Who Won the Sun Bowl?
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.
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Oregon State Beavers | 40-8 | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Panthers | UCLA Bruins | 37-35 | |
| 2021 | Central Michigan Chippewas | Washington State Cougars | 24-21 | |
| 2020 | NONE | Canceled | ||
| 2019 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Florida State Seminoles | 20-14 | |
| 2018 | Stanford Cardinal | Pittsburgh Panthers | 14-13 | |
| 2017 | North Carolina State Wolfpack | Arizona State Sun Devils | 52-31 | |
| 2016 | Stanford Cardinal | North Carolina Tar Heels | 25-23 | |
| 2015 | Washington State Cougars | Miami Hurricanes | 20-14 | |
| 2014 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Duke Blue Devils | 36-31 | |
| 2013 | UCLA Bruins | Virginia Tech Hokies | 42-12 | |
| 2012 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | USC Trojans | 21-7 | |
| 2011 | Utah Utes | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 30-27 (OT) | |
| 2010 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Miami Hurricanes | 33-17 | |
| 2009 | Oklahoma Sooners | Stanford Cardinal | 31-27 | |
| 2008 | Oregon State Beavers | Pittsburgh Panthers | 3-0 | |
| 2007 | Oregon Ducks | South Florida Bulls | 56-21 | |
| 2006 | Oregon State Beavers | Missouri Tigers | 39-38 | |
| 2005 | UCLA Bruins | Northwestern Wildcats | 50-38 | |
| 2004 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Purdue Boilermakers | 27-23 | |
| 2003 | Minnesota Gophers | Oregon Ducks | 31-30 | |
| 2002 | Purdue Boilermakers | Washington Huskies | 34-24 | |
| 2001 | Washington State Cougars | Purdue Boilermakers | 33-27 | |
| 2000 | Wisconsin Badgers | UCLA Bruins | 21-20 | |
| 1999 | Oregon Ducks | Minnesota Gophers | 24-20 | |
| 1998 | TCU Horned Frogs | USC Trojans | 28-19 | |
| 1997 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Iowa Hawkeyes | 17-7 | |
| 1996 | Stanford Cardinal | Michigan State Spartans | 38-0 | |
| 1995 | Iowa Hawkeyes | Washington Huskies | 38-18 | |
| 1994 | Texas Longhorns | North Carolina Tar Heels | 35-31 | |
| 1993 | Oklahoma Sooners | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 41-10 | |
| 1992 | Baylor Bears | Arizona Wildcats | 20-15 | |
| 1991 | UCLA Bruins | Illinois Fighting Illini | 6-3 | |
| 1990 | Michigan State Spartans | USC Trojans | 17-16 | |
| 1989 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Texas A&M Aggies | 31-28 | |
| 1988 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Army Black Knights | 29-28 | |
| 1987 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | West Virginia Mountaineers | 35-33 | |
| 1986 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Washington Huskies | 28-6 | |
| 1985 | TIE (Arizona & Georgia) | 13-13 | ||
| 1984 | Maryland Terrapins | Tennessee Volunteers | 28-27 | |
| 1983 | Alabama Crimson Tide | SMU Mustangs | 28-7 | |
| 1982 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Texas Longhorns | 26-10 | |
| 1981 | Oklahoma Sooners | Houston Cougars | 40-14 | |
| 1980 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 31-17 | |
| 1979 | Washington Huskies | Texas Longhorns | 14-7 | |
| 1978 | Texas Longhorns | Maryland Terrapins | 42-0 | |
| 1977 | Stanford Cardinal | LSU Tigers | 24-14 | |
| 1976 | Texas A&M Aggies | Florida Gators | 37-14 | |
| 1975 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Kansas Jayhawks | 33-19 | |
| 1974 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | North Carolina Tar Heels | 26-24 | |
| 1973 | Missouri Tigers | Auburn Tigers | 34-17 | |
| 1972 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 32-28 | |
| 1971 | LSU Tigers | Iowa State Cyclones | 33-15 | |
| 1970 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 17-9 | |
| 1969 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Georgia Bulldogs | 45-6 | |
| 1968 | Auburn Tigers | Arizona Wildcats | 34-10 | |
| 1967 | UTEP Miners | Mississippi Rebels | 14-7 | |
| 1966 | Wyoming Cowboys | Florida State Seminoles | 28-20 | |
| 1965 | UTEP Miners | TCU Horned Frogs | 13-12 | |
| 1964 | Georgia Bulldogs | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 7-0 | |
| 1963 | Oregon Ducks | SMU Mustangs | 21-14 | |
| 1962 | West Texas State Buffaloes | Ohio Bobcats | 15-14 | |
| 1961 | Villanova Wildcats | Wichita State Shockers | 17-9 | |
| 1960 | New Mexico State Aggies | Utah State Aggies | 20-13 | |
| 1959 | New Mexico State Aggies | North Texas Mean Green | 28-8 | |
| 1958 | Wyoming Cowboys | Hardin-Simmons Cowboys | 14-6 | |
| 1957 | Louisville Cardinals | Drake Bulldogs | 34-20 | |
| 1956 | George Washington Colonials | UTEP Miners | 13-0 | |
| 1955 | Wyoming Cowboys | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 21-14 | |
| 1954 | UTEP Miners | Florida State Seminoles | 47-20 | |
| 1953 | UTEP Miners | Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles | 37-14 | |
| 1952 | Pacific Tigers | Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles | 26-7 | |
| 1951 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Pacific Tigers | 25-14 | |
| 1950 | West Texas State Buffaloes | Cincinnati Bearcats | 14-13 | |
| 1949 | UTEP Miners | Georgetown Hoyas | 33-30 | |
| 1948 | West Virginia Mountaineers | UTEP Miners | 21-12 | |
| 1947 | Miami (OH) Redhawks | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 13-12 | |
| 1946 | Cincinnati Bearcats | Virginia Tech Hokies | 18-6 | |
| 1945 | New Mexico Lobos | Denver Pioneers | 34-24 | |
| 1944 | Southwestern Pirates | UNAM | 35-0 | |
| 1943 | Southwestern Pirates | New Mexico Lobos | 7-0 | |
| 1942 | Second Air Force | Hardin-Simmons Cowboys | 13-7 | |
| 1941 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 6-0 | |
| 1940 | Western Reserve Spartans | Arizona State Sun Devils | 26-13 | |
| 1939 | TIE (Arizona St & Catholic) | 0-0 | ||
| 1938 | Utah Utes | New Mexico Lobos | 26-0 | |
| 1937 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 7-6 | |
| 1936 | Hardin-Simmons Cowboys | UTEP Miners | 34-6 | |
| 1935 | TIE (Hardin-Simmons & New Mexico St) | 14-14 | ||
| 1934 | El Paso All-Stars | Ranger (Texas) | 25-21 |