1986–87 NCAA football bowl games

1986–87 NCAA football bowl games
Season1986
Number of bowls18
Bowl gamesDecember 13, 1986 –
January 2, 1987
National Championship1987 Fiesta Bowl
Location of ChampionshipSun Devil Stadium,
Tempe, Arizona
ChampionsPenn State Nittany Lions
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
SEC 6 4–2 (0.667) 3
Pac-10 6 3–3 (0.500) 4
Independents 5 4–1 (0.800) 4
Big Ten 5 2–3 (0.400) 3
SWC 4 1–3 (0.250) 3
Big Eight 3 2–1 (0.667) 2
ACC 3 1–2 (0.333) 1
WAC 2 0–2 (0.000) 0
PCAA 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1986 and January 1987 to end the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the California Bowl on December 13, 1986, and concluded on January 17, 1987, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.

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