Bowl Games
| Bowl | Home | points | Away | points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Bowl | #3 Pittsburgh | 21 | #5 Washington | 0 |
| Sugar Bowl | #6 Santa Clara | 21 | #2 LSU | 14 |
| Orange Bowl | #14 Duquesne | 13 | Mississippi State | 12 |
| Sun Bowl | Hardin-Simmons Cowboys | 34 | Texas School of Mines | 6 |
| Cotton Bowl | #16 TCU | 16 | #20 Marquette | 6 |
| Bacardi Bowl | Auburn | 7 | Villanova | 7 |
"There is no longer any blot left on Pittsburgh's Rose Bowl escutcheon," wrote Grantland Rice. "Here was a Panther who belonged to the jungle and not to the zoo-- a fast, hard driving slashing Panther who put both fang and claw to work in beating Washington's Huskies 21 to 0 before 87,200 chilly witnesses.".
Pitt had been ranked #3 by the AP, behind #2 LSU, which met Santa Clara in the Sugar Bowl. #1 ranked Minnesota, like other Big Ten teams, was not allowed to play postseason. LSU had lost the previous Sugar Bowl to TCU, by a 3-2 score. A crowd of 41,000 turned out in New Orleans, only to see the Tigers lose again. The Santa Clara Broncos took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and won 21-14.
A crowd of 17,000 turned out in Dallas to watch the first Cotton Bowl Classic. Sammy Baugh of Texas Christian completed only 5 of 13 pass attempts, but had 110 yards, a touchdown, and the win, as TCU beat Marquette 16-6.
In the first annual Orange Bowl, 12,000 filled the stands in Miami to see the Duquesne Dukes beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs 13-12. Boyd Brumbaugh scored Duquesne's first touchdown and made the only extra point by either side.
Villanova tied Auburn, 7-7, in the Bacardi Bowl, played before 6,000 spectators in sunny Havana, Cuba, Tuskegee Institute beat Prairie View A&M 6-0 in Houston before 3,000, and Hardin-Simmons beat Texas School of Mines 34-6 at the Sun Bowl in El Paso.
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