1936–37 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | 1936 | |||||
| Number of Bowls | 6 | |||||
| All-Star Games | East-West Shrine Game | |||||
| Bowl games | January 1, 1937 | |||||
| National Championship | none | |||||
| Location of Championship | N/A | |||||
| Champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers | |||||
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| Conference | Bowls | Record | % |
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| Independents | 6 | 4–1–1 | 0.800 | 10 | ||
| SEC | 3 | 0–2–1 | 0.000 | 3 | ||
| SWC | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 2 | ||
| Border | 1 | 0–1 | 0.000 | 0 | ||
| Pacific Coast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.000 | 1 | ||
| Big Six | 0 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | ||
| Rocky Mountain | 0 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 0 | ||
| Southern | 0 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | ||
| Western | 0 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 2 | ||
College football bowl games
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Number of bowl teams per state
The 1936-37 NCAA College Football Bowl Games were the first to feature the Cotton Bowl Classic and Bacardi Bowl, which would complement the Orange, Rose, Sugar Bowl and Sun Bowl as the fifth and sixth post-season games. This was the only season that the Bacardi Bowl was recognized by the NCAA.
Bowl games
- NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted
Rose Bowl
Main article: 1937 Rose Bowl
- (3) Pittsburgh 21, (5) Washington 0
Sugar Bowl
Main article: 1937 Sugar Bowl
- (6) Santa Clara 21, (2) LSU 14
Orange Bowl
- (14) Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12
Sun Bowl
- Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas School of Mines 6
Cotton Bowl Classic
Main article: 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic
- (16) Texas Christian 16, (20) Marquette 6
Bacardi Bowl
- Auburn 16
, Villanova 7
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