The Sports Almanac

Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl


NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH CURRENT SUN BOWL CHAMPIONS

Oregon State Beavers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Through the 2023 Bowl

YEAR
WINNER
LOSER
SCORE
1935
El Paso All-Stars
Ranger College
25-21
1936
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys/New Mexico State Aggies
Game Ended In Tie
14-14
1937
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Texas El Paso Miners
34-6
1938
West Virginia Mountaineers
Texas Tech Red Raiders
7-6
1939
Utah Utes
New Mexico Lobos
26-0
1940
Arizona State Sun Devils/Catholic Cardinals
Game Ended In Tie
0-0
1941
Western Reserve Spartans
Arizona State Sun Devils
26-13
1942
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Texas Tech Red Raiders
6-0
1943
Second Air Force
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
13-7
1944
Southwestern Pirates
New Mexico Lobos
7-0
1945
Southwestern Pirates
National Autonomous University of Mexico Pumas
35-0
1946
New Mexico Lobos
Denver Pioneers
34-24
1947
Cincinnati Bearcats
Virginia Tech Hokies
18-6
1948
Miami RedHawks
Texas Tech Red Raiders
13-12
1949
West Virginia Mountaineers
Texas El Paso Miners
21-12
1950
Texas El Paso Miners
Georgetown Hoyas
33-30
1951
West Texas State Buffaloes
Cincinnati Bearcats
14-13
1952
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Pacific Tigers
25-14
1953
Pacific Tigers
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
26-7
1954
Texas El Paso Miners
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
37-14
1955
Texas El Paso Miners
Florida State Seminoles
47-20
1956
Wyoming Cowboys
Texas Tech Red Raiders
21-14
1957
George Washington Colonials
Texas El Paso Miners
13-0
1958a
Louisville Cardinals
Drake Bulldogs
34-20
1958b
Wyoming Cowboys
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
14-6
1959
New Mexico State Aggies
North Texas Mean Green
28-8
1960
New Mexico State Aggies
Utah State Aggies
20-13
1961
Villanova Wildcats
Wichita State Shockers
17-9
1962
West Texas State Buffaloes
Ohio Bobcats
15-14
1963
Oregon Ducks
SMU Mustangs
21-14
1964
Georgia Bulldogs
Texas Tech Red Raiders
7-0
1965
Texas El Paso Miners
TCU Horned Frogs
13-12
1966
Wyoming Cowboys
Florida State Seminoles
28-20
1967
Texas El Paso Miners
Mississippi Rebels
14-7
1968
Auburn Tigers
Arizona Wildcats
34-10
1969
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Georgia Bulldogs
45-6
1970
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Texas Tech Red Raiders
17-9
1971
LSU Tigers
Iowa State Cyclones
33-15
1972
North Carolina Tar Heels
Texas Tech Red Raiders
32-28
1973
Missouri Tigers
Auburn Tigers
34-17
1974
Mississippi State Bulldogs
North Carolina Tar Heels
26-24
1975
Pittsburgh Panthers
Kansas Jayhawks
33-19
1977a
Texas A&M Aggies
Florida Gators
37-14
1977b
Stanford Cardinal
LSU Tigers
24-14
1978
Texas Longhorns
Maryland Terrapins
42-0
1979
Washington Huskies
Texas Longhorns
14-7
1980
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Mississippi State Bulldogs
31-17
1981
Oklahoma Sooners
Houston Cougars
40-14
1982
North Carolina Tar Heels
Texas Longhorns
26-10
1983
Alabama Crimson Tide
SMU Mustangs
28-7
1984
Maryland Terrapins
Tennessee Volunteers
28-27
1985
Arizona Wildcats/Georgia Bulldogs
Game Ended In Tie
13-13
1986
Alabama Crimson Tide
Washington Huskies
28-6
1987
Oklahoma State Cowboys
West Virginia Mountaineers
35-33
1988
Alabama Crimson Tide
Army Black Knights
29-28
1989
Pittsburgh Panthers
Texas A&M Aggies
31-28
1990
Michigan State Spartans
USC Trojans
17-16
1991
UCLA Bruins
Illinois Fighting Illini
6-3
1992
Baylor Bears
Arizona Wildcats
20-15
1993
Oklahoma Sooners
Texas Tech Red Raiders
41-10
1994
Texas Longhorns
North Carolina Tar Heels
35-31
1995
Iowa Hawkeyes
Washington Huskies
38-18
1996
Stanford Cardinal
Michigan State Spartans
38-0
1997
Arizona State Sun Devils
Iowa Hawkeyes
14-7
1998
TCU Horned Frogs
USC Trojans
28-19
1999
Oregon Ducks
Minnesota Golden Gophers
24-20
2000
Wisconsin Badgers
UCLA Bruins
21-20
2001
Washington State Cougars
Purdue Boilermakers
33-27
2002
Purdue Boilermakers
Washington Huskies
34-24
2003
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Oregon Ducks
31-30
2004
Arizona State Sun Devils
Purdue Boilermakers
27-23
2005
UCLA Bruins
Northwestern Wildcats
50-38
2006
Oregon State Beavers
Missouri Tigers
39-38
2007
Oregon Ducks
South Florida Bulls
56-21
2008
Oregon State Beavers
Pittsburgh Panthers
3-0
2009
Oklahoma Sooners
Stanford Cardinal
31-27
2010
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Miami Hurricanes
33-17
2011
Utah Utes
Gerogia Tech Yellow Jackets
30-27 OT
2012
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
USC Trojans
21-7
2013
UCLA Bruins
Virginia Tech Hokies
42-12
2014
Arizona State Sun Devils
Duke Blue Devils
36-31
2015
Washington State Cougars
Miami Hurricanes
20-14
2016
Stanford Cardinal
North Carolina Tar Heels
25-23
2017
North Carolina State Wolf Pack
Arizona State Sun Devils
52-31
2018
Stanford Cardinal
Pittsburgh Panthers
14-13
2019
Arizona State Sun Devils
Florida State Seminoles
20-14
2020
NONE
NONE
Canceled
2021
Central Michigan Chippewas
Washington State Cougars
24-21
2022
Pittsburgh Panthers
UCLA Bruins
37-35
2023
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Oregon State Beavers
40-8
1935-1985 Sun Bowl
1986-1989 John Hancock Sun Bowl
1990-1993 John Hancock Bowl
1994-1995 Sun Bowl
1996-1998 Northwest Sun Bowl
1999-2003 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl
2004-2005 Vitalis Sun Bowl
2006-2009 Brut Sun Bowl