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Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The Astrodome hosted the game from 1968 through 1984, as well as the last game in 1987. When it was held in the Astrodome, it was called the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. The game was discontinued following that season due to poor ticket sales.
The Bluebonnet Bowl generally featured a team from Texas against an out-of-state opponent; 19 out of the 29 games involved a team from Texas. From 1980 to 1987, with the exception of 1981, a team from the Southwest Conference played against an at-large opponent.
[edit] Yearly results
| Date Played |
Winning Team |
Losing Team |
| December 19, 1959 |
Clemson |
23 |
Texas Christian |
7 |
| December 17, 1960 |
Alabama |
3 |
Texas |
3 |
| December 17, 1961 |
Kansas |
33 |
Rice |
7 |
| December 22, 1962 |
Missouri |
14 |
Georgia Tech |
10 |
| December 21, 1963 |
Baylor |
14 |
LSU |
7 |
| December 19, 1964 |
Tulsa |
14 |
Ole Miss |
7 |
| December 18, 1965 |
Tennessee |
27 |
Tulsa |
6 |
| December 17, 1966 |
Texas |
19 |
Ole Miss |
0 |
| December 23, 1967 |
Colorado |
31 |
Miami (FL) |
21 |
| December 31, 1968 |
SMU |
28 |
Oklahoma |
27 |
| December 31, 1969 |
Houston |
36 |
Auburn |
7 |
| December 31, 1970 |
Alabama |
24 |
Oklahoma |
24 |
| December 31, 1971 |
Colorado |
29 |
Houston |
17 |
| December 30, 1972 |
Tennessee |
24 |
LSU |
17 |
| December 29, 1973 |
Houston |
47 |
Tulane |
7 |
| December 23, 1974 |
Houston |
31 |
NC State |
31 |
| December 27, 1975 |
Texas |
38 |
Colorado |
21 |
| December 31, 1976 |
Nebraska |
27 |
Texas Tech |
24 |
| December 31, 1977 |
Southern Cal |
47 |
Texas A&M |
28 |
| December 31, 1978 |
Stanford University |
25 |
Georgia |
22 |
| December 31, 1979 |
Purdue |
27 |
Tennessee |
22 |
| December 31, 1980 |
North Carolina |
16 |
Texas |
7 |
| December 31, 1981 |
Michigan |
33 |
UCLA |
14 |
| December 31, 1982 |
Arkansas |
28 |
University of Florida |
24 |
| December 31, 1983 |
Oklahoma State |
24 |
Baylor |
14 |
| December 31, 1984 |
West Virginia |
31 |
Texas Christian |
14 |
| December 31, 1985 |
Air Force |
24 |
Texas |
16 |
| December 31, 1986 |
Baylor |
21 |
Colorado |
9 |
| December 31, 1987 |
Texas |
32 |
Pittsburgh |
27 |
[edit] See also
List of college bowl games
