1937 TCU (8-2-2) Dutch Meyer 16 Marquette ( 7-1) Frank Murra 6
1938 Rice (5-3-2) Jimmy Kitts 28 Colorado (8-0) Bunny Oakes 14
1939 St. Mary’s ( 5-2) Slip Madigan 20 Texas Tech (10-0) Pete Cawthon 13
1940 Clemson ( 8-1) Jess Neely 6 Boston College ( 9-1) Frank Leahy 3
1941 Texas A&M ( 8-1) Homer Norton 13 Fordham ( 7-1) Jim Crowley 12
1942 Alabama ( 8-2) Frank Thomas 29 Texas A&M ( 9-1) Homer Norton 21
1943 Texas ( 8-2) D.X. Bible 14 Georgia Tech ( 9-1) Bill Alexander 7
1944 Texas ( 7-1) D.X. Bible 7 Randolph Field ( 9-1) Frank Tritico 7
1945 Okla. A&M ( 7-1) Jim Lookabaugh 34 TCU (7-2-1) Dutch Meyer 0
1946 Texas ( 9-1) D.X. Bible 40 Missouri ( 6-3) Chauncey Simpson 27
1947 Arkansas (6-3-1) John Barnhill 0 LSU ( 9-1) Bernie Moore 0
1948 SMU (9-0-1) Matty Bell 13 Penn State (9-0) Bob Higgins 13
1949 SMU (8-1-1) Matty Bell 21 Oregon ( 9-1) Jim Aiken 13
1950 Rice ( 9-1) Jess Neely 27 North Carolina ( 7-3) Carl Snavely 13
1951 Tennessee ( 10-1) Bob Neyland 20 Texas ( 9-1) Blair Cherry 14
1952 Kentucky ( 7-4) Paul “Bear” Bryant 20 TCU ( 6-4) Dutch Meyer 7
1953 Texas ( 8-2) Ed Price 16 Tennessee (8-1-1) Bob Neyland 0
1954 Rice ( 8-2) Jess Neely 28 Alabama (6-2-3) Harold Drew 6
1955 Georgia Tech ( 7-3) Bobby Dodd 14 Arkansas ( 8-2) Bowden Wyatt 6
1956 Mississippi ( 9-1) Johnny Vaught 14 TCU ( 9-1) Abe Martin 13
1957 TCU ( 7-3) Abe Martin 28 Syracuse ( 7-1) Ben Schwartzwalder 27
1958 Navy (8-1-1) Eddy Erdelatz 20 Rice ( 7-3) Jess Neely 7
1959 TCU ( 8-2) Abe Martin 0 Air Force (9-0-1) Ben Martin 0
1960 Syracuse (10-0) Ben Schwartzwalder 23 Texas ( 9-1) Darrell Royal 14
1961 Duke ( 7-3) Bill Murray 7 Arkansas ( 8-2) Frank Broyles 6
1962 Texas ( 9-1) Darrell Royal 12 Mississippi ( 9-1) Johnny Vaught 7
1963 LSU (8-1-1) Charley McClendon 13 Texas (9-0-1) Darrell Royal 0
1964 Texas (10-0) Darrell Royal 28 Navy ( 9-1) Wayne Hardin 6
1965 Arkansas (10-0) Frank Broyles 10 Nebraska ( 9-1) Bob Devaney 7
1966 LSU ( 7-3) Charley McClendon 14 Arkansas (10-0) Frank Broyles 7
1967 Georgia ( 9-1) Vince Dooley 24 SMU ( 8-2) Hayden Fry 9
1968 Texas A&M ( 6-4) Gene Stallings 20 Alabama (8-1-1) Paul “Bear” Bryant 16
1969 Texas (8-1-1) Darrell Royal 36
Tennessee (8-1-1) Doug Dickey 13 1970 Texas (10-0) Darrell Royal 21
Notre Dame (8-1-1) Ara Parseghian 17 1971 Notre Dame ( 9-1) Ara Parseghian 24
Texas (10-0) Darrell Royal 11 1972 Penn State ( 10-1) Joe Paterno 30
Texas ( 8-2) Darrell Royal 6 1973 Texas ( 9-1) Darrell Royal 17
Alabama ( 10-1) Paul “Bear” Bryant 13 1974 Nebraska (8-2-1) Tom Osborne 19
Texas ( 8-2) Darrell Royal 3 1975 Penn State ( 9-2) Joe Paterno 41
Baylor ( 8-3) Grant Teaff 20 1976 Arkansas ( 9-2) Frank Broyles 31
Georgia ( 9-2) Vince Dooley 10 1977 Houston ( 9-2) Bill Yeoman 30
Maryland (11-0) Jerry Claiborne 21 1978 Notre Dame ( 10-1) Dan Devine 38
Texas (11-0) Fred Akers 10 1979 Notre Dame ( 8-3) Dan Devine 35
Houston ( 9-2) Bill Yeoman 34 1980 Houston ( 10-1) Bill Yeoman 17
Nebraska ( 10-1) Tom Osborne 14 1981 Alabama ( 9-2) Paul “Bear” Bryant 30
Baylor ( 10-1) Grant Teaff 2 1982 Texas (9-1-1) Fred Akers 14
Alabama (9-1-1) Paul “Bear” Bryant 12 1983 SMU (10-0-1) Bobby Collins 7
Pittsburgh ( 9-2) Foge Fazio 3 1984 Georgia (9-1-1) Vince Dooley 10
Texas (11-0) Fred Akers 9
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