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88 Games Table
Year	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Attendance	MVP	Sponsor
2023	Dec 29, 2023	Fri	Notre Dame (15)	40	Oregon State (21)	8	48,223	Notre Dame WR Jordan Faison	Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's)
2022	Dec 30, 2022	Fri	Pittsburgh	37	UCLA (18)	35	41,104	Pittsburgh RB Rodney Hammond Jr.	Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's)
2021	Dec 31, 2021	Fri	Central Michigan	24	Washington State	21	34,540	Central Michigan RB Lew Nichols III	Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's)
2019	Dec 31, 2019	Tue	Arizona State	20	Florida State	14	42,412	Arizona State QB Jayden Daniels	Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's)
2018	Dec 31, 2018	Mon	Stanford	14	Pittsburgh	13	40,680	Stanford RB Cameron Scarlett	Hyundai
2017	Dec 29, 2017	Fri	North Carolina State	52	Arizona State	31	39,897	NC State RB Nyheim Hines	Hyundai
2016	Dec 30, 2016	Fri	Stanford (16)	25	North Carolina	23	42,166	Stanford DE Soloman Thomas	Hyundai
2015	Dec 26, 2015	Sat	Washington State	20	Miami (FL)	14	41,180	Washington St. QB Luke Falk	Hyundai
2014	Dec 27, 2014	Sat	Arizona State (15)	36	Duke	31	47,809	RB Demario Richard (Arizona State)	Hyundai
2013	Dec 31, 2013	Tue	UCLA (17)	42	Virginia Tech	12	47,912	QB Brett Hundley (UCLA), LB Jordan Zumwalt (UCLA)	Hyundai
2012	Dec 31, 2012	Mon	Georgia Tech	21	Southern California	7	47,922	DB Rod Sweeting (Georgia Tech)	Hyundai
2011	Dec 31, 2011	Sat	Utah	30	Georgia Tech	27	48,123	DL Star Lotulelei (Utah)	Hyundai
2010	Dec 31, 2010	Fri	Notre Dame	33	Miami (FL)	17	54,021	WR Michael Floyd (Notre Dame)	Hyundai
2009	Dec 31, 2009	Thu	Oklahoma	31	Stanford (19)	27	53,713	WR Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma), DL Gerlad McCoy (Oklahoma)	Brut
2008	Dec 31, 2008	Wed	Oregon State (24)	3	Pittsburgh (18)	0	49,037	DL Victor Strong-Butler (Oregon State)	Brut
2007	Dec 31, 2007	Mon	Oregon	56	South Florida (23)	21	49,867	OL Fenuki Tupou (Oregon), RB Jonathan Stewart (Oregon)	Brut
2006	Dec 29, 2006	Fri	Oregon State (24)	39	Missouri	38	48,732	DL Xzavie Jackson (Missouri), QB Matt Moore (Oregon State)	Brut
2005	Dec 30, 2005	Fri	UCLA (17)	50	Northwestern	38	50,426	DL Kevin Mims (Northwestern), RB Kahlil Bell (UCLA)	Vitalis
2004	Dec 31, 2004	Fri	Arizona State (21)	27	Purdue	23	51,288	DL Brandon Villareal (Purdue), QB Sam Keller (Arizona State)	Vitalis
2003	Dec 31, 2003	Wed	Minnesota (24)	31	Oregon	30	49,894	DL Junior Siavaii (Oregon), WR Samie Parker (Oregon)	Wells Fargo
2002	Dec 31, 2002	Tue	Purdue	34	Washington	24	48,917	DL Shaun Phillips (Purdue), QB Kyle Orton (Purdue)	Wells Fargo
2001	Dec 31, 2001	Mon	Washington State (13)	33	Purdue	27	47,812	DL Akin Ayodele (Purdue), DB Lamont Thompson (Washington State)	Wells Fargo
2000	Dec 29, 2000	Fri	Wisconsin	21	UCLA	20	49,093	OL Oscar Cabrera (UCLA), WR Freddie Mitchell (UCLA)	Wells Fargo
1999	Dec 31, 1999	Fri	Oregon	24	Minnesota (12)	20	48,757	DL Dyron Russ (Minnesota), QB Billy Cockerham (Minnesota)	Wells Fargo
1998	Dec 31, 1998	Thu	Texas Christian	28	Southern California	19	46,612	DL London Dunlap (Texas Christian), RB Basil Mitchell (Texas Christian)	Norwest
