A Look at the Sun Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 09:52
- The Sun Bowl is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas.
- The game was chartered on October 18, 1934, less than 2 months before the Sugar Bowl, and has been played 75 times, making it the second oldest college bowl game.
- Games are now played at Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso.
- Since 2006, the game's full title has been the Brut Sun Bowl.
- Its contract with CBS Sports is the longest continuous relationship with one network, spanning since 1968.
- In most of its early history, the game pitted the champion of the Border Conference against an at-large opponent.
- The Brut Sun Bowl matches the Pac-10 Conference against either the Big 12 Conference, Big East Conference or the University of Notre Dame from 2006–09. The rotating deal will feature a Big 12 school twice over the next four years and a Big East school (#2 in the conference unless that school has qualified for the BCS) or Notre Dame twice from 2006–09. The Sun Bowl's selection is done in conjunction with the Gator Bowl during this contract, with the latter bowl having first choice of team to take.
- Starting in 2010, the Sun Bowl will match the Pac-10 against a team from the ACC. The ACC Championship Game loser is guaranteed to be selected no lower than this bowl with regards to the ACC's bowl partners.
- Results:
- January 1, 1935 El Paso All-Stars 25 Ranger (Texas) 21
- January 1, 1936 Hardin-Simmons 14 New Mexico State 14
- January 1, 1937 Hardin-Simmons 34 UTEP 6
- January 1, 1938 West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6
- January 2, 1939 Utah 26 New Mexico 0
- January 1, 1940 Arizona State 0 Catholic 0
- January 1, 1941 Western Reserve 26 Arizona State 13
- January 1, 1942 Tulsa 6 Texas Tech 0
- January 1, 1943 Second Air Force 13 Hardin-Simmons 7
- January 1, 1944 Southwestern 7 New Mexico 0
- January 1, 1945 Southwestern 35 UNAM 0
- January 1, 1946 New Mexico 34 Denver 24
- January 1, 1947 Cincinnati 18 Virginia Tech 6
- January 1, 1948 Miami(OH) 13 Texas Tech 12
- January 1, 1949 West Virginia 21 UTEP 12
- January 2, 1950 UTEP 33 Georgetown 30
- January 1, 1951 West Texas State 14 Cincinnati 13
- January 1, 1952 Texas Tech 25 Pacific 14
- January 1, 1953 Pacific 26 Southern Miss 7
- January 1, 1954 UTEP 37 Southern Miss 14
- January 1, 1955 UTEP 47 Florida State 20
- January 2, 1956 Wyoming 21 Texas Tech 14
- January 1, 1957 George Washington 13 UTEP 0
- January 1, 1958 Louisville 34 Drake 20
- December 31, 1958 Wyoming 14 Hardin-Simmons 6
- December 31, 1959 New Mexico State 28 North Texas 8
- December 31, 1960 New Mexico State 20 Utah State 13
- December 30, 1961 Villanova 17 Wichita State 9
- December 31, 1962 West Texas State 15 Ohio 14
- December 31, 1963 Oregon 21 SMU 14
- December 26, 1964 Georgia 7 Texas Tech 0
- December 31, 1965 UTEP 13 TCU 12
- December 24, 1966 Wyoming 28 Florida State 20
- December 30, 1967 UTEP 14 Mississippi 7
- December 28, 1968 Auburn 34 Arizona 10
- December 20, 1969 Nebraska 45 Georgia 6
- December 19, 1970 Georgia Tech 17 Texas Tech 9
- December 18, 1971 LSU 33 Iowa State 15
- December 30, 1972 North Carolina 32 Texas Tech 28
- December 29, 1973 Missouri 34 Auburn 17
- December 28, 1974 Mississippi State 26 North Carolina 24
- December 26, 1975 Pittsburgh 33 Kansas 19
- January 2, 1977 Texas A&M 37 Florida 14
- December 31, 1977 Stanford 24 LSU 14
- December 23, 1978 Texas 42 Maryland 0
- December 22, 1979 Washington 14 Texas 7
- December 27, 1980 Nebraska 31 Mississippi State 17
- December 26, 1981 Oklahoma 40 Houston 14
- December 25, 1982 North Carolina 26 Texas 10
- December 24, 1983 Alabama 28 SMU 7
- December 22, 1984 Maryland 28 Tennessee 27
- December 28, 1985 Arizona 13 Georgia 13
- December 25, 1986 Alabama 28 Washington 6
- December 25, 1987 Oklahoma State 35 West Virginia 33
- December 24, 1988 Alabama 29 Army 28
- December 30, 1989 Pittsburgh 31 Texas A&M 28
- December 31, 1990 Michigan State 17 USC 16
- December 31, 1991 UCLA 6 Illinois 3
- December 31, 1992 Baylor 20 Arizona 15
- December 24, 1993 Oklahoma 41 Texas Tech 10
- December 30, 1994 Texas 35 North Carolina 31
- December 29, 1995 Iowa 38 Washington 18
- December 31, 1996 Stanford 38 Michigan State 0
- December 31, 1997 Arizona State 17 Iowa 7
- December 31, 1998 TCU 28 USC 19
- December 31, 1999 Oregon 24 Minnesota 20
- December 29, 2000 Wisconsin 21 UCLA 20
- December 31, 2001 Washington State 33 Purdue 27
- December 31, 2002 Purdue 34 Washington 24
- December 31, 2003 Minnesota 31 Oregon 30
- December 31, 2004 Arizona State 27 Purdue 23
- December 30, 2005 UCLA 50 Northwestern 38
- December 29, 2006 Oregon State 39 Missouri 38
- December 31, 2007 Oregon 56 South Florida 21
- December 31, 2008 Oregon State 3 Pittsburgh 0
- December 31, 2009 Stanford vs. Oklahoma
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