COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS
Sun Bowl
Stadium: Sun Bowl
Capacity: 52,000
Surface: artificial
Location: El Paso, Texas
Playing sites:
Jones Stadium (1935-37)
Kidd Field (1938-62)
Sun Bowl (since 1963)
Corporate title sponsor: Tony the Tiger
Dec. 29, 2023 - Notre Dame 40, Oregon State 8
MVP: Jordan Faison, Notre Dame
Dec. 30, 2022 - Pittsburgh 37, UCLA 35
MVP: Rodney Hammond, Pittsburgh
Dec. 31, 2021 - Central Michigan 24, Washington State 21
MVP: Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
Dec. 31, 2020 -
cancelled
Dec. 31, 2019 - Arizona State 20, Florida State 14
MVP: Jayden Daniels, Cristian Zendejas, Arizona State
Dec. 31, 2018 - Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13
MVP: Cameron Scarlett, Stanford
Dec. 29, 2017 - North Carolina State 52, Arizona State 31
MVP: Nyheim Hines, North Carolina State
Dec. 30, 2016 - Stanford 25, North Carolina 23
MVP: Solomon Thomas, Stanford
Dec. 26, 2015 - Washington State 20, Miami 14
MVP: Luke Falk, Washington State
Dec. 27, 2014 - Arizona State 36, Duke 31
MVP: DeMario Richard, Kweishi Brown, Arizona State
Dec. 31, 2013 - UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 7
MVP: Brett Hundley, Jordan Zumwalt,
Ken Clark, Ka'imi Fairbairn, UCLA
Dec. 31, 2012 - Georgia Tech 21, USC 7
MVP: Rod Sweeting, Jay Finch,
Jamal Golden, Georgia Tech
Dec. 31, 2011 - Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27
MVP: John White IV, DeVonte Christopher,
Star Lotolelei, Utah
Dec. 31, 2010 - Notre Dame 33, Miami FL 17
MVP: Michael Floyd, David Ruffer,
Zack Martin, Notre Dame
Dec. 31, 2009 - Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27
MVP: Ryan Broyles, Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma
Dec. 31, 2008 - Oregon State 3, Pittsburgh 0
MVP: Victor Butler, Johnny Hekker, Oregon State
Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh
Dec. 31, 2007 - Oregon 56, South Florida 21
MVP: Jonathan Stewart, Matt Evensen,
Fenuki Tupou, Oregon
Dec. 29, 2006 - Oregon State 39, Missouri 38
MVP: Matt Moore, Oregon State
Xzavie Jackson, Jeff Wolfert, Missouri
Dec. 30, 2005 - UCLA 50, Northwestern 38
MVP: Chris Markey, Khalil Bell, Brandon Breazell, UCLA
Kevin Mims, Northwestern
Dec. 31, 2004 - Arizona State 27, Purdue 23
MVP: Sam Keller, Jimmy Verdon, Arizona State
Brandon Villarreal, Purdue
Dec. 31, 2003 - Minnesota 31, Oregon 30
MVP: Samie Parker, Jared Siegel
Junior Siavaii, Oregon
Dec. 31, 2002 - Purdue 34, Washington 24
MVP: Kyle Orton, Anthony Chambers
Shaun Phillips, Purdue
Dec. 31, 2001 - Washington State 33, Purdue 27
MVP: Lamont Thompson, Drew Dunning, Washington State
Akin Ayodele, Purdue
Dec. 30, 2000 - Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
MVP: Freddie Mitchell, Oscar Cabrera, UCLA
Michael Bennett, Wisconsin
Dec. 31, 1999 - Oregon 24, Minnesota 20
MVP: Billy Cockerham, Dyron Russ
Ryan Rindels, Minnesota
Dec. 31, 1998 - Texas Christian 28, Southern Cal 19
MVP: Basil Mitchell, London Dunlap, TCU
Adam Abrams, USC
Dec. 31, 1997 - Arizona State 17 , Iowa 7
MVP: Mike Martin, Jeremy Staat, Arizona State
Dec. 31, 1996 - Stanford 38, Michigan State 0
MVP: Troy Walters, Kailee Wong
Chad Hutchinson, Stanford
Dec. 29, 1995 - Iowa 38, Washington 18
MVP: Sedrick Shaw, Jared DeVries, Brion Hurley, Iowa
Dec. 30, 1994 - Texas 35, North Carolina 31
MVP: Priest Holmes, Blake Brockermeyer, Texas
Marcus Wall, North Carolina
Dec. 31, 1993 - Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10
MVP: Jerald Moore, Oklahoma
Shawn Jackson, Texas Tech
Dec. 31, 1992 - Baylor 20, Arizona 15
MVP: Melvin Bonner, Baylor
Rob Waldrop, Arizona
Dec. 31, 1991 - UCLA 6, Illinois 3
MVP: Arnold Ale, UCLA
Jimmy Rogers, Jr., Illinois
Dec. 31, 1990 - Michigan State 17, Southern Cal 16
MVP: Courtney Hawkins, Michigan State
Craig Hartsuyker, USC
Dec. 30, 1989 - Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28
MVP: Alex Van Pelt, Pittsburgh
Anthony Williams, Texas A&M
Dec. 24, 1988 - Alabama 29, Army 28
MVP: David Smith, Derrick Thomas, Alabama
Dec. 25, 1987 - Oklahoma State 35, West Virginia 33
MVP: Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State
Darnell Warren, West Virginia
Dec. 25, 1986 - Alabama 28, Washington 6
MVP: Cornelius Bennett, Alabama
Steve Alvord, Washington
Dec. 28, 1985 - Georgia 13, Arizona 13
MVP: Max Zendejas, Arizona
Peter Anderson, Georgia
Dec. 22, 1984 - Maryland28, Tennessee 27
MVP: Rick Badanjek, Maryland
