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Revision as of 16:08, 30 December 2011
Sugar Bowl | |
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Allstate Sugar Bowl | |
File:Sugar Bowl logo.svg | |
Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Previous stadiums | Tulane Stadium (1934-1974) Georgia Dome (2006)[1] |
Previous locations | Atlanta, Georgia (2006)[1] |
Operated | January 1, 1935 - Present |
Conference tie-ins | SEC (1935-present) |
Payout | US$17,000,000 (As of 2006[update]) |
Sponsors | |
2011 matchup | |
2012 matchup | |
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech (January 3, 2012) |
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009. The Sugar Bowl, along with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl, are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl (first played 1902, played annually since 1916).[2] The Sugar Bowl is also a member of the Bowl Championship Series. Presently, its official title is the Allstate Sugar Bowl after its current sponsor.
The Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game in 2000 and 2004. However, since the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game has been a stand-alone event one week following the New Year's Day bowl games (including the Sugar Bowl). Under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl itself will not host the BCS National Championship Game, but the Superdome will be one of the four rotating stadiums used to host the BCS National Championship Game.
The Sugar Bowl hosts the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion unless (under the current BCS alignment) the team is selected to play in the national championship game; in that case the Sugar Bowl can select a team at-large from any conference as the host team.
The payout for the 2006 game was $14–17 million per participating team. According to Sports Illustrated, the 2007 salary for Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan was $607,500.[3]
History
In 1890, Pasadena, California held its first Tournament of Roses Parade to showcase the city's mild weather compared to the harsh winters in northern cities. As one of the organizers said: "In New York, people are buried in snow. Here, our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise." In 1902, the annual festival was enhanced by adding a football game.[4]
In 1926, leaders in Miami, Florida decided to do the same with a "Fiesta of the American Tropics" that was centered around a New Year's Day football game. Although a second "Fiesta" was never held, Miami leaders later revived the idea with the "Palm Festival" (with the slogan "Have a Green Christmas in Miami"). The football game and associated festivities of the Palm Festival were soon named the "Orange Bowl."[5]
In New Orleans, Louisiana, the idea of a New Year's Day football game was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby. Every year thereafter, Digby repeated called for action, and even came up with the name "Sugar Bowl" for his proposed football game.[6]
By 1935, enough support had been garnered for the first Sugar Bowl. The game was played in Tulane Stadium, which had been built in 1926 on Tulane University's campus (before 1871, Tulane's campus was Paul Foucher's Plantation, where Foucher's father-in-law, Etienne de Bore, had first granulated sugar from cane syrup). Warren V. Miller, the first president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association, guided the Sugar Bowl through its difficult formative years of 1934 and 1935.
Much controversy preceded the 1956 Sugar Bowl, where Bobby Grier's Pitt Panthers would meet the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There was controversy over whether Grier should be allowed to play, and whether Georgia Tech should even play at all due to Georgia governor Marvin Griffin's opposition to integration.[7][8][9]
In November 1967, Army's success on the field made them a strong candidate to be selected for the 1968 Sugar Bowl. However, Pentagon officials, in the midst of the Vietnam War, refused to allow the team to play what would have been the academy's first bowl game ever--citing the "heavy demands on the players' time" as well as an emphasis on football "not consistent with the academy's basic mission: to produce career Army officers."[10]
Tulane Stadium hosted the game from 1935 through 1975. It has been played in the Louisiana Superdome since 1976. The Sugar Bowl's corporate title sponsor was USF&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995 and Nokia cellular telephones of Finland from 1995 to 2006. In March 2006 Allstate Insurance was announced as the new title sponsor. ABC Sports televised the game from 1969 through 2006. Fox Sports televised the game from 2007 to 2009 as part of its contract with the BCS. ESPN will start airing the game with the 2010–11 season, after outbidding Fox for the broadcasting rights.[11]
The 2006 Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia because of the extensive damage the Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Sugar Bowl has since returned to the refurbished Superdome.
Prior to the BCS, the game traditionally hosted the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion against a top-tier at-large opponent. This was formalized in 1975, when the SEC champion was granted an automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl starting with the end of the 1976 season. This continued throughout the time of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the BCS. However, the Sugar Bowl agreed to release the SEC champion if necessary to force a national championship game. When the Bowl Coalition became the Bowl Alliance after the 1995 season, the link with the SEC was briefly broken, as was the case with all conference tie-ins with bowl games.
Under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl continues to host the SEC champion against a top-tier at-large opponent, unless the SEC champion goes to the BCS National Championship Game. [12] When this happens, the Sugar Bowl usually selects the highest-ranked SEC team still available in the BCS pool. The SEC champion has been to the BCS title game since the end of the 2007 season.
