The Sports Almanac

Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl


LOUISVILLE CARDINALS CURRENT SUN BOWL CHAMPIONS

Louisville Cardinals

Washington Huskies
35
34


Through the 2024 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
Georgia 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
2024
Louisville Cardinals
Washington Huskies
35-34
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