Bowl Games
| BOWL | Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Bowl | #1/2 Michigan | 21 | #8 Washington State | 16 | Pasadena |
| Orange Bowl | #1/2 Nebraska | 42 | #3 Tennessee | 17 | Miami |
| Sugar Bowl | #4 Florida State | 31 | #9 Ohio State | 14 | New Orleans |
| Cotton Bowl Classic | #5 UCLA | 29 | #20 Texas A&M | 23 | Dallas |
| Florida Citrus Bowl | #6 Florida | 21 | #11 Penn State | 6 | Orlando |
| Gator Bowl | #7 North Carolina | 42 | Virginia Tech | 3 | Jacksonville |
| Fiesta Bowl | #10 Kansas State | 35 | #14 Syracuse | 18 | Tempe, AZ |
| Outback Bowl | #12 Georgia | 33 | Wisconsin | 6 | Tampa |
| Peach Bowl | #13 Auburn | 21 | Clemson | 17 | Atlanta |
| Independence Bowl | #15 LSU | 27 | Notre Dame | 9 | Shreveport |
| Sun Bowl | #16 Arizona State | 17 | Iowa | 0 | El Paso |
| Alamo Bowl | #17 Purdue | 33 | #24 Oklahoma State | 20 | San Antonio |
| Holiday Bowl | #18 Colorado State | 35 | #20 Missouri | 24 | San Diego |
| Aloha Bowl | #21 Washington | 51 | #25 Michigan St | 23 | Honolulu |
| Liberty Bowl | #22 Southern Mississippi | 41 | Pittsburgh | 7 | Memphis |
| Carquest Bowl | Georgia Tech | 35 | West Virginia | 30 | Miami |
| Insight.com Bowl | Arizona | 20 | New Mexico | 14 | Tempe, AZ |
| Las Vegas Bowl | Oregon | 41 | Air Force | 13 | Las Vegas |
| Motor City Bowl | Mississippi | 34 | Marshall | 31 | Detroit |
| Humanitarian Bowl | Cincinnati | 35 | Utah State | 19 | Boise |
Read more about this topic: 1997 NCAA Division I-A Football Season
Famous quotes containing the words bowl and/or games:
“Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
If the bowl had been stronger,
My story would have been longer.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Three wise men of Gotham (l. 1–4)
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)