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Every college football team wants to be in a bowl these days. Good teams. Bad teams. Eligible teams. Ineligible teams. It’s extra money, additional practices and free exposure. In modern times, it allows teams to prepare for next season in the aftermath of transfer portal activities.
That isn’t to say teams haven’t declined bowl bids in the past. Obviously, there were a bunch during the pandemic season. In 2012, it was widely reported that Louisiana Tech declined an invitation to the Independence Bowl because they didn’t want to play Louisiana-Monroe. Instead, the 9-3 Bulldogs spent the holiday season on the couch.
However, most would assume an unbeaten college football that had been playing for more than 100 seasons would welcome its first-ever bowl bid. Maybe even celebrate it. As Lee Corso has been known to say, “Not so fast my friend.” This is the story of the unbeaten Rutgers Scarlet Knights going unbeaten before rejecting the chance to play in the school's first bowl game.
Rutgers finished 1976 ranked 17th in the nation and was the highest-ranked program to not play in a bowl game that year. Meanwhile, Tulsa was invited to the Independence Bowl in place of Rutgers and that game is still played to this day.
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