1936–37 NCAA football bowl games
Introduction Number of bowl teams per stateThe '''1936–37 NCAA football bowl games''' were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1936 college football season and featured six bowl games, an increase of two from the prior season. In addition to the prior season's four bowls, the Cotton Bowl Classic was played for the first time, and this was the only season that the Bacardi Bowl was recognized by the NCAA. All six games were played on January 1, 1937.The national championship, according to recognized selectors, was won by Minnesota.
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   Minnesota Golden Gophers    Big Ten  —    LSU Tigers    SEC  Sugar Bowl   Pittsburgh Panthers    Ind. Rose Bowl   Alabama Crimson Tide    SEC  —   Washington Huskies    PCC  Rose Bowl   Santa Clara Broncos    Ind. Sugar Bowl   Northwestern Wildcats    Big Ten  —    Notre Dame Fighting Irish    Ind. —   Nebraska Cornhuskers    Big Six  —   Penn Quakers    Ind. —   Duke Blue Devils    Southern  —   Yale Bulldogs    Ind. —   Dartmouth Indians    Ind. —   Duquesne Dukes    Ind. Orange Bowl   Fordham Rams    Ind. —   TCU Horned Frogs    SWC  Cotton Bowl Classic   Tennessee Volunteers    SEC  —   Arkansas Razorbacks    SWC  —   Navy Midshipmen    Ind. —   Marquette Golden Avalanche    Ind. Cotton Bowl Classic 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. 1 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, California No. 3 Pittsburgh Panthers (7–1–1)  No. 5 Washington Huskies (7–1–1) IndependentPCC '''Pittsburgh 21'''Washington 0 Sugar Bowl Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana No. 6 Santa Clara Broncos (7–1)  No. 2 LSU Tigers (9–0–1) IndependentSEC '''Santa Clara 21'''LSU 14 Orange Bowl Miami Field  Miami, Florida No. 14 Duquesne Dukes (7–2)  Mississippi State Maroons (7–2–1) IndependentSEC '''Duquesne 13'''Mississippi State 12 Sun Bowl Jones Stadium  El Paso, Texas Hardin–Simmons Cowboys (8–2)Texas Mines Miners (5–3–2) Independent  Border '''Hardin–Simmons 34'''  Texas Mines 6 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl  Dallas, Texas No. 16 TCU Horned Frogs (8–2–2)  No. 20 Marquette Golden Avalanche (7–1) SWC  Independent '''TCU 16'''  Marquette 6 Bacardi Bowl La Tropical Stadium  Havana, Cuba Auburn Tigers (7–2–1)Villanova Wildcats (7–2) SEC  Independent Auburn 7  Villanova 7
See also *Prairie View Bowl
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