1986–87 NCAA football bowl games

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.

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 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
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