The Sugar Bowl maintains an archive of past programs, images, newsreels, and other materials. The archive, originally housed in the Superdome, survived Hurricane Katrina, but a more secure home was needed. During the summer of 2007, the Sugar Bowl donated its materials to The Historic New Orleans Collection, designating it the permanent home of its archive.
2011 Sugar Bowl winner Ohio State vacated its Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas in response to National Collegiate Athletic Association allegations over a memorabilia-for-cash scandal. [13]
The 2012 game will be the first Sugar Bowl since 2000--and only the sixth since World War II--without an SEC team. Both of the SEC's BCS participants, Alabama and LSU, will be playing in the National Championship Game, and under current BCS rules only two teams per conference are eligible for BCS bowls.
Game results
Italics denote a tie game.
+ - Denotes Bowl Coalition Championship game
^ - Denotes Bowl Alliance Championship game
* - Denotes BCS National Championship Game
† - Played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia because of Hurricane Katrina
‡ - Ohio State had defeated Arkansas, 31-26, but the game was vacated due to NCAA infractions committed.
Annual | Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
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1st | January 1, 1935 | Tulane | 20 | Temple | 14 |
2nd | January 1, 1936 | TCU | 3 | LSU | 2 |
3rd | January 1, 1937 | Santa Clara | 21 | LSU | 14 |
4th | January 1, 1938 | Santa Clara | 6 | LSU | 0 |
5th | January 2, 1939 | TCU | 15 | Carnegie Tech | 7 |
6th | January 1, 1940 | Texas A&M | 14 | Tulane | 13 |
7th | January 1, 1941 | Boston College | 19 | Tennessee | 13 |
8th | January 1, 1942 | Fordham | 2 | Missouri | 0 |
9th | January 1, 1943 | Tennessee | 14 | Tulsa | 7 |
10th | January 1, 1944 | Georgia Tech | 20 | Tulsa | 18 |
11th | January 1, 1945 | Duke | 29 | Alabama | 26 |
12th | January 1, 1946 | Oklahoma State | 33 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 13 |
13th | January 1, 1947 | Georgia | 20 | North Carolina | 10 |
14th | January 1, 1948 | Texas | 27 | Alabama | 7 |
15th | January 1, 1949 | Oklahoma | 14 | North Carolina | 6 |
16th | January 2, 1950 | Oklahoma | 35 | LSU | 0 |
17th | January 1, 1951 | Kentucky | 13 | Oklahoma | 7 |
18th | January 1, 1952 | Maryland | 28 | Tennessee | 13 |
19th | January 1, 1953 | Georgia Tech | 24 | Mississippi | 7 |
20th | January 1, 1954 | Georgia Tech | 42 | West Virginia | 19 |
21st | January 1, 1955 | Navy | 21 | Mississippi | 0 |
22nd | January 2, 1956 | Georgia Tech | 7 | Pittsburgh | 0 |
23rd | January 1, 1957 | Baylor | 13 | Tennessee | 7 |
24th | January 1, 1958 | Mississippi | 39 | Texas | 7 |
25th | January 1, 1959 | LSU | 7 | Clemson | 0 |
26th | January 1, 1960 | Mississippi | 21 | LSU | 0 |
27th | January 2, 1961 | Mississippi | 14 | Rice | 6 |
28th | January 1, 1962 | Alabama | 10 | Arkansas | 3 |
29th | January 1, 1963 | Mississippi | 17 | Arkansas | 13 |
30th | January 1, 1964 | Alabama | 12 | Mississippi | 7 |
31st | January 1, 1965 | LSU | 13 | Syracuse | 10 |
32nd | January 1, 1966 | Missouri | 20 | Florida | 18 |
33rd | January 2, 1967 | Alabama | 34 | Nebraska | 7 |
34th | January 1, 1968 | LSU | 20 | Wyoming | 13 |
35th | January 1, 1969 | Arkansas | 16 | Georgia | 2 |
36th | January 1, 1970 | Mississippi | 27 | Arkansas | 22 |
37th | January 1, 1971 | Tennessee | 34 | Air Force | 13 |
38th | January 1, 1972 | Oklahoma | 40 | Auburn | 22 |
39th | December 31, 1972 | Oklahoma | 14 | Penn State | 0 |
40th | December 31, 1973 | Notre Dame | 24 | Alabama | 23 |
41st | December 31, 1974 | Nebraska | 13 | Florida | 10 |
42nd | December 31, 1975 | Alabama | 13 | Penn State | 6 |
43rd | January 1, 1977 | Pittsburgh | 27 | Georgia | 3 |
44th | January 2, 1978 | Alabama | 35 | Ohio State | 6 |
45th | January 1, 1979 | Alabama | 14 | Penn State | 7 |
46th | January 1, 1980 | Alabama | 24 | Arkansas | 9 |
47th | January 1, 1981 | Georgia | 17 | Notre Dame | 10 |
48th | January 1, 1982 | Pittsburgh | 24 | Georgia | 20 |
49th | January 1, 1983 | Penn State | 27 | Georgia | 23 |
50th | January 2, 1984 | Auburn | 9 | Michigan | 7 |
51st | January 1, 1985 | Nebraska | 28 | LSU | 10 |
52nd | January 1, 1986 | Tennessee | 35 | Miami | 7 |
