SUN BOWL
History of all College FB Bowls
Present Site: El Paso, Texas Stadium (Capacity): Sun Bowl
Stadium (50,426)
Name Changes: Sun Bowl (1936-86, 1994-95); John Hancock Sun Bowl
(1987-88); John Hancock Bowl (1989-93); Norwest Bank Sun Bowl (1996);
Norwest Sun Bowl (1997-98); Wells Fargo Sun Bowl (1999-2003); Vitalis
Sun
Bowl (2004-05); Brut Sun Bowl (2006-09); Hyundai Sun Bowl (2010-18);
Tony
the Tiger Sun Bowl (since 2019)
Playing Sites: Kidd Field, UTEP, El Paso (1936-62); Sun Bowl Stadium (since 1963)
| DATE | SCORE | PLAYERS OF THE GAME | ATTENDANCE |
| 12-31-24 | Louisville 35. Washington 34 | Harrison Bailey Louisville QB, | 40,826 |
| 12-29-23 | Notre Dame.40 Oregon State 8 | Jordan Faison Notre Dame WR | 48,223 |
| 12-30-22 | Pittsburgh 37 UCLA 35 | Rodney Hammond Jr. Pittsburgh RB | 41,104 |
| 12-31-21 | Central Michigan 24 Washington State 21 | Lew Nichols III Central Michigan RB | 34,540 |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic | ||
| 12-31-19 | Arizona State 20 Florida State 14 |
Jayden Daniels ,Arizona
State
QB,
(MVP) Cristan Zendejas , Arizona State PK (special teams) |
42,412 |
| 12-31-18 | Stanford 14 , Pittsburgh 13 | Stanford RB Cameron Scarlett | 40,680 |
| 12-29-17 | North Carolina State 52 , Arizona State 31 |
Nyheim Hines
,RB,
NC State
(MVP) Kentavius Street ,DE, NC State (lineman) Kyle Bambard , NC State K . (special teams) |
39,897 |
| 12-30-16 | Stanford 25 , North Carolina 23 |
Soloman Thomas , Stanford , DE
(MVP) Nazair Jones, North Carolina , DT (lineman)Conrad Ukropina , Stanford , K (special teams) |
42,166 |
| 12-26-15 | Washington State 20. Miami (Fla) 14 |
Luke Falk, Washington
State , QB(MVP) Hercules Mata'afa, Washington State , DE (lineman) Erik Powell , Washington State , K/P (special teams) |
41,180 |
| 12-27-14 | Arizona State 36 , Duke 31 |
Demario Richard ,
Arizona State
, RB(MVP) Marcus Hardison Arizona State , DE (lineman) Kalen Ballage , Arizona State , RB (special teams) |
47,809 |
| 12-31-13 | UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 |
Brett Hundley. , UCLA , QB (Co-MVP) Jordan Zumwalt , UCLA , LB , (Co-MVP) |
47,912 |
| 12-31-12 | Georgia Tech 21 , Southern California 7 |
Rod Sweeting
, Georgia Tech, CB (MVP) Jamal Golden ,Georgia Tech , CB (special teams)
|
47,922 |
| 12-31-11 | Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27 (OT) |
John White , Utah , RB (MVP) Star Lotolelei ,, Utah NT (lineman)
|
48,123 |
| 12-31-10 | Notre Dame 33 , Miami (Fla) 17 |
Michael Floyd , Notre Dame, WR (MVP) Zack Martin , Notre Dame , LT (lineman) David Ruffer, PK , Notre Dame (special teams) |
54, 021 |
| 12-31-09 |
Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27 |
Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma, WR (MVP) Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma, DE (lineman) Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma, WR (special teams) |
53,713 |
| 12-31-08 | Oregon St. 3, Pittsburgh 0 |
Victor Stong-Butler, Oregon St., DE (MVP) Victor Strong-Butler, Oregon St., DE (lineman) Johnny Hekker, Oregon St., punter (special teams) |
49,037 |
| 12-31-07 | Oregon 56, South Florida 21 |
Jonathan Stewart, Oregon, RB (MVP) Fenuki Tupou, Oregon, OT (lineman) Matt Evensen, Oregon, PK (special teams) |
49,867 |
| 12-29-06 | Oregon State 39 , Missouri 38 |
Matt Moore, Oregon St., QB (MVP) Xzavie Jackson, Missouri, DE (lineman) Jeff Wolfert, Missouri, K (special teams) |
48,732 |
| 12-3-05 | UCLA 50, Northwestern 38 |
Chris Markey, UCLA, RB (co-MVP) Kahlil Bell, UCLA, RB (co-MVP) Kevin Mims, Northwestern, DE (lineman) Brandon Breazell, UCLA, WR (special |
.50,426 |
| 12-31-04 | Arizona State 27 , Purdue 23 |
Sam Keller, Arizona St., QB Brandon Villarreal, Purdue, DT Dave Brytus, Purdue, P |
