993–94 and 1994–95, as the Freedom Bowl dissolved after 1994. Adopted for this postseason, overtime was used for the first time in Division I-A in the Las Vegas Bowl on December 14.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ukVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4873%2C3814693 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Tait's 4 TDs lift Toledo December 15, 1995 5C Non-Bowl Alliance bowls DateTime (EST)TVGameSiteResultRef. Dec 14 9:00 PM ESPN Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV No. 25 Toledo 40, Nevada 37 (OT) Dec 25 3:30 PM ABC Aloha Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI No. 11 Kansas 51, UCLA 30 Dec 27 9:00 PM ESPN Copper Bowl Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ Texas Tech 55, Air Force 41 Dec 28 8:00 PM ESPN Alamo Bowl AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX No. 19 Texas A&M 22, No. 14 Michigan 20Dec 29 2:30 PM CBS Sun Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX Iowa 38, No. 20 Washington 18 5:30 PM ESPN Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA LSU 45, Michigan State 26 9:00 PM ESPN Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy StadiumSan Diego, CA No. 10 Kansas State 54, Colorado State 21Dec 30 12:00 PM ESPN Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 7:30 PM TBS Carquest Bowl Joe Robbie StadiumMiami Gardens, FL North Carolina 20, No. 24 Arkansas 10 8:00 PM ESPN Peach Bowl Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA No. 18 Virginia 34, Georgia 27Jan 1 11:00 AM ESPN Outback Bowl Tampa StadiumTampa, FL No. 15 Penn State 43, No. 16 Auburn 14 1:00 PM ABC Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL No. 4–T Tennessee 20, No. 4–T Ohio State 14note Tennessee and Ohio State were tied at fourth in the pre-bowl AP Poll. 1:00 PM NBC Gator Bowl Jacksonville Municipal StadiumJacksonville, FL Syracuse 41, No. 23 Clemson 0 1:30 PM CBS Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton BowlDallas, TX No. 7 Colorado 38, No. 12 Oregon 6 5:00 PM ABC Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA No. 17 USC 41, No. 3 Northwestern 32 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.https://www.newspapers.com/image/89680827/?terms=bowl%2Bschedule Bowl Schedule Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 4, 1995 43 limited Newspapers.com Bowl Alliance bowls DateTimeGameSiteResultRef. Dec 31 7:30 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA No. 13 Virginia Tech 28, No. 9 Texas 10 Jan 1 8:00 PM Orange Bowl Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL No. 8 Florida State 31, No. 6 Notre Dame 26 Jan 2 8:30 PM Fiesta Bowl (championship game) Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ No. 1 Nebraska 62, No. 2 Florida 24 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. Notes note References