53rd | January 1, 1987 | Nebraska | 30 | LSU | 15 |
54th | January 1, 1988 | Syracuse | 16 | Auburn | 16 |
55th | January 2, 1989 | Florida State | 13 | Auburn | 7 |
56th | January 1, 1990 | Miami | 33 | Alabama | 25 |
57th | January 1, 1991 | Tennessee | 23 | Virginia | 22 |
58th | January 1, 1992 | Notre Dame | 39 | Florida | 28 |
59th+ | January 1, 1993 | Alabama | 34 | Miami | 13 |
60th | January 1, 1994 | Florida | 41 | West Virginia | 7 |
61st | January 2, 1995 | Florida State | 23 | Florida | 17 |
62nd | December 31, 1995 | Virginia Tech | 28 | Texas | 10 |
63rd^ | January 2, 1997 | Florida | 52 | Florida State | 20 |
64th | January 1, 1998 | Florida State | 31 | Ohio State | 14 |
65th | January 1, 1999 | Ohio State | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 |
66th* | January 4, 2000 | Florida State | 46 | Virginia Tech | 29 |
67th | January 2, 2001 | Miami | 37 | Florida | 20 |
68th | January 1, 2002 | LSU | 47 | Illinois | 34 |
69th | January 1, 2003 | Georgia | 26 | Florida State | 13 |
70th* | January 4, 2004 | LSU | 21 | Oklahoma | 14 |
71st | January 3, 2005 | Auburn | 16 | Virginia Tech | 13 |
72nd† | January 2, 2006 | West Virginia | 38 | Georgia | 35 |
73rd | January 3, 2007 | LSU | 41 | Notre Dame | 14 |
74th | January 1, 2008 | Georgia | 41 | Hawaiʻi | 10 |
75th | January 2, 2009 | Utah | 31 | Alabama | 17 |
76th | January 1, 2010 | Florida | 51 | Cincinnati | 24 |
77th‡ | January 4, 2011 | Arkansas | 1 | Ohio State | 0 |
Most Valuable Players (Miller-Digby Award)
Year played | MVP | Team | Position |
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1948 | Bobby Layne | Texas | QB |
1949 | Jack Mitchell | Oklahoma | QB |
1950 | Leon Heath | Oklahoma | FB |
1951 | Walt Yowarsky | Kentucky | T |
1952 | Ed Modzelewski | Maryland | FB |
1953 | Leon Hardemann | Georgia Tech | HB |
1954 | Pepper Rodgers | Georgia Tech | QB |
1955 | Joe Gattuso | Navy | FB |
1956 | Franklin Brooks | Georgia Tech | G |
1957 | Del Shofner | Baylor | HB |
1958 | Raymond Brown | Mississippi | QB |
1959 | Billy Cannon | LSU | HB |
1960 | Bobby Franklin | Mississippi | QB |
1961 | Jake Gibbs | Mississippi | QB |
1962 | Mike Fracchia | Alabama | FB |
1963 | Glynn Griffin | Mississippi | QB |
1964 | Tim Davis | Alabama | K |
1965 | Doug Moreau | LSU | FL |
1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | QB |
1967 | Ken Stabler | Alabama | QB |
1968 | Glenn Smith | LSU | HB |
1969 | Chuck Dicus | Arkansas | FL |
1970 | Archie Manning | Mississippi | QB |
1971 | Bobby Scott | Tennessee | QB |
1972 | Jack Mildren | Oklahoma | QB |
1973 | Tinker Owens | Oklahoma | FL |
1974 | Tom Clements | Notre Dame | QB |
1975 | Tony Davis | Nebraska | FB |
1976 | Richard Todd | Alabama | QB |
1977 | Matt Cavanaugh | Pittsburgh | QB |
1978 | Jeff Rutledge | Alabama | QB |
1979 | Barry Krauss | Alabama | LB |
1980 | Major Ogilvie | Alabama | RB |
1981 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB |
1982 | Dan Marino | Pittsburgh | QB |
1983 | Todd Blackledge | Penn State | QB |
1984 | Bo Jackson | Auburn | RB |
1985 | Craig Sundberg | Nebraska | QB |
1986 | Daryl Dickey | Tennessee | QB |
1987 | Steve Taylor | Nebraska | QB |
1988 | Don McPherson | Syracuse | QB |
1989 | Sammie Smith | Florida State | RB |
1990 | Craig Erickson | Miami (Fla.) | QB |
1991 | Andy Kelly | Tennessee | QB |
1992 | Jerome Bettis | Notre Dame | FB |
1993 | Derrick Lassic | Alabama | RB |
1994 | Errict Rhett | Florida | RB |
1995 | Warrick Dunn | Florida State | RB |
1996 | Bryan Still | Virginia Tech | WR |
1997 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB |
1998 | E. G. Green | Florida State | WR |
1999 | David Boston | Ohio State | WR |
2000 | Peter Warrick | Florida State | WR |
2001 | Ken Dorsey | Miami (Fla.) | QB |
2002 | Rohan Davey | LSU | QB |
2003 | Musa Smith | Georgia | TB |
2004 | Justin Vincent | LSU | RB |
2005 | Jason Campbell | Auburn | QB |
2006 | Steve Slaton | West Virginia | RB |
2007 | JaMarcus Russell | LSU | QB |
2008 | Marcus Howard | Georgia | DE |
2009 | Brian Johnson | Utah | QB |
2010 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB |
2011 | Vacated |
NOTE: Terrelle Pryor, the winner of the 2011 award, was ruled ineligible and his entire record was vacated from the 2010 season.
