1990–91 NCAA football bowl games

The 1990–91 NCAA football bowl games featured 19 games, starting early in December 1990 and ending on New Year's Day 1991. They followed the 1990 regular season and ended in controversy. Going into the postseason, Colorado had a 10–1–1 record and was ranked #1 in both Coaches' and AP polls. After a relatively unimpressive (and controversial) 10–9 victory over #5 Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and an impressive victory by the undefeated (10–0–1) #2 Georgia Tech in the Citrus Bowl, the Buffaloes lost their #1 ranking to the Yellow Jackets in the Coaches' Poll, creating a split championship. This controversial ending, along with the dual undefeated champions of the following year, led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition.

1990–91 NCAA football bowl games
Number of bowl games per state.
Season1990
Regular seasonSeptember 1–December 1
Number of bowls19
Bowl gamesDecember 8, 1990 –
January 1, 1991
National Championshipnone
Location of ChampionshipN/A
ChampionsColorado Buffaloes and
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
Independents 8 4–3–1 (0.563) 5
Big Ten 6 2–4 (0.333) 4
ACC 5 3–1–1 (0.700) 3
Pac-10 5 2–3 (0.400) 2
SEC 4 2–2 (0.500) 4
WAC 4 2–2 (0.500) 1
Big Eight 2 1–1 (0.500) 3
SWC 2 1–1 (0.500) 3
Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0
Number of bowl teams per state.

Bowl games
NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted
Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 8 California Bowl Bulldog Stadium
 · Fresno, CA		 Central Michigan 24, San Jose State 48
Dec 15 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium
 · Shreveport, LA		 Maryland 34, Louisiana Tech 34
Dec 25 Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium
 · Honolulu, HI		 Syracuse 28, Arizona 0
Dec 27 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
 · Memphis, TN		 Air Force 23, (24) Ohio State 11
Dec 28 Blockbuster Bowl Joe Robbie Stadium
 · Miami Gardens, FL		 Penn State 17, Florida State 24
Dec 28 All-American Bowl Legion Field
 · Birmingham, AL		 (23) Southern Miss 27, NC State 31
Dec 29 Peach Bowl Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
 · Atlanta, GA		 Indiana 23, Auburn 27
Dec 29 Freedom Bowl Anaheim Stadium
 · Anaheim, CA		 Colorado State 32, Oregon 31
Dec 29 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium
 · San Diego, CA		 (13) BYU 14, Texas A&M 65
Dec 31 Copper Bowl Arizona Stadium
 · Tucson, AZ		 California 17, Wyoming 15
Dec 31 John Hancock Bowl Sun Bowl
 · El Paso, TX		 (22) Michigan State 17, No. 6 USC 16
Jan 1 Hall of Fame Bowl Tampa Stadium
 · Tampa, FL		 (14) Clemson 30, (16) Illinois 0
Jan 1 Orange Bowl Orange Bowl
 · Miami, FL		 (5) Notre Dame 9, (1) Colorado 10
Jan 1 Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl
 · Orlando, FL		 (2) Georgia Tech 45, (19) Nebraska 21
Jan 1 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium
 · Tempe, AZ		 (18) Louisville 34, (25) Alabama 7
Jan 1 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium
 · Jacksonville, FL		 (12) Michigan 35, (15) Ole Miss 3
Jan 1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
 · Dallas, TX		 (4) Miami 46, (3) Texas 3
Jan 1 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
 · Pasadena, CA		 (17) Iowa 34, (8) Washington 46
Jan 1 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome
 · New Orleans, LA		 Virginia 22, (10) Tennessee 23

Final rankings
See also: 1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
  • Florida, Houston, and Oklahoma were on probation by the NCAA during the 1990 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll

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