1992–93 NCAA football bowl games

Season

1992

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 18, 1992 –
January 1, 1993

National Championship

1993 Sugar Bowl

Location of Championship

Louisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana

Champions

Alabama Crimson Tide

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP Poll
SEC	6	5–1 (0.833)
Pac-10	6	2–4 (0.333)
Big Eight	6	2–4 (0.333)
WAC	5	2–3 (0.400)
ACC	4	3–1 (0.750)
Big Ten	3	1–2 (0.333)
SWC	2	1–1 (0.500)
Independents	2	1–1 (0.500)
MAC	1	1–0 (1.000)
Big West	1	0–1 (0.000)

The 1992–93 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1992 and January 1993 to end the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games,^[1] and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Las Vegas Bowl on December 18, 1992, and concluded on January 16, 1993, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Game	Site	Time (US EST)	TV	Matchup (pre-game record)	AP pre-game rank	UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank
12/18	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada		ESPN	Bowling Green 35 (9–2) (MAC Champion), Nevada 34 (7–4) (Big West Champion)	NR NR	NR NR
12/25	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii		ABC	Kansas 23 (7–4) (Big Eight), BYU 20 (8–4) (WAC co-Champion)	NR #25	NR #23
12/29	Freedom Bowl	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California		Raycom	Fresno State 24 (8–4) (WAC co-Champion), USC 7 (6–4–1) (Pac-10)	NR #23	NR #25
12/29	Copper Bowl	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		ESPN	Washington State 31 (8–3) (Pac-10), Utah 28 (6–5) (WAC)	#18 NR	#18 NR
12/30	Holiday Bowl^[2]	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California		ESPN	Hawaii 27 (10–2) (WAC co-Champion), Illinois 17 (6–4–1) (Big Ten)	NR NR	#24 NR
12/31	John Hancock Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		CBS	Baylor 20 (6–5) (SWC), Arizona 15 (6–4–1) (Pac-10)	NR #22	NR #22
12/31	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida		TBS	Florida 27 (8–4) (SEC), NC State 10 (9–2–1) (ACC)	#14 #12	#15 #12
12/31	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		ESPN	Ole Miss 13 (8–3) (SEC), Air Force 0 (7–4) (WAC)	#20 NR	#19 NR
12/31	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana		ESPN	Wake Forest 39 (7–4) (ACC), Oregon 35 (6–5) (Pac-10)	NR NR	NR NR
1/1	Florida Citrus Bowl^[3]	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	12:00 PM	ABC	Georgia 21 (9–2) (SEC), Ohio State 14 (8–2–1) (Big Ten)	#8 #15	#8 #14
1/1	Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida		ESPN	Tennessee 38 (8–3) (SEC), Boston College 23 (8–2–1) (Big East)	#17 #16	#17 #16
1/1	Cotton Bowl Classic^[4]	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	1:30 PM	NBC	Notre Dame 28 (9–1–1) (Independent), Texas A&M 3 (12–0) (SWC Champion)	#5 #4	#5 #3
1/1	Blockbuster Bowl	Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida		CBS	Stanford 24 (9–3) (Pac-10), Penn State 3 (7–4) (Independent)	#13 #21	#13 #21
1/1	Fiesta Bowl^[5]	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		NBC	Syracuse 26 (9–2) (Big East), Colorado 22 (9–1–1) (Big Eight)	#6 #10	#9 #6
1/1	Rose Bowl^[6]	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	4:30 PM	ABC	Michigan 38 (8–0–3) (Big Ten Champion), Washington 14 (9–2) (Pac-10 co-Champion)	#7 #9	#7 #11
1/1	Sugar Bowl^[7]	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana	7:00 PM	ABC	Alabama 34 (12–0) (SEC Champion), Miami (FL) 13 (11–0) (Big East Champion)	#2 #1	#2 #1
1/1	Orange Bowl^[8]	Miami Orange Bowl Miami	8:00 PM	NBC	Florida State 27 (10–1) (ACC Champion), Nebraska 14 (9–2) (Big Eight Champion)	#3 #11	#4 #10
1/2	Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta		ESPN	North Carolina 21 (8–3) (ACC), Mississippi State 17 (7–4) (SEC)	#24 #19	NR #20

References

^ "1992 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
^ "SIMS, HAWAII TURN BACK ILLINOIS IN HOLIDAY BOWL". The Washington Post. December 31, 1992. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "Georgia runs over Ohio State CITRUS BOWL/ Georgia 21, Ohio state 14 QB Zeier excels; late TD decisive". The Baltimore Sun. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "Irish rest case with 7-game win streak COTTON BOWL/ Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M; 3 Notre Dame hands Texas A&M; 1st loss". The Baltimore Sun. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "Syracuse Leaves Colorado Kicking Self : Fiesta: Buffaloes' missed extra points, field goal combine with Dar Dar's long runback in a 26-22 victory by the Orangemen". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "ROSE BOWL". The Washington Post. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Roll Tide! Alabama Dethrones No. 1 Miami". The New York Times. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ "Florida State 27, Nebraska 14". United Press International. January 1, 1993. Retrieved December 23, 2018.

v t e 1992–93 NCAA football bowl game season
Las Vegas (Dec. 18) Aloha (Dec. 25) Copper (Dec. 29) Freedom (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Hall of Fame (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 2)
Bowl Coalition games: John Hancock (Dec. 31) Gator (Dec. 31) Blockbuster (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1)

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