The Long History of "The Sun Bowl"

[Blues1]

You can say a lot of things about The Sun Bowl - But you cannot denie it's
long History and Tradition.....
What was it like across *The Border* in 1935 ~~~ :)

74 years....
The Long History of "The Sun Bowl"

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team

January 1, 1935 El Paso All-Stars 25 Ranger (Texas) 21
January 1, 1936 Hardin-Simmons 14 New Mexico State 14
January 1, 1937 Hardin-Simmons 34 UTEP 6
January 1, 1938 West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6
January 2, 1939 Utah 26 New Mexico 0
January 1, 1940 Arizona State 0 Catholic 0
January 1, 1941 Western Reserve 26 Arizona State 13
January 1, 1942 Tulsa 6 Texas Tech 0
January 1, 1943 Second Air Force 13 Hardin-Simmons 7
January 1, 1944 Southwestern 7 New Mexico 0
January 1, 1945 Southwestern 35 UNAM 0
January 1, 1946 New Mexico 34 Denver 24
January 1, 1947 Cincinnati 18 Virginia Tech 6
January 1, 1948 Miami (Ohio) 13 Texas Tech 12
January 1, 1949 West Virginia 21 UTEP 12
January 2, 1950 UTEP 33 Georgetown 30
January 1, 1951 West Texas State 14 Cincinnati 13
January 1, 1952 Texas Tech 25 Pacific 14
January 1, 1953 Pacific 26 Southern Miss 7
January 1, 1954 UTEP 37 Southern Miss 14
January 1, 1955 UTEP 47 Florida State 20
January 2, 1956 Wyoming 21 Texas Tech 14
January 1, 1957 George Washington 13 UTEP 0
January 1, 1958 Louisville 34 Drake 20
December 31, 1958 Wyoming 14 Hardin-Simmons 6
December 31, 1959 New Mexico State 28 North Texas 8
December 31, 1960 New Mexico State 20 Utah State 13
December 30, 1961 Villanova 17 Wichita State 9
December 31, 1962 West Texas State 15 Ohio 14
December 31, 1963 Oregon 21 SMU 14
December 26, 1964 Georgia 7 Texas Tech 0
December 31, 1965 UTEP 13 TCU 12
December 24, 1966 Wyoming 28 Florida State 20
December 30, 1967 UTEP 14 Mississippi 7
December 28, 1968 Auburn 34 Arizona 10
December 20, 1969 Nebraska 45 Georgia 6
December 19, 1970 Georgia Tech 17 Texas Tech 9
December 18, 1971 LSU 33 Iowa State 15
December 30, 1972 North Carolina 32 Texas Tech 28
December 29, 1973 Missouri 34 Auburn 17
December 28, 1974 Mississippi State 26 North Carolina 24
December 26, 1975 Pittsburgh 33 Kansas 19
January 2, 1977 Texas A&M 37 Florida 14
December 31, 1977 Stanford 24 LSU 14
December 23, 1978 Texas 42 Maryland 0
December 22, 1979 Washington 14 Texas 7
December 27, 1980 Nebraska 31 Mississippi State 17

December 26, 1981 Oklahoma 40 Houston 14

December 25, 1982 North Carolina 26 Texas 10
December 24, 1983 Alabama 28 SMU 7
December 22, 1984 Maryland 28 Tennessee 27
December 28, 1985 Arizona 13 Georgia 13
December 25, 1986 Alabama 28 Washington 6
December 25, 1987 Oklahoma State 35 West Virginia 33
December 24, 1988 Alabama 29 Army 28
December 30, 1989 Pittsburgh 31 Texas A&M 28
December 31, 1990 Michigan State 17 USC 16
December 31, 1991 UCLA 6 Illinois 3
December 31, 1992 Baylor 20 Arizona 15

December 24, 1993 Oklahoma 41 Texas Tech 10

December 30, 1994 Texas 35 North Carolina 31
December 29, 1995 Iowa 38 Washington 18
December 31, 1996 Stanford 38 Michigan State 0
December 31, 1997 Arizona State 17 Iowa 7
December 31, 1998 TCU 28 USC 19
December 31, 1999 Oregon 24 Minnesota 20
December 29, 2000 Wisconsin 21 UCLA 20
December 31, 2001 Washington State 33 Purdue 27
December 31, 2002 Purdue 34 Washington 24
December 31, 2003 Minnesota 31 Oregon 30
December 31, 2004 Arizona State 27 Purdue 23
December 30, 2005 UCLA 50 Northwestern 38
December 29, 2006 Oregon State 39 Missouri 38
December 31, 2007 Oregon 56 South Florida 21
December 31, 2008 Oregon State 3 Pittsburgh 0

December 31, 2009 Stanford vs. Oklahoma ~~~~ :)

[Jacie]

For the first 50 years it was simply the Sun Bowl. Then someone with incredible business acumen and probably a two-year degree from a local college figured out they could actually make money on the game if they'd only allow one little change, the name of the game. Get your program handy so you can keep up with what they are calling it now.

