Tulsa quarterbackPaul Smith set an NCAA Division I record with his 14th consecutive 300-yard passing game.[3]
The 63–7 final score makes this game the largest margin of victory in bowl history surpassing the 55-point margin set by Alabama over Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl.[3] The record was tied a decade later, when Army defeated Houston 70–14 in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl.
The game represented just the second matchup of the two teams in football. In 1989, Tulsa also beat Bowling Green in blowout fashion, 45–10.