1938–39 NCAA football bowl games
Introduction Number of bowl teams per stateThe '''1938–39 NCAA football bowl games''' were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1938 college football season and featured five bowl games, each of which had been held the previous season. All five games were played on January 2, 1939, as New Year's Day fell on a Sunday. Contemporary polls selected different national champions, as the AP Poll named TCU, the Dunkel System chose Tennessee, and the Dickinson System designated Notre Dame.
Poll rankings The below table lists top teams (per the AP Poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win–loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. AP  Team  W–L   Conf. Bowl   TCU Horned Frogs    SWC  Sugar Bowl   Tennessee Volunteers    SEC  Orange Bowl   Duke Blue Devils    Southern  Rose Bowl   Oklahoma Sooners    Big Six  Orange Bowl   Notre Dame Fighting Irish    Ind. —   Carnegie Tech Tartans    Ind. Sugar Bowl   USC Trojans    PCC  Rose Bowl   Pittsburgh Panthers    Ind. —   Holy Cross Crusaders    Ind. —   Minnesota Golden Gophers    Big Ten  —    Texas Tech Red Raiders    Border  Cotton Bowl Classic   Cornell Big Red    Ind. —   Alabama Crimson Tide    SEC  —   California Golden Bears    PCC  —   Fordham Rams    Ind. —   Michigan Wolverines    Big Ten  —    Northwestern Wildcats    Big Ten  —    Villanova Wildcats    Ind. —   Tulane Green Wave    SEC  —   Dartmouth Indians    Ind. — The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.
Bowl schedule Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll.DateGameSiteTeamsAffiliationsResults Jan. 2Rose BowlRose BowlPasadena, California#7 USC Trojans (8–2)  #3 Duke Blue Devils (9–0)PCCSouthern '''USC 7'''Duke 3Orange BowlBurdine StadiumMiami, Florida#2 Tennessee Volunteers (10–0)  #4 Oklahoma Sooners (10–0)SEC  Big Six'''Tennessee 17'''Oklahoma 0Sugar BowlTulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana#1 TCU Horned Frogs (10–0)  #6 Carnegie Tech Tartans (6–1)SWCIndependent'''TCU 15'''Carnegie Tech 7Sun BowlKidd FieldEl Paso, TexasUtah Utes (6–1–2)  New Mexico Lobos (8–2) Mountain StatesBorder'''Utah 26'''New Mexico 0Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton BowlDallas, TexasSaint Mary's Gaels (5–2)  #11 Texas Tech Red Raiders (10–0)IndependentBorder'''Saint Mary's 20'''Texas Tech 13
Game recaps :'''''NOTE:''' Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted''===Rose Bowl=== Qtr. Team Scoring play Score'''4''''''DUKE'''Ruffa 23 yard FGDUKE 3–0'''USC'''Krueger 19 yard pass from Nave, Gaspar kick goodUSC 7–3Source:===Orange Bowl=== Qtr. Team Scoring play Score'''1''''''TENN'''Foxx 8 yard rush, Wyatt kick goodTENN 7–0'''2''''''TENN'''Wyatt 22 yard FGTENN 10–0'''4''''''TENN'''Wood 19 yard rush, Foxx kick goodTENN 17–0Source:===Sugar Bowl=== Qtr. Team Scoring play Score'''2''''''TCU'''Sparks 1 yard rush, kick failedTCU 6–0'''CT'''Muha 37 yard pass from Moroz, Muha kickTECH 7–6'''3''''''TCU'''Horner 44 pass from O'Brien, kick failedTCU 12–7'''4''''''TCU'''O'Brien 19 yard FGTCU 15–7Source:===Sun Bowl=== Qtr. Team Scoring play Score'''1''''''UTAH'''Pace 15 yard rush, McGarry kickUTAH 7–0'''UTAH'''Peterson 64 yard interception return, McGarry kickUTAH 14–0'''2''''''UTAH'''Peterson 9 yard rush, kick failedUTAH 20–0'''4''''''UTAH'''Gehrke 10 yard rush, kick failedUTAH 26–0Source:===Cotton Bowl Classic=== Qtr. Team Scoring play Score'''1''''''STM'''Heffernan 9 yard rush, Perrie kick goodSTM 7–0'''2''''''STM'''Klotovich 1 yard rush, Marefos kick goodSTM 14–0'''3''''''STM'''Smith 24 yard interception return, kick failedSTM 20–0'''4''''''TTU'''Tarbox 33 yard pass from Barnett, Marek kickSTM 20–6'''TTU'''McKnight 31 yard pass from Barnett, kick failedSTM 20–13Source:
See also *Prairie View Bowl
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