Carl Zander, Tennessee
Dec. 24, 1983 - Alabama 28, Southern Methodist 7
MVP: Walter Lewis, Wes Neighbors, Alabama
Dec. 25, 1982 - North Carolina 26, Texas 10
MVP: Ethan Horton, North Carolina
Ronnie Mullins, Texas
Dec. 26, 1981 - Oklahoma 40, Houston 14
MVP: Darrell Shepard, Rick Bryan, Oklahoma
Dec. 27, 1980 - Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17
MVP: Jeff Quinn, Jimmy Williams, Nebraska
Dec. 22, 1979 - Washington 14, Texas 7
MVP: Paul Skansi, Doug Martin, Washington
Dec. 23, 1978 - Texas 42, Maryland0
MVP: Ham Jones, Dwight Jefferson, Texas
Dec. 31, 1977 - Stanford 24, Louisiana State 14
MVP: Charles Alexander, LSU
Gordy Ceresino, Stanford
Jan. 2, 1977 - Texas A&M 37, Florida 14
MVP: Tony Franklin, Edgar Fields, Texas A&M
Dec. 26, 1975 - Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19
MVP: Robert Haygood, Al Romano, Pittsburgh
Dec. 28, 1974 - Mississippi State 26, North Carolina 24
MVP: Terry Vitrano, Jimmy Webb, Mississippi State
Dec. 29, 1973 - Missouri 34, Auburn 17
MVP: Ray Bybee, John Kelsey, Missouri
Dec. 30, 1972 - North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28
MVP: George Smith, Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech
Dec. 18, 1971 - Louisiana State 33, Iowa State 15
MVP: Bert Jones, LSU
Matt Blair, Iowa State
Dec. 19, 1970 - Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9
MVP: Rock Perdoni, Bill Flowers, Georgia Tech
Dec. 20, 1969 - Nebraska 45, Georgia 6
MVP: Paul Rogers, Jerry Murtaugh, Nebraska
Dec. 28, 1968 - Auburn 34, Arizona 10
MVP: Buddy McClintock, David Campbell, Auburn
Dec. 30, 1967 - Texas-El Paso 14, Mississippi 7
MVP: Billy Stevens, Fred Carr, Texas-El Paso
Dec. 24, 1966 - Wyoming 28, Florida State 20
MVP: Jim Kiick, Jerry Durling, Wyoming
Dec. 31, 1965 - Texas-El Paso 13, Texas Christian 12
MVP: Billy Stevens, Texas-El Paso
Ronny Nixon, TCU
Dec. 26, 1964 - Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0
MVP: Preston Ridlehuber, Jim Wilson, Georgia
Dec. 31, 1963 - Oregon 21, Southern Methodist 14
MVP: Bob Berry, Oregon
John Hughes, SMU
Dec. 31, 1962 - West Texas A&M 15, Ohio University 14
MVP: Jerry Logan, West Texas A&M
Don Hoovler, Ohio
Dec. 30, 1961 - Villanova 17, Wichita State 9
MVP: Billy Joe, Richie Ross, Villanova
Dec. 31, 1960 - New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13
MVP: Charley Johnson, New Mexico State
Dec. 31, 1959 - New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8
MVP: Charley Johnson, New Mexico State
Dec. 31, 1958 - Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 8
MVP: Leonard Kucewski, Wyoming
Jan. 1, 1958 - Louisville 34, Drake 20
MVP: Ken Porco, Louisville
Jan. 1, 1957 - George Washington 13, Texas-El Paso 0
MVP: Claude Austin, George Washington
Jan. 2, 1956 - Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14
MVP: Jim Crawford, Wyoming
Jan. 1, 1955 - Texas-El Paso 47, Florida State 20
MVP: Jesse Whittenton, Texas-El Paso
Jan. 1, 1954 - Texas-El Paso 37, Southern Mississippi 14
MVP: Dick Shinaut, Texas-El Paso
Jan. 1, 1953 - Pacific 26, Southern Mississippi 7
MVP: Tom McCormick, Pacific
Jan. 1, 1952 - Texas Tech 25, Pacfic 14
MVP: Junior Arteburn, Texas Tech
Jan. 1, 1951 - West Texas A&M 14, Cincinnati 13
MVP: Bill Cross, West Texas A&M
Jan. 2, 1950 - Texas-El Paso 33, Georgetown 20
MVP: Harvey Gabriel, Texas-El Paso
Jan. 1, 1949 - West Virginia 21, Texas-El Paso 20
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1948 - Miami OH 13, Texas Tech 12
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1947 - Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1946 - New Mexico 34, Denver 24
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1945 - Southwestern Texas 35, Mexico 0
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1944 - Southwestern Texas 7, New Mexico 0
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1943 - Second Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1942 - Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1941 - Western Reserve 26, Arizona State 13
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1940 - Catholic 0, Arizona State 0
MVP: --
Jan. 2, 1939 - Utah 26, New Mexico 0
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1938 - West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1937 - Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas-El Paso 6
MVP: --
Jan. 1, 1936 - Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14
MVP: --