Sun Bowl (1935-1985)
John Hancock Sun Bowl (1986-1988)
John Hancock Bowl (1989-1993)
Sun Bowl (1994-1995)
Norwest Sun Bowl (1996-1998)
Wells Fargo Sun Bowl (1999-2003)
Vitalis Sun Bowl (2004-2005)
Brut Sun Bowl (2006-present)

Oklahoma is 2-0 while Stanford is 1-0 in Sun Bowls.

With a 5-3 record in Sun Bowls, UTEP is the all time leader in wins.

At 0-8 Sand aggie leads in Sun Bowl losses!

The whorns are 2-2 overall in this game.

Pac 10 teams have been invited continously since 1990 and are 11-7 in that time.

SUC is 0-2.

[OUDoc]

I wondered what happened to the John Hancock bowl.

Well, I didn't wonder a lot, but I was mildly curious.

[NormanPride]

Mildly curious? About the John Hancock bowl?

Also: worst bowl game last year by far. 3-0? Ugh. Get ready for another one like that this year, folks!

[OUDoc]

Mildly curious? About the John Hancock bowl?


Well, sure. Those bowls from the past, like the Blue Bonnet Bowl, what did that turn into?

[bluesmagoo]

UTEP was Texas Western College until the name change in the 70's, I believe.

[soonerbrat]

I'M NOT GOING TO EL PASO!

it's sad, too because the ticket office is practically begging people to go

[swardboy]

I wondered what happened to the John Hancock bowl.

Well, I didn't wonder a lot, but I was mildly curious.

ROFLMAOHAHAHAHAHA.......Thanks, I needed that.

[Blues1]

Well, sure. Those bowls from the past, like the Blue Bonnet Bowl, what did that turn into?

I remember seeing at least 4 or 5 Blue Bonnet Bowls on TV in that dome stadium in Houston - Two games were - (OU had that tie with Bama) and OU losing one to SMU 28 to 27 I believe....

I think the Blue Bonnet just died a Slow Death - Never really turned into another Bowl as far as I Know.....

I believe The Old Tangerine Bowl Turned into the now "Citrus Bowl"

[Mississippi Sooner]

I was reading down that list and thinking "holy crap, Texas Tech has lost a lot of these. For that matter, did Texas Tech ever win one of these?" I'm not aware of any team having such futility at a bowl.

Knowing that now, it would have been even sweeter if the Alamo Bowl had picked us over them. By this point, they must dread going to the Sun Bowl as much as the Sooners' opponents hate going to Norman.

[sooner59]

I'M NOT GOING TO EL PASO!

it's sad, too because the ticket office is practically begging people to go

F*** the ticket office. We were sent an email telling us we had until Dec. 18 at 5pm to group student tickets and when we went to group them, they had already done it and would not let us group our "two" tickets. False advertising pieces of ****.

The guy was like, "Well you have had 2 weeks to be fair." And I told him that they were unprofessional, lol. I have had 2 weeks to look at an email telling me when I could do it. When you go to school at OUHSC in OKC, you don't always have time to drive down to Norman to do it during finals and stuff.

They can shove it. From now on I am buying bowl tickets elsewhere. I don't really feel like driving to El Paso just to sit in a different section from my girlfriend. What a joke.

[Salt City Sooner]

December 25, 1987 Oklahoma State 35 West Virginia 33
That was one fun game to watch. It started like any other game, but by the end of the game it had snowed so much that you couldn't see the yard markers.

[fadada1]

I wondered what happened to the John Hancock bowl.

Well, I didn't wonder a lot, but I was mildly curious.

it's the Herbie Hancock bowl. DERRRRR.

[OUDoc]

it's the Herbie Hancock bowl. DERRRRR.
Did I hear a "niner"? Were you on a walkie-talkie?
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[elpaso_texas]

I'M NOT GOING TO EL PASO!

it's sad, too because the ticket office is practically begging people to go


dont worry, you not attending wont make a difference.