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Series of post-season NCAA football games
The 1971–72 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1971 and January 1972 to end the 1971 NCAA University Division football season . A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Sun Bowl on December 18, 1971, and concluded on January 1, 1972, with the Orange Bowl .
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Date
Game
Site
TV
Teams
Results
Dec. 18
Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas
CBS
No. 11 LSU (8–3)Iowa State (8–3)
LSU 33
Pasadena Bowl
Rose Bowl Pasadena, California
Memphis State (4–6)San Jose State (5–5–1)
Memphis State 28
Dec. 20
Liberty Bowl
Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee
ABC
No. 9 Tennessee (9–2)Arkansas (8–2–1)
Tennessee 14
Dec. 27
Fiesta Bowl
Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
Mizlou
No. 8 Arizona State (10–1)Florida State (8–3)
Arizona State 45
Dec. 28
Tangerine Bowl
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida
No. 14 Toledo (11–0)Richmond (5–5)
Toledo 28
Dec. 30
Peach Bowl
Fulton County Stadium Atlanta , Georgia
Mizlou
No. 17 Ole Miss (9–2)Georgia Tech (6–5)
Ole Miss 41
Dec. 31
Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida
ABC
No. 6 Georgia (10–1)North Carolina (9–2)
Georgia 7
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
Astrodome Houston , Texas
HTN
No. 7 Colorado (9–2)Houston (9–2)
Colorado 29
Jan. 1
Sugar Bowl
Tulane Stadium New Orleans , Louisiana
ABC
No. 3 Oklahoma (10–1)Auburn (9–1)
Oklahoma 40
Cotton Bowl Classic
Cotton Bowl Dallas , Texas
CBS
No. 10 Penn State (10–1)Texas (8–2)
Penn State 30
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl Pasadena, California
NBC
No. 16 Stanford (8–3)Michigan (11–0)
Stanford 13
Orange Bowl
Miami Orange Bowl Miami , Florida
NBC
No. 1 Nebraska (12–0)Alabama (11–0)
Nebraska 38
Rankings from AP Poll
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