Insight Bowl
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The Insight Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college American football bowl game played in Arizona since 1989. From 1989 to 1999, the games were played at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. Since 2000, the games have been played at Bank One Ballpark, now known as Chase Field, in Phoenix. Starting with the game that follows the 2006 regular season, the venue will move to Sun Devil Stadium in nearby Tempe, with the game being televised on the NFL Network, replacing ESPN.
The game was formerly known as the Copper Bowl from 1989 until 1996 when sponsorship and naming rights were assumed by Insight Enterprises and it became the Insight.com Bowl (1997 to 2001), and then the Insight Bowl. It featured teams from the Big East and Pac 10 until 2005. (Independent Notre Dame participates in the Big East's bowl pool, as it is a Big East member in all other sports sponsored by that conference.) Starting in 2006, the Insight Bowl will feature an annual matchup between the sixth place teams from the Big Ten and the Big 12.
Televison Coverage
In previous years it was covered by TBS and then ESPN but starting in 2006 it will be covered by the NFL Network.Previous results
Italics denotes a tie game.
| Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1989 | Arizona | 17 | NC State | 10 |
| December 31, 1990 | California | 17 | Wyoming | 15 |
| December 31, 1991 | Indiana | 24 | Baylor | 0 |
| December 31, 1992 | Washington State | 31 | Utah | 28 |
| December 29, 1993 | Kansas State | 52 | Wyoming | 17 |
| December 29, 1994 | BYU | 31 | Oklahoma | 6 |
| December 27, 1995 | Texas Tech | 55 | Air Force | 41 |
| December 27, 1996 | Wisconsin | 38 | Utah | 10 |
| December 27, 1997 | Arizona | 20 | New Mexico | 14 |
| December 26, 1998 | Missouri | 34 | West Virginia | 31 |
| December 31, 1999 | Colorado | 62 | Boston College | 28 |
| December 28, 2000 | Iowa State | 37 | Pittsburgh | 29 |
| December 29, 2001 | Syracuse | 26 | Kansas State | 3 |
| December 26, 2002 | Pittsburgh | 38 | Oregon State | 13 |
| December 26, 2003 | California | 52 | Virginia Tech | 49 |
| December 28, 2004 | Oregon State | 38 | Notre Dame | 21 |
| December 27, 2005 | Arizona State | 45 | Rutgers | 40 |
MVPs
| Date played | MVPs | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1989 | Shane Montgomery | North Carolina State | QB |
| Scott Geyer | Arizona | DB | |
| December 31, 1990 | Mike Pawlawski | California | QB |
| Robert Midgett | Wyoming | LB | |
| December 31, 1991 | Vaughn Dunbar | Indiana | TB |
| Mark Hagen | Indiana | LB | |
| December 28, 1992 | Drew Bledsoe | Washington State | QB |
| Phillip Bobo | Washington State | WR | |
| Kareem Leary | Utah | DB | |
| December 29, 1993 | Andrew Coleman | Kansas State | WR |
| Kenny McEntyre | Kansas State | CB | |
| December 29, 1994 | John Walsh | BYU | QB |
| Jamal Willis | BYU | RB | |
| Broderick Simpson | Oklahoma | LB | |
| December 27, 1995 | Byron Hanspard | Texas Tech | RB |
| Zebbie Lethridge | Texas Tech | QB | |
| Mickey Dalton | Air Force | CB | |
| December 27, 1996 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | RB |
| Tarek Saleh | Wisconsin | LB | |
| December 27, 1997 | Trung Canidate | Arizona | RB |
| Jimmy Sprotte | Arizona | LB | |
| December 26, 1998 | Mark Bulger | West Virginia | QB |
| Jeff Marriott | Missouri | DT | |
| December 31, 1999 | Cortlen Johnson | Colorado | RB |
| Jashon Sykes | Colorado | LB | |
| December 28, 2000 | Sage Rosenfels | Iowa State | QB |
| Reggie Hayward | Iowa State | DE | |
| December 29, 2001 | James Mungro | Syracuse | RB |
| Clifton Smith | Syracuse | LB | |
| December 26, 2002 | Brandon Miree | Pittsburgh | TB |
| Claude Harriott | Pittsburgh | DL | |
| December 26, 2003 | Aaron Rodgers | California | QB |
| Ryan Gutierrez | California | FS | |
| December 26, 2004 | Derek Anderson | Oregon State | QB |
| Trent Bray | Oregon State | LB | |
| December 27, 2005 | Rudy Carpenter | Arizona State | QB |
| Jamar Williams | Arizona State | LB |
See also
List of college bowl gamesExternal links
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