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The 1987–88 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season, featuring 18 games. Twenty ranked teams participated, and seven of the eighteen matchups were between two ranked teams.[1] The Miami Hurricanes were declared the national champions, after upsetting #1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.[2][3]
1987–88 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 13, 1987 – January 2, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Championship | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Miami Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seventeen of the bowl games ended with a winner, while there was a lone tie (Auburn vs Syracuse in the Sugar Bowl).
Nine independent teams competed, along with six SEC teams, four Big Ten, four Pac-10, three WAC, three Big 8, three SWC, two ACC, one MAC, and one PCAA.
The largest margin of victory occurred twice; Clemson beat Penn State and Texas A&M beat Notre Dame, both 35-10.
The "bowl week" started on December 13 with the California Bowl, and concluded on January 2, 1988 with the Hall of Fame Bowl and the Peach Bowl.
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References edit
- ^ "AP and Coaches Yearly Final Polls". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "Recognized National Championships by Year". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ Keith Meador. "1987 Oklahoma at Miami (FL) Game Recap - SoonerStats - Oklahoma Sooners Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball Scores, Records, and Stats". soonerstats.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.