51,288 |
| 12-31-03 | Minnesota 31 , Oregon 30 | Samie Parker, Oregon, WR | 49,894 |
| 12-31-02 | Purdue 34, Washington 24 |
Kyle Orton, Purdue, QB Shaun Phillips, Purdue, DE Anthony Chambers, Purdue, WR |
48,917 |
| 12-31-01 | Washington St. 33, Purdue 27 |
Lamont Thompson, Washington St., safety Akin Ayodele, Purdue, DE Drew Dunning, Washington St., placekicker |
47,812 |
| 12-29-00 | Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 |
Freddie Mitchell, UCLA, WR Oscar Cabrera, UCLA, OL Michael Bennett, Wisconsin, RB |
49,093 |
| 12-31-99 | Oregon 24, Minnesota 20 |
Billy Cockerham, Minnesota, QB Dyron Russ, Minnesota, OT Ryan Rindels, Minnesota, punter |
48,757 |
| 12-31-98 | TCU 28, Southern California 19 |
Basil Mitchell, TCU, TB London Dunlap, TCU, DE Adam Abrams, Southern California, placekicker |
46,612 |
| 12-31-97 | Arizona St. 17, Iowa 7 | Mike Martin, Arizona St., RB | 49,104 |
| 12-31-96 | Stanford 38, Michigan St. 0 |
Troy Walters, Stanford, flanker Kailee Wong, Stanford, DE Chad Hutchinson, Stanford, QB |
42,721 |
| 12-29-95 | Iowa 38, Washington 18 |
Sedrick Shaw, Iowa, RB Jared DeVries, Iowa, DT Brion Hurley, Iowa, kicker |
49,116 |
| 12-30-94 | Texas 35, North Carolina 31 |
Priest Holmes, Texas, RB Blake Brockermeyer, Texas, OL Marcus Wall, North Carolina, WR |
50,612 |
| 12-24-93 | Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 |
Jerald Moore, Oklahoma, RB |
43,848 |
| 12-31-92 | Baylor 20, Arizona 15 | Melvin Bonner, Baylor, flanker | 41,622 |
| 12-31-91 | UCLA 6, Illinois 3 |
Arnold Ale, UCLA, LB Jimmy Rogers Jr., Illinois, lineman |
42,821 |
| 12-31-90 |
Michigan St. 17, Southern California 16 |
Courtney Hawkins, Michigan St., WR Craig Hartsuyker, Southern California, LB |
50,562 |
| 12-30-89 | Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28 |
Alex Van Pelt, Pittsburgh, QB Anthony Williams, Texas A&M, LB |
44,887 |
| 12-24-88 | Alabama 29, Army 28 |
David Smith, Alabama, QB Derrick Thomas, Alabama, LB |
48,719 |
| 12-25-87 |
Oklahoma St. 35, West Virginia 33 |
Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma St., RB Darnell Warren, West Virginia, LB |
43,240 |
| 12-25-86 | Alabama 28, Washington 6 |
Cornelius Bennett, Alabama, DE Steve Alvord, Washington, MG |
48,722 |
| 12-28-85 | Arizona 13, Georgia 13 |
Max Zendejas, Arizona, kicker Peter Anderson, Georgia, center |
52,203 |
| 12-22-84 | Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 |
Rick Badanjek, Maryland, FB Carl Zander, Tennessee, LB |
.50,126 |
| 12-24-83 | Alabama 28, Southern Methodist 7 |
Walter Lewis, Alabama, QB Wes Neighbors, Alabama, center |
41,412 |
| 12-25-82 | North Carolina 26, Texas 10 |
Ethan Horton, North Carolina, tailback Ronnie Mullins, Texas, DE |
31,359 |
| 12-26-81 | Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 |
Darrell Shepard, Oklahoma, QB Rick Bryan, Oklahoma, DT |
33,816 |
| 12-27-80 |
Nebraska 31, Mississippi St. 17 |
Jeff Quinn, Nebraska, QB Jimmy Williams, Nebraska, DE |
34,723 |
| 12-22-79 | Washington 14, Texas 7 |
Paul Skansi, Washington, flanker Doug Martin, Washington, DT |
33,412 |
| 12-23-78 | Texas 42, Maryland 0 |
Johnny "Ham" Jones, Texas, RB Dwight Jefferson, Texas, DE |
33,122 |
| 12-31-77 | Stanford 24, LSU 14 |
Charles Alexander, LSU, tailback Gordy Ceresino, Stanford, LB |
31,318 |
| 1-2-77 | Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 |
Tony Franklin, Texas A&M, kicker Edgar Fields, Texas A&M, DT |
33,252 |
| 12-26-75 | Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 |
Robert Haygood, Pittsburgh, QB Al Romano, Pittsburgh, middle guard |
33,240 |
| 12-28-74 | Mississippi St. 26, North Carolina 24 |
Terry Vitrano, Mississippi St., FB Jimmy Webb, Mississippi St., DT |
