List of college bowl games

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[edit] Bowl Championship Series games

From the 1998 season until the 2005 season, four BCS bowls determined the national champion on a rotating basis. The other three games consisted of the champions of the 6 major conferences not playing in the championship game, as well as two at-large teams.

A change implemented before the beginning of the 2006 season allowed for the creation of a fifth BCS bowl, the BCS National Championship Game. The BCS National Championship Game is now played at the site of each of the four BCS bowls, but is played as a separate game one week after the regular BCS game. For example, in January 2007, Glendale hosted first the Fiesta Bowl, then the BCS National Championship Game a week later. The sponsor of the host game also sponsors the BCS National Championship Game (e.g., Tostitos will sponsor the game when in Glendale, Allstate will sponsor the game when in New Orleans, and so on).[1]

[edit] 1999–2006

Name Started City Stadium Sponsor
Fiesta Bowl 1971 Tempe, Arizona[2] Sun Devil Stadium Tostitos
Orange Bowl 1935 Miami, Florida[3]
Miami Gardens, Florida.
Miami Orange Bowl[3]
Dolphin Stadium
FedEx
Rose Bowl Game 1902 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl Citi
Sugar Bowl 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana
Atlanta, Georgia[4]
Louisiana Superdome
Georgia Dome[4]
Allstate

[edit] 2007–current

Sponsor Name Payout Started City Stadium
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl $17M 1971 Glendale, Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium
FedEx Orange Bowl $17M 1935 Miami Gardens, Florida Land Shark Stadium
Citi Rose Bowl $17M 1902 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl
Allstate Sugar Bowl $17M 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome
Rotates[5] BCS National Championship Game $17M 2006 Rotates[6]

[edit] Other current bowl games

Besides BCS games, there are a number of other postseason invitationals. Generally, two conferences will agree to send teams of a particular standing to a game beforehand. For instance, the Rose Bowl traditionally features the Big Ten and Pac-10 conference champions. Generally, the payout to the participating teams in a Bowl Game is closely correlated to its prestige. For comparison, each of the BCS bowls (including the National Championship) has a payout of $17 million.

Sponsor(s) Name Venue City Most
Recent
Payout
Started Previous Name(s)
Brut Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas $1,900,000 1935 John Hancock Sun Bowl, John Hancock Bowl, Wells Fargo Sun Bowl, Vitalis Sun Bowl, Norwest Sun Bowl
AT&T Cotton Bowl Cotton Bowl (Cowboys Stadium as of 2010) Dallas, Texas
(Arlington, Texas as of 2010)
$3,000,000 1937 Cotton Bowl, Mobil Cotton Bowl, Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl, SBC Cotton Bowl
Konica Minolta[7] Gator Bowl Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, Florida
(1994: Gainesville, Florida)
$2,500,000 1946 Toyota Gator Bowl, Mazda Gator Bowl
Capital One Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida
(1973: Gainesville, Florida)
$4,250,000 1947 Tangerine Bowl, Florida Citrus Bowl, CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl, Ourhouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl, Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl
AutoZone Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee
(1959-1963, Philadelphia, PA;
1964, Atlantic City, NJ)
$1,700,000 1959 AXA Liberty Bowl
Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A Bowl Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia $3,005,000 1968 Peach Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl [8]
AdvoCare Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana $1,100,000 1976 Poulan Weed-Eater Independence Bowl, Sanford Independence Bowl, MainStay Independence Bowl, PetroSun Independence Bowl
Outback Steakhouse Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida $3,300,000 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California $2,350,000 1978 Culligan Holiday Bowl, Plymouth Holiday Bowl, Sea World Holiday Bowl
Insight Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
(1989-99: Tucson, Arizona;
2000-2005: Phoenix, Arizona)
$1,350,000 1989 Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl, Weiser Lock Copper Bowl, Insight.com Bowl
Champs Sports Champs Sports Bowl Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida
(1990-2000: Miami, Florida)
$2,250,000 1990 Tangerine Bowl, Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl, MicronPC.com Bowl, Blockbuster Bowl
MAACO Maaco Bowl Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada
(1981-91: Fresno, California)
$1,000,000 1992 California Bowl, California Raisin Bowl, EA Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl
Valero[9] Alamo Bowl Alamodome San Antonio, Texas $2,250,000 1993 Builders Square Alamo Bowl, Sylvania Alamo Bowl, MasterCard Alamo Bowl
Little Caesars, Ford Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Ford Field Detroit, Michigan
(1997-2001: Pontiac, Michigan)
$750,000 1997 Motor City Bowl
Roady's Truck Stops Humanitarian Bowl Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho $750,000 1997 MPC Computers Bowl, Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl
Gaylord Hotels, Bridgestone Music City Bowl LP Field Nashville, Tennessee $1,600,000 1998 homepoint.com Music City Bowl, American General Music City Bowl
GMAC GMAC Bowl Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama $750,000 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl
None Texas Bowl Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas $700,000 2000 galleryfurniture.com Bowl, EV1.net Houston Bowl [10]
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
(2005: Lafayette, Louisiana)
$325,000 2001 Wyndham New Orleans Bowl
Emerald Nuts Emerald Bowl AT&T Park San Francisco, California $850,000 2002 San Francisco Bowl, Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii $398,000 1936 ConAgra Foods Hawaiʻi Bowl; Descendant of Poi Bowl (1936-1939), Pineapple Bowl (1940-1941, 1947-1952) and Aloha Bowl (1982-2000)
Meineke Meineke Car Care Bowl Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina $1,000,000 2002 Continental Tire Bowl, Queen City Bowl
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas $600,000 2003 Fort Worth Bowl, Plains Capital Fort Worth Bowl, Alltel Wireless Bowl (temporary name)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California $750,000 2005 None previous
Papa John's Papajohns.com Bowl Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama $300,000 2006 Birmingham Bowl
None New Mexico Bowl University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico $750,000 2006 None previous
None International Bowl Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada $750,000 2007 None previous
EagleBank EagleBank Bowl RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. $1,000,000 2008 Congressional Bowl
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida $1,000,000 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl, magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl

