Who Won the Sun Bowl?

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The Sun Bowl is held annually in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest bowl games, dating back to 1936.

It was called the John Hancock Bowl from 1989-93. The Sun Bowl is currently sponsored by Hyundai.



Sun Bowl Winners

Date Sun Bowl Champion Score Runner Up
2011-12-31 Utah Utes 30-27 Georgia Tech
2010-12-31 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 33-17 Miami (FL)
2009-12-31 Oklahoma Sooners 31-27 Stanford
2008-12-31 Oregon State Beavers 3-0 Pittsburgh
2007-12-31 Oregon Ducks 56-21 South Florida
2006-12-29 Oregon State Beavers 39-38 Missouri
2005-12-30 UCLA Bruins 50-38 Northwestern
2004-12-31 Arizona State Sun Devils 27-23 Purdue
2003-12-31 Minnesota Gophers 31-30 Oregon
2002-12-31 Purdue Boilermakers 34-24 Washington
2001-12-31 Washington State Cougars 33-27 Purdue
2000-12-29 Wisconsin Badgers 21-20 UCLA
1999-12-31 Oregon Ducks 24-20 Minnesota
1998-12-31 Texas Christian Horned Frogs 28-19 USC
1997-12-31 Arizona State Sun Devils 17-7 Iowa
1996-12-31 Stanford Cardinal 38-0 Michigan State
1995-12-29 Iowa Hawkeyes 38-18 Washington
1994-12-30 Texas Longhorns 35-31 North Carolina
1993-12-24 Oklahoma Sooners 41-10 Texas Tech
1992-12-31 Baylor Bears 20-15 Arizona
1991-12-31 UCLA Bruins 6-3 Illinois
1990-12-31 Michigan State Spartans 17-16 USC
1989-12-30 Pittsburgh Panthers 31-28 Texas A&M
1988-12-24 Alabama Crimson Tide 29-28 Army
1987-12-25 Oklahoma State Cowboys 35-33 West Virginia
1986-12-25 Alabama Crimson Tide 28-6 Washington
1985-12-28 TIE 13-13 Georgia; Arizona
1984-12-22 Maryland Terrapins 28-27 Tennessee
1983-12-24 Alabama Crimson Tide 28-7 Southern Methodist
1982-12-25 North Carolina Tarheels 26-10 Texas
1981-12-26 Oklahoma Sooners 40-14 Houston
1980-12-27 Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-17 Mississippi State
1979-12-22 Washington Huskies 14-7 Texas
1978-12-23 Texas Longhorns 42-0 Maryland
1977-12-31 Stanford Cardinal 24-14 Louisiana State
1977-01-02 Texas A&M Aggies 37-14 Florida
1975-12-26 Pittsburgh Panthers 33-19 Kansas
1974-12-28 Mississippi State Bulldogs 26-24 North Carolina
1973-12-29 Missouri Tigers 34-17 Auburn
1972-12-30 North Carolina Tarheels 32-28 Texas Tech
1971-12-18 LSU Tigers 33-15 Iowa State
1970-12-19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 17-9 Texas Tech
1969-12-20 Nebraska Cornhuskers 45-6 Georgia
1968-12-28 Auburn Tigers 34-10 Arizona
1967-12-30 UTEP Miners 14-7 Mississippi
1966-12-24 Wyoming Cowboys 28-20 Florida State
1965-12-31 UTEP Miners 13-12 Texas Christian
1964-12-26 Georgia Bulldogs 7-0 Texas Tech
1963-12-31 Oregon Ducks 21-14 Southern Methodist
1962-12-31 West Texas State Buffalo 15-14 Ohio
1961-12-30 Villanova Wildcats 17-9 Wichita State
1960-12-31 New Mexico State Aggies 20-13 Utah State
1959-12-31 New Mexico State Aggies 28-8 North Texas
1958-12-31 Wyoming Cowboys 14-6 Hardin-Simmons
1958-01-01 Louisville Cardinals 34-20 Drake
1957-01-01 George Washington Colonials 13-0 UTEP
1956-01-02 Wyoming Cowboys 21-14 Texas Tech
1955-01-01 UTEP Miners 47-20 Florida State
1954-01-01 UTEP Miners 37-14 Southern Mississippi
1953-01-01 Pacific Tigers 26-7 Southern Mississippi
1952-01-01 Texas Tech Red Raiders 25-14 Pacific
1951-01-01 West Texas State Buffalo 14-13 Cincinnati
1950-01-02 UTEP Miners 33-20 Georgetown
1949-01-01 West Virginia Mountaineers 21-12 UTEP
1948-01-01 Miami (OH) RedHawks 13-12 Texas Tech
1947-01-01 Cincinnati Bearcats 18-6 Virginia Tech
1946-01-01 New Mexico Lobos 34-24 Denver
1945-01-01 Southwestern (TX) Pirates 35-0 New Mexico
1944-01-01 Southwestern (TX) Pirates 7-0 New Mexico
1943-01-01 Air Force Fighting Falcons 13-7 Hardin-Simmons
1942-01-01 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 6-0 Texas Tech
1941-01-01 Case Reserve 26-13 Arizona State
1940-01-01 TIE 0-0 Catholic; Arizona State
1939-01-02 Utah Utes 26-0 New Mexico
1938-01-01 West Virginia Mountaineers 7-6 Texas Tech
1937-01-01 Hardin-Simmons 34-6 UTEP
1936-01-01 TIE 14-14 Hardin-Simmons; New Mexico State
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