1981–82 NCAA football bowl games

1981–82 NCAA football bowl games
Season1981
Number of bowls16
Bowl gamesDecember 12, 1981 –
January 1, 1982
National Championship1982 Orange Bowl
Location of ChampionshipMiami Orange Bowl,
Miami, Florida
ChampionsClemson Tigers
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Independents 5 3–2 (0.600) 4
Big Eight 5 2–3 (0.400) 3
SEC 5 2–3 (0.400) 2
Big Ten 4 2–2 (0.500) 3
Pac-10 4 1–3 (0.250) 3
SWC 4 2–2 (0.500) 2
ACC 2 2–0 (1.000) 2
WAC 1 1–0 (1.000) 1
MAC 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
PCAA 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1981–82 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1981 and January 1982 to end the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 16 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 12, 1981, and concluded on January 16, 1982, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.

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