[edit] Future (proposed) games

Sponsor(s) Name Venue City Payout Year To Start Previous Name(s)
None Yankee Bowl [11] Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York $2,000,000 2010 None previous
None Dallas Football Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas $1,200,000 2011 None previous

[edit] All-Star games

[edit] Regular season rivalries called bowls

[edit] Non-Division I FBS bowl games

[edit] Division I FCS

[edit] Division II

[edit] Division III

[edit] NAIA bowl games

There is a large list of bowl games for NAIA available at [1] -- You can help Wikipedia by expanding this section.

  • Wheat Bowl (pre-season NAIA), 1995-2006 [13]
  • NAIA national football championship (1956-present); previously called Aluminum Bowl (1956), Holiday Bowl (1957-1960), Camellia Bowl (1961-1963), Championship Bowl (1964-1976 Division I), Apple Bowl (1977 Division I), Palm Bowl (1978-1979 Division I), and Championship Bowl (1980-1996 Division I)

[edit] NCCAA bowl games

[edit] Defunct bowl games

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "BCS History". http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/history. Retrieved 7 December 2008. 
  2. ^ The game did not move to its current site of Glendale, Arizona until 2007.
  3. ^ a b Game played in Miami, 1999
  4. ^ a b Game played in Atlanta in 2006 due to extensive damage to the Louisiana Superdome from Hurricane Katrina. It returned to New Orleans in 2007.
  5. ^ The rotation is as follows: Tostitos (2006), Allstate (2007), FedEx (2008), Citi (2009).
  6. ^ The rotation is as follows: University of Phoenix Stadium (2006, 2010), Louisiana Superdome (2007, 2011), Dolphin Stadium (2008, 2012), Rose Bowl (2009, 2013).
  7. ^ Garry Smits (30 September 2007). "Gator Bowl lands deal for new title sponsor". Jacksonville Times-Union. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/093007/col_204090013.shtml. Retrieved 5 November 2007. 
  8. ^ http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com/PressBox/BowlHistory/tabid/107/Default.aspx
  9. ^ Valero Energy Corporation Alamo Bowl press release
  10. ^ http://missouri.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1025750
  11. ^ Bowl Game at Yankee Stadium
  12. ^ cstv.com - August 24, 2009
  13. ^ The Nation's Home for NAIA Football
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