The 1958–59 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1958 and January 1959 to end the 1958 college football season. A total of eight team-competitive games, and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Bluegrass Bowl on December 13, 1958, and concluded on January 3, 1959, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game. __TOC__
Schedule The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams; bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
The eight team-competitive bowls consisted of the seven played the prior season plus the first (and only) edition of the Bluegrass Bowl.
Notably, Tangerine Bowl organizers initially invited the University at Buffalo, hoping that the Orlando High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), which operated the Tangerine Bowl stadium, would waive its rule that prohibited integrated sporting events. When it refused, the team unanimously voted to skip the bowl because its two black players (halfback Willie Evans and end Mike Wilson) would not have been allowed on the field.
DateGameSiteTime(US EST)TVMatchup(pre-game record)APpre-gamerankUPI (Coaches)pre-gamerank12/13Bluegrass BowlCardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky2:00 p.m.ABCOklahoma State 15 (7–3) (Independent),Florida State 6 (7–3) (Independent)#19NRNRNR12/27Tangerine BowlTangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida2:30 p.m.East Texas State 26 (9–1) (Lone Star),Missouri Valley 7 (8–0) (MCAU)n/an/a12/27Gator BowlGator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida2:00 p.m.CBSOle Miss 7 (8–2) (SEC),Florida 3 (6–3–1) (SEC)#11#14#12#1512/31Sun BowlKidd Field El Paso, Texas4:00 p.m.Wyoming 14 (7–3) (Mountain States),Hardin–Simmons 6 (6–4) (Border)NRNRNRNR1/1Orange BowlBurdine Stadium Miami, Florida1:00 p.m.CBSOklahoma 21 (9–1) (Big Seven),Syracuse 6 (8–1) (Independent)#5#9#5#101/1Sugar BowlTulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana2:00 p.m.NBCLSU 7 (10–0) (SEC),Clemson 0 (8–2) (ACC)#1#12#1#131/1Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton Bowl Dallas, Texas3:30 p.m.CBSTCU 0 (8–2) (SWC),Air Force 0 (9–0–1) (Independent)#10#6#9#81/1Rose BowlRose Bowl Pasadena, California5:00 p.m.NBCIowa 38 (7–1–1) (Big Ten),California 12 (7–3) (PCC)#2#16#2#16 denotes conference champion
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See also Holiday Bowl (NAIA) Prairie View Bowl
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