The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978-1981.

Results by year (all games played in mid-December):

  • 1978 Arizona State 34, Rutgers 18
  • 1979 Temple 28, California 17
  • 1980 Houston 35, Navy 0
  • 1981 Tennessee 28, Wisconsin 21