30,131 |
| 12-29-73 | Missouri 34, Auburn 17 |
Ray Bybee, Missouri, FB John Kelsey, Missouri, TE |
30,127 |
| 12-30-72 |
North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 |
George Smith, Texas Tech, HB Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech, DT |
31,312 |
| 12-18-71 | LSU 33, Iowa St. 15 |
Bert Jones, LSU, QB Matt Blair, Iowa St., LB |
33,503 |
| 12-19-70 | Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 |
Rock Perdoni, Georgia Tech, DT Bill Flowers, Georgia Tech, LB |
30,512 |
| 12-20-69 | Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 |
Paul Rogers, Nebraska, HB Jerry Murtaugh, Nebraska, LB |
29,723 |
| 12-28-68 | Auburn 34, Arizona 10 |
Buddy McClintock, Auburn, DB David Campbell, Auburn, tackle |
32,307 |
| 12-30-67 | UTEP 14, Mississippi 7 |
Billy Stevens, UTEP, QB Fred Carr, UTEP, LB |
34,685 |
| 12-24-66 | Wyoming 28, Florida St. 20 |
Jim Kiick, Wyoming, TB Jerry Durling, Wyoming, middle guard |
24,381 |
| 12-31-65 | UTEP 13, TCU 12 |
Billy Stevens, UTEP, QB Ronny Nixon, TCU, tackle |
27,450 |
| 12-26-64 |
Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 |
Preston Ridlehuber, Georgia, QB Jim Wilson, Georgia, tackle |
28,500 |
| 12-31-63 | Oregon 21, Southern Methodist 14 |
Bob Berry, Oregon, QB John Hughes, Southern Methodist, guard |
26,500 |
| 12-31-62 | West Tex. A&M 15, Ohio 14 |
Jerry Logan, West Tex. A&M, HB Don Hoovler, Ohio, guard |
16,000 |
| 12-30-61 | Villanova 17, Wichita St. 9 |
Billy Joe, Villanova, FB Richie Ross, Villanova, guard |
15,000 |
| 12-31-60 | New Mexico St. 20, Utah St. 13 | Charley Johnson, New Mexico St., QB | 16,000 |
| 12-31-59 | New Mexico St. 28, North Texas 8 | Charley Johnson, New Mexico St., QB | 14,000 |
| 12-31-58 | Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 | Leonard Kucewski, Wyoming, guard | 13,000 |
| 1-1-58 | Louisville 34, Drake 20 | 12,000 | |
| 1-1-57 |
George Washington 13, UTEP 0 |
Claude Austin, George Washington | 13,500 |
| 1-2-56 |
Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14 |
Jim Crawford, Wyoming, halfback | 14,500 |
| 1-1-55 | UTEP 47, Florida St. 20 | Jesse Whittenton, UTEP, quarterback | 14,000 |
| 1-1-54 | UTEP 37, Southern Miss. 14 | Dick Shinaut, UTEP, quarterback | 9,500 |
| 1-1-53 | Pacific (Cal.) 26, Southern Miss. 7 | Tom McCormick, Pacific (Cal.), halfback | 11,000 |
| 1-1-52 | Texas Tech 25, Pacific (Cal.) 14 | Junior Arteburn, Texas Tech, quarterback | 17,000 |
| 1-1-51 | West Tex. A&M 14, Cincinnati 13 | Bill Cross, West Tex. A&M, end | 16,000 |
| 1-2-50 | UTEP 33, Georgetown 20 | Harvey Gabriel, UTEP, halfback | 15,000 |
| 1-1-49 | West Virginia 21, UTEP 12 | 13,000 | |
| 1-1-48 |
Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 12 |
18,000 | |
| 1-1-47 | Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 | 10,000 | |
| 1-1-46 | New Mexico 34, Denver 24 | 15,000 | |
| 1-1-45 | Southwestern (Tex.) 35, U. of Mexico 0 | 13,000 | |
| 1-1-44 | Southwestern (Tex.) 7, New Mexico 0 | 18,000 | |
| 1-1-43 | Second Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 | 16,000 | |
| 1-1-42 | Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 | 14,000 | |
| 1-1-41 | Case Reserve 26, Arizona St. 13 | 14,000 | |
| 1-1-40 | Arizona St. 0, Catholic 0 | 12,000 | |
| 1-2-39 |
Utah 26, New Mexico 0 |
13,000 | |
| 1-1-38 | West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 | 12,000 | |
| 1-1-37 | Hardin-Simmons 34, UTEP 6 | 10,000 | |
| 1-1-36 | Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico St. 14 | 11,000 |
C.M. Hendricks Most Valuable Player Trophy (1954-Present)
Jimmy Rogers Jr. Most Valuable Lineman Trophy (1961-Present)
John Folmer Most Valuable Special Teams Trophy (1994)