1959–60 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | Blue–Gray Football Classic East–West Shrine Game North–South Shrine Game Senior Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 19, 1959 – January 2, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959–60 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1959 and January 1960 to end the 1959 college football season. A total of nine team-competitive games, and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began on December 19 with the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl, and concluded on January 9, 1960, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.