A Look at the Champs Sports Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 09:37
- The Champs Sports Bowl is played in Orlando, Florida. The game was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida from 1990 to 2000 and is now played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.
- The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Capital One Bowl and Florida Classic.
- The game was originally organized by Raycom Sports in the summer of 1990.
- Since 2004, Champs Sports, a division of Foot Locker, has sponsored the event. Under the terms of a television deal signed with ESPN in 2006, the bowl will be held after Christmas Day from 2006–2009, and be shown on ESPN in prime time.
- As of this year, the game will match the third pick from the ACC against the second selection from the Big East.
- Results:
- 1990 December 28, 1990 Florida State 24 Penn State 17
- 1991 December 28, 1991 Alabama 30 Colorado 25
- 1992 January 1, 1993 Stanford 24 Penn State 3
- 1993 January 1, 1994 Boston College 31 Virginia 13
- 1994 January 2, 1995 South Carolina 24 West Virginia 21
- 1995 December 30, 1995 North Carolina 20 Arkansas 10
- 1996 December 27, 1996 Miami 31 Virginia 21
- 1997 December 29, 1997 Georgia Tech 35 West Virginia 30
- 1998 December 29, 1998 Miami 46 North Carolina State 23
- 1999 December 30, 1999 Illinois 63 Virginia 21
- 2000 December 28, 2000 NC State 38 Minnesota 30
- 2001 December 20, 2001 Pittsburgh 34 North Carolina State 19
- 2002 December 23, 2002 Texas Tech 55 Clemson 15
- 2003 December 22, 2003 North Carolina State 56 Kansas 26
- 2004 December 21, 2004 Georgia Tech 51 Syracuse 14
- 2005 December 27, 2005 Clemson 19 Colorado 10
- 2006 December 29, 2006 Maryland 24 Purdue 7
- 2007 December 28, 2007 Boston College 24 Michigan State 21
- 2008 December 27, 2008 Florida State 42 Wisconsin 13
- 2009 December 29, 2009 Miami vs. Wisconsin
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