Bluebonnet Bowl

Location: Houston, TX

Games: 29 (1959-1987)

First Game: December 19, 1959 (Clemson 23, TCU 7)

Last Game: December 31, 1987 (Texas 32, Pitt 27)

Most Points: 47 (Houston in 1973 and USC in 1977)
Fewest Points: 0 (Ole Miss in 1966)
Largest Margin: +40 (Houston over Tulane in 1973)

29 Games

29 Games Table
Year	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Attendance
1987	Dec 31, 1987	Thu	Texas	32	Pittsburgh (19)	27	23,282
1986	Dec 31, 1986	Wed	Baylor (14)	21	Colorado	9	40,476
1985	Dec 31, 1985	Tue	Air Force (10)	24	Texas	16	42,000
1984	Dec 31, 1984	Mon	West Virginia	31	Texas Christian	14	43,260
1983	Dec 31, 1983	Sat	Oklahoma State	24	Baylor (20)	14	50,090
1982	Dec 31, 1982	Fri	Arkansas (14)	28	Florida	24	31,557
1981	Dec 31, 1981	Thu	Michigan (16)	33	UCLA (19)	14	40,309
1980	Dec 31, 1980	Wed	North Carolina (13)	16	Texas	7	30,667
1979	Dec 31, 1979	Mon	Purdue (12)	27	Tennessee	22	40,542
1978	Dec 31, 1978	Sun	Stanford	25	Georgia (11)	22	34,084
1977	Dec 31, 1977	Sat	Southern California (20)	47	Texas A&M (17)	28	52,842
1976	Dec 31, 1976	Fri	Nebraska (13)	27	Texas Tech (9)	24	48,618
1975	Dec 27, 1975	Sat	Texas (9)	38	Colorado (10)	21	52,748
1974	Dec 23, 1974	Mon	North Carolina State (13)	31	Houston	31	35,122
1973	Dec 29, 1973	Sat	Houston (14)	47	Tulane (17)	7	44,358
1972	Dec 30, 1972	Sat	Tennessee (11)	24	Louisiana State (10)	17	52,961
1971	Dec 31, 1971	Fri	Colorado (7)	29	Houston (15)	17	54,720
1970	Dec 31, 1970	Thu	Oklahoma (20)	24	Alabama	24	53,289
1969	Dec 31, 1969	Wed	Houston (17)	36	Auburn (12)	7	55,203
1968	Dec 31, 1968	Tue	Southern Methodist (20)	28	Oklahoma (10)	27	53,543
1967	Dec 23, 1967	Sat	Colorado	31	Miami (FL)	21	30,156
1966	Dec 17, 1966	Sat	Texas	19	Mississippi	0	67,000
1965	Dec 18, 1965	Sat	Tennessee (7)	27	Tulsa	6	40,000
1964	Dec 19, 1964	Sat	Tulsa	14	Mississippi	7	50,000
1963	Dec 21, 1963	Sat	Baylor	14	Louisiana State	7	50,000
1962	Dec 22, 1962	Sat	Missouri	14	Georgia Tech	10	55,000
1961	Dec 16, 1961	Sat	Kansas	33	Rice	7	52,000
1960	Dec 17, 1960	Sat	Texas	3	Alabama (17)	3	68,000
1959	Dec 19, 1959	Sat	Clemson (10)	23	Texas Christian (7)	7	55,000

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