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The Sun Bowl is an annual college football game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest continuously played bowl games, held continuously since 1936. In most of its early history, the game pitted the champion of the Border Conference against an at-large opponent. Games are now played at Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. The first three were played at El Paso High School Stadium (1936-38), then switched to Kidd Field until the present stadium was ready in 1963.

The game is currently sponsored by Vitalis and is officially called the Vitalis Sun Bowl. Before Vitalis, Wells Fargo sponsored the Sun Bowl, as did their predicessor, Norwest Financial Services. Also for a time, the game was sponsored by John Hancock Financial Services, and was known as the John Hancock Bowl from 1989 until 1993. Nowadays, the game usually features a team from the Pac-10 Conference. In 2006, the Big 12 or the Big East will take one of the berths in the game, replacing the Big Ten.

Previous results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team
January 1, 1936	Hardin-Simmons	14	New Mexico	14
January 1, 1937	Hardin-Simmons	34	Texas Mines	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	Mexico	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	Texas Mines	12
January 2, 1950	Texas Western	33	Georgetown	30
January 1, 1951	West Texas	14	Cincinnati	13
January 1, 1952	Texas Tech	25	Pacific	14
January 1, 1953	Pacific	26	Southern Miss	7
January 1, 1954	Texas Western	37	Southern Miss	14
January 1, 1955	Texas Western	47	Florida State	20
January 2, 1956	Wyoming	21	Texas Tech	14
January 1, 1957	George Washington	13	Texas Western	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	15	Ohio	14
December 31, 1963	Oregon	21	SMU	14
December 26, 1964	Georgia	7	Texas Tech	0
December 31, 1965	Texas Western	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	Southern Cal	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	0
December 31, 1998	TCU	28	Southern Cal	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

MVPs

Year played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
1950	Harvey Gabrel	UTEP	HB
1951	Bill Cross	West Texas A&M	E
1952	Junior Arteburn	Texas Tech	QB
1953	Tom McCormick	Pacific (Cal.)	HB
1954	Dick Shinaut	UTEP	QB
1955	Jesse Whittenton	UTEP	QB
1956	Jim Crawford	Wyoming	HB
1957	Claude Austin	George Washington	RB
Jan. 1, 1958	Ken Porco	Louisville	RB
Dec. 31, 1958	Leonard Kucewski	Wyoming	G
1959	Charley Johnson	New Mexico State	QB
1960	Charley Johnson	New Mexico State	QB
1961	Billy Joe	Villanova	FB
	Richie Ross	Villanova	G
1962	Jerry Logan	West Texas A&M	HB
	Don Hoovier	Ohio	G
1963	Bob Berry	Oregon	QB
	John Hughes	SMU	G
1964	Preston Ridlehuber	Georgia	QB
	Jim Wilson	Georgia	T
1966	Billy Stevens	UTEP	QB
	Ronny Nixon	TCU	T
1966	Jim Kiick	Wyoming	TB
	Jerry Durling	Wyoming	MG
1967	Billy Stevens	UTEP	QB
	Fred Carr	UTEP	LB
1968	Buddy McClinton	Auburn	QB
	David Campbell	Auburn	T
1969	Paul Rogers	Nebraska	HB
	Jerry Murtaugh	Nebraska	LB
1970	Rock Perdoni	Georgia Tech	DT
	Bill Flowers	Georgia Tech	LB
1971	Bert Jones	LSU	QB
	Matt Blair	Iowa State	LB
1972	George Smith	Texas Tech	HB
	Ecomet Burley	Texas Tech	DT
1973	Ray Bybee	Missouri	FB
	John Kelsey	Missouri	TB
1974	Terry Vitrano	Mississippi State	FB
	Jimmy Webb	Mississippi State	DT
1975	Robert Haygood	Pittsburgh	QB
	Al Romano	Pittsburgh	MB
1976	Tony Franklin	Texas A&M	K
	Edgar Fields	Texas A&M	DT
1977	Charles Alexander	LSU	TB
	Gordy Ceresino	Stanford	LB
1978	Johnny "Ham" Jones	Texas	RB
	Dwight Jefferson	Texas	DE
1979	Paul Skansi	Washington	WR
	Doug Martin	Washington	DT
1980	Jeff Quinn	Nebraska	QB
	Jimmy Williams	Nebraska	DE
1981	Darrell Shepard	Oklahoma	QB
	Rick Bryan	Oklahoma	DT
1982	Ethan Horton	North Carolina	TB
	Ronnie Mullins	Texas	DE
1983	Walter Lewis	Alabama	QB
	Wes Neighbors	Alabama	C
1984	Rick Badanjek	Maryland	FB
	Carl Zander	Tennessee	LB
1985	Max Zendejas	Arizona	K
	Peter Anderson	Georgia	C
1986	Cornelius Bennett	Alabama	DE
	Steve Alvord	Washington	MG
1987	Thurman Thomas	Oklahoma State	RB
	Darnell Warren	West Virginia	LB
1988	David Smith	Alabama	QB
	Derrick Thomas	Alabama	LB
1989	Alex Van Pelt	Pittsburgh	QB
	Anthony Williams	Texas A&M	LB
1990	Courtney Hawkins	Michigan State	WR
	Craig Hartsuyker	USC	LB
1991	Arnold Ale	UCLA	LB
	Mike Poloskey	Illinois	LB
1992	Melvin Bonner	Baylor	WR
1993	Jerald Moore	Oklahoma	RB
1994	Priest Holmes	Texas	RB
	Blake Brockermeyer	Texas	OL
	Marcus Wall	North Carolina	WR
1995	Sedrick Shaw	Iowa	RB
	Jared DeVries	Iowa	DT
	Brion Hurley	Iowa	K
1996	Troy Walters	Stanford	WR
	Chad Hutchinson	Stanford	QB
	Kailee Wong	Stanford	DE
1997	Mike Martin	Arizona State	RB
1998	Basil Mitchell	TCU	TB
	London Dunlap	TCU	DE
	Adam Abrams	USC	K
1999	Billy Cockerham	Minnesota	QB
	Dyron Russ	Minnesota	T
	Ryan Rindels	Minnesota	P
2000	Freddie Mitchell	UCLA	WR
	Oscar Cabrera	UCLA	OL
	Michael Bennett	Wisconsin	RB
2001	Lamont Thompson	Washington State	S
	Drew Dunning	Washington State	K
	Akin Ayodele	Purdue	DE
2002	Kyle Orton	Purdue	QB
	Shaun Phillips	Purdue	DE
	Anthony Chambers	Purdue	WR
2003	Samie Parker	Oregon	WR
	Junior Siavii	Oregon	DT
	Jared Siegel	Oregon	K
2004	Sam Keller	Arizona State	QB

See also

List of college bowl games

External links

• [Official Website of the Sun Bowl]
• [History of the Sun Bowl]

 

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