Fifty years ago, there were 11 bowl games in major college football.
You had your relatively minor affairs -- the Liberty Bowl (No. 10 Maryland vs. Tennessee), the Tangerine Bowl (No. 15 Miami (Ohio) vs. Georgia), the Bluebonnet Bowl (No. 13 NC State vs. Houston), the Sun Bowl (Mississippi State vs. North Carolina), the Peach Bowl (Vanderbilt vs. Texas Tech) and the Fiesta Bowl (No. 17 BYU vs. Oklahoma State).
Then you had the major stuff. On Dec. 30, No. 6 Auburn played (and beat) No. 11 Texas in the Gator Bowl. On Dec. 31, No. 8 Nebraska outlasted No.