Appearances by Team
Rank | Team | Appearances | Record |
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1 | Alabama | 13 | 8-5 |
1 | LSU | 13 | 6-7 |
3 | Georgia | 9 | 4-5 |
4 | Ole Miss | 8 | 5-3 |
4 | Florida | 8 | 3-5 |
6 | Tennessee | 7 | 4-3 |
7 | Florida State | 6 | 4-2 |
7 | Oklahoma | 6 | 4-2 |
7 | Arkansas | 6 | 2-4 |
10 | Auburn | 5 | 2-2-1 |
12 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4-0 |
12 | Nebraska | 4 | 3-1 |
12 | Miami | 4 | 2-2 |
12 | Notre Dame | 4 | 2-2 |
12 | Ohio State | 4 | 2-2 |
12 | Penn State | 4 | 1-3 |
18 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 2-1 |
18 | Texas | 3 | 1-2 |
18 | West Virginia | 3 | 1-2 |
18 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 1-2 |
22 | Santa Clara | 2 | 2-0 |
22 | TCU | 2 | 2-0 |
22 | Missouri | 2 | 1-1 |
22 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1-1 |
22 | Tulane | 2 | 1-1 |
22 | Syracuse | 2 | 0-1-1 |
22 | North Carolina | 2 | 0-2 |
22 | Tulsa | 2 | 0-2 |
30 | Baylor | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Boston College | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Duke | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Fordham | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Kentucky | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Maryland | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Navy | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Utah | 1 | 1-0 |
30 | Air Force | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Carnegie Tech | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Clemson | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Hawai'i | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Illinois | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Michigan | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Rice | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Temple | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Virginia | 1 | 0-1 |
30 | Wyoming | 1 | 0-1 |
Broadcasting
As of the 2006–07 season, the BCS aired primarily on Fox while only the Rose Bowl was shown on ABC. Fox aired 4 BCS Bowl Games (Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game) through the 2009-2010 season. Starting with the 2010-2011 season, ESPN will air the games, out bidding Fox for the rights to the games.[11]
From 1999-2006, the game aired on ABC as part of its BCS package, where it had also been televised from 1969 through 1998. The Sugar Bowl was the only Bowl Alliance game to stick with ABC following the 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons; the Fiesta and Orange Bowls were televised by CBS. Prior to that, NBC aired the game for several years.
The game is also broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio.
ESPN America also broadcasts the game live across Europe.
See also
References
- ^ a b Temporarily relocated because of damage from Hurricane Katrina
- ^ "Sugar Bowl". NokiaSugarBowl.com. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Murphy, Austin, and Dan Wetzel, "Does It Matter?", Sports Illustrated, 15 November 2010, p. 45.
- ^ "Tournament of Roses History". Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "History of the Orange Bowl". FedEx Orange Bowl. Archived from the original on 3 November 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Sugar Bowl History". Allstate Sugar Bowl. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Mulé, Marty - A Time For Change: Bobby Grier And The 1956 Sugar Bowl. Black Athlete Sports Network, December 28, 2005
- ^ *Zeise, Paul - Bobby Grier broke bowl's color line. The Panthers' Bobby Grier was the first African-American to play in Sugar Bowl Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 07, 2005
- ^ Thamel, Pete - Grier Integrated a Game and Earned the World's Respect. New York Times, Published: January 1, 2006.
- ^ (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aRUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xjUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4279,1834709&dq=sugar-bowl+controversy&hl=en)
- ^ a b Fox pulls out of bidding for next round of BCS games
- ^ = 27 November "Selection Procedures". BCS. Retrieved 2006.
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