All-Time Appearances of Pac-12 Teams in Sun Bowl

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Posted on August 8, 2021


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

Current Pac-12 teams have made 34 appearances in the Sun Bowl since 1939, winning 20, losing 13, and tying 2, with 33 players being named either the offensive or defensive MVP.

The bowl has been played in El Paso, Texas, on the campus of UTEP since 1935. Along with the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl, it is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl.

The Sun Bowl is currently the Pac-12’s fifth-choice bowl, behind the CFP and the Alamo, Holiday, and Redbox bowls. The bowl can take any ACC team ranked fourth through eighth.

Oregon State, Utah, and Washington State are undefeated in the Sun Bowl; Arizona and USC are winless in it, and California and Colorado have never played in it. Here is a list of each program’s record in the bowl:

OSU, 2-0
Utah, 2-0
WSU, 2-0
Stanford, 4-1
Oregon, 3-1
UCLA, 3-1
ASU, 4–2–1
Cal, 0-0
Colorado, 0-0
Washington, 1-3
Arizona, 0-2-1
USC, 0-3

Typically held near the end of December, games currently feature teams from the ACC and the Pac-12 Conference, and have done so since 2011. As was the case with many bowls, the 2020 edition of the bowl was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2019, the game has been sponsored by Kellogg’s and is officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, after the mascot for the company’s Frosted Flakes cereal.

Previous sponsors include John Hancock Financial, Norwest Corporation, Wells Fargo, Helen of Troy Limited (using its Vitalis and Brut brands), and Hyundai Motor Company.

In the table below, you’ll find all the games involving current Conference teams with dates played, scores, winner, loser, and MVP.

[You may also be interested in: All-Time Pac-12 Conference Bowl Games and Results]

All-Time Appearances of Current Pac-12 Teams in Sun Bowl

Date	Winner	Pts	Loser	Pts	MVP
Dec 31 2019	ASU	20	Florida State	14	ASU QB Jayden Daniels
Dec 31 2018	Stanford	14	Pittsburgh	13	Stanford RB Cameron Scarlett
Dec 29 2017	North Carolina State	52	ASU	31	NC State RB Nyheim Hines
Dec 30 2016	Stanford	25	North Carolina	23	Stanford DE Soloman Thomas
Dec 26 2015	WSU	20	Miami (FL)	14	Washington St. QB Luke Falk
Dec 27 2014	ASU	36	Duke	31	RB Demario Richard (ASU)
Dec 31 2013	UCLA	42	Virginia Tech	12	QB Brett Hundley (UCLA) LB Jordan Zumwalt (UCLA)
Dec 31 2012	Georgia Tech	21	USC	7	DB Rod Sweeting (Georgia Tech)
Dec 31 2011	Utah	30	Georgia Tech	27	DL Star Lotulelei (Utah)
Dec 31 2009	Oklahoma	31	Stanford	27	WR Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma) DL Gerlad McCoy (Oklahoma)
Dec 31 2008	OSU	3	Pittsburgh	0	DL Victor Strong-Butler (OSU)
Dec 31 2007	Oregon	56	South Florida	21	OL Fenuki Tupou (Oregon) RB Jonathan Stewart (Oregon)
Dec 29 2006	OSU	39	Missouri	38	DL Xzavie Jackson (Missouri) QB Matt Moore (OSU)
Dec 30 2005	UCLA	50	Northwestern	38	DL Kevin Mims (Northwestern) RB Kahlil Bell (UCLA)
Dec 31 2004	ASU	27	Purdue	23	DL Brandon Villareal (Purdue) QB Sam Keller (ASU)
Dec 31 2003	Minnesota	31	Oregon	30	DL Junior Siavaii (Oregon) WR Samie Parker (Oregon)
Dec 31 2002	Purdue	34	Washington	24	DL Shaun Phillips (Purdue) QB Kyle Orton (Purdue)
Dec 31 2001	WSU	33	Purdue	27	DL Akin Ayodele (Purdue) DB Lamont Thompson (WSU)
Dec 29 2000	Wisconsin	21	UCLA	20	OL Oscar Cabrera (UCLA) WR Freddie Mitchell (UCLA)
Dec 31 1999	Oregon	24	Minnesota	20	DL Dyron Russ (Minnesota) QB Billy Cockerham (Minnesota)
Dec 31 1998	Texas Christian	28	USC	19	DL London Dunlap (Texas Christian) RB Basil Mitchell (Texas Christian)
Dec 31 1997	ASU	17	Iowa	7	DL Jeremy Staat (ASU) RB Mike Martin (ASU)
Dec 31 1996	Stanford	38	Michigan State	0	DL Kailee Wong (Stanford) QB Chad Hutchinson (Stanford)
Dec 29 1995	Iowa	38	Washington	18	DL Jared DeVries (Iowa) RB Sedrick Shaw (Iowa)
Dec 31 1992	Baylor	20	Arizona	15	DL Rob Waldrop (Arizona) WR Melvin Bonner (Baylor)
Dec 31 1991	UCLA	6	Illinois	3	DL Mike Ploskey (Illinois) LB Arnold Ale (UCLA)
Dec 31 1990	Michigan State	17	USC	16	LB Craig Hartsuyker (USC) WR Courtney Hawkins (Michigan State)
Dec 25 1986	Alabama	28	Washington	6	DL Steve Alvord (Washington) DL Cornelius Bennett (Alabama)
Dec 28 1985	Georgia	13	Arizona	13	OL Peter Anderson (Georgia) K Max Zendejas (Arizona)
Dec 22 1979	Washington	14	Texas	7	WR Paul Skansi (Washington) DL Doug Martin (Washington)
Dec 31 1977	Stanford	24	Louisiana State	14	RB Charles Alexander (Louisiana State) LB Gordon Ceresino (Stanford)
Dec 28 1968	Auburn	34	Arizona	10	QB Buddy McClinton (Auburn) OL David Campbell (Auburn)
Dec 31 1963	Oregon	21	Southern Methodist	14	QB Bob Berry (Oregon) OL Dun Hughes (Southern Methodist)
Jan 1 1940	Catholic	0	ASU	0
Jan 2 1939	Utah	26	New Mexico	0