1987–88 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 13, 1987 – January 2, 1988 |
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| National Championship | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Miami Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowl Record by Conference | |||
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| Conference | Bowls | Record | Final AP Poll |
| Independent | 9 | 2–6–1 (0.278) | 5 |
| SEC | 6 | 3–2–1 (0.583) | 4 |
| Big Ten | 4 | 3–1 (0.750) | 3 |
| Pac-10 | 4 | 3–1 (0.750) | 3 |
| Big 8 | 3 | 1–2 (0.333) | 3 |
| SWC | 3 | 2–1 (0.667) | 1 |
| WAC | 3 | 0–3 (0.000) | 0 |
| ACC | 2 | 2–0 (1.000) | 1 |
| MAC | 1 | 1–0 (1.000) | 0 |
| PCAA | 1 | 0–1 (0.000) | 0 |
The 1987–88 NCAA football bowl game season followed the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season, featuring 18 games. Twenty ranked teams participated, and seven of the eighteen matchups were between two ranked teams. The Miami Hurricanes were declared the national champions, after upsetting #1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.
Seventeen of the bowl games ended with a winner, while there was a lone tie (Auburn vs Syracuse in the Sugar Bowl).
Nine independent teams competed, along with six SEC teams, four Big Ten, four Pac-10, three WAC, three Big 8, three SWC, two ACC, one MAC, and one PCAA.
The largest margin of victory occurred twice; Clemson beat Penn State and Texas A&M beat Notre Dame, both 35-10.
The "bowl week" started on December 13 with the California Bowl, and concluded on January 2, 1988 with the Hall of Fame Bowl and the Peach Bowl.
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