1997	Dec 31, 1997	Wed	Arizona State (16)	17	Iowa	7	49,104	DL Jeremy Staat (Arizona State), RB Mike Martin (Arizona State)	Norwest
1996	Dec 31, 1996	Tue	Stanford	38	Michigan State	0	42,721	DL Kailee Wong (Stanford), QB Chad Hutchinson (Stanford)	Norwest
1995	Dec 29, 1995	Fri	Iowa	38	Washington (20)	18	49,116	DL Jared DeVries (Iowa), RB Sedrick Shaw (Iowa)
1994	Dec 30, 1994	Fri	Texas	35	North Carolina (19)	31	50,612	OL Blake Brockermeyer (Texas), RB Priest Holmes (Texas)
1993	Dec 24, 1993	Fri	Oklahoma (19)	41	Texas Tech	10	43,848	DL Shawn Jackson (Texas Tech), RB Jerald Moore (Oklahoma)	John Hancock
1992	Dec 31, 1992	Thu	Baylor	20	Arizona (22)	15	41,622	DL Rob Waldrop (Arizona), WR Melvin Bonner (Baylor)	John Hancock
1991	Dec 31, 1991	Tue	UCLA (22)	6	Illinois	3	42,281	DL Mike Ploskey (Illinois), LB Arnold Ale (UCLA)	John Hancock
1990	Dec 31, 1990	Mon	Michigan State (22)	17	Southern California (21)	16	50,562	LB Craig Hartsuyker (Southern California), WR Courtney Hawkins (Michigan State)	John Hancock
1989	Dec 30, 1989	Sat	Pittsburgh (23)	31	Texas A&M (16)	28	44,887	LB Anthony Williams (Texas A&M), QB Alex Van Pelt (Pittsburgh)	John Hancock
1988	Dec 24, 1988	Sat	Alabama (20)	29	Army	28	48,719	LB Derrick Thomas (Alabama), QB David Smith (Alabama)	John Hancock
1987	Dec 25, 1987	Fri	Oklahoma State (11)	35	West Virginia	33	43,240	LB Darren Warren (West Virginia), RB Thurman Thomas (Oklahoma State)	John Hancock
1986	Dec 25, 1986	Thu	Alabama (13)	28	Washington (12)	6	48,722	DL Steve Alvord (Washington), DL Cornelius Bennett (Alabama)	John Hancock
1985	Dec 28, 1985	Sat	Georgia	13	Arizona	13	52,203	OL Peter Anderson (Georgia), K Max Zendejas (Arizona)
1984	Dec 22, 1984	Sat	Maryland (12)	28	Tennessee	27	50,126	LB Carl Zander (Tennessee), RB Rick Badanjek (Maryland)
1983	Dec 24, 1983	Sat	Alabama	28	Southern Methodist (6)	7	41,412	OL Wes Neighbors (Alabama), QB Walter Lewis (Alabama)
1982	Dec 25, 1982	Sat	North Carolina	26	Texas (8)	10	31,359	DB Ronnie Mullins (Texas), RB Ethan Horton (North Carolina)
1981	Dec 26, 1981	Sat	Oklahoma	40	Houston	14	33,816	DL Rick Bryan (Oklahoma), QB Darrell Shepard (Oklahoma)
1980	Dec 27, 1980	Sat	Nebraska (8)	31	Mississippi State (17)	17	34,273	DL Jimmy Williams (Nebraska), QB Jeff Quinn (Nebraska)
1979	Dec 22, 1979	Sat	Washington (13)	14	Texas (11)	7	33,412	WR Paul Skansi (Washington), DL Doug Martin (Washington)
1978	Dec 23, 1978	Sat	Texas (14)	42	Maryland (13)	0	33,122	RB Lam Jones (Texas), DL Dwight Jefferson (Texas)
1977	Dec 31, 1977	Sat	Stanford	24	Louisiana State	14	31,318	RB Charles Alexander (Louisiana State), LB Gordon Ceresino (Stanford)
1976	Jan 2, 1977	Sun	Texas A&M (10)	37	Florida	14	33,122	K Tony Franklin (Texas A&M), DL Edgar Fields (Texas A&M)
1975	Dec 26, 1975	Fri	Pittsburgh (20)	33	Kansas (19)	19	33,240	QB Robert Haygood (Pittsburgh), DL Al Romano (Pittsburgh)
1974	Dec 28, 1974	Sat	Mississippi State	26	North Carolina	24	30,131	RB Terry Vitrano (Mississippi State), DL Jimmy Webb (Mississippi State)
1973	Dec 29, 1973	Sat	Missouri	34	Auburn	17	30,127	RB Ray Bybee (Missouri), TE John Kelsey (Missouri)
1972	Dec 30, 1972	Sat	North Carolina (16)	32	Texas Tech	28	31,312	RB George Smith (Texas Tech), DL Ecomet Burley (Texas Tech)
1971	Dec 18, 1971	Sat	Louisiana State (11)	33	Iowa State	15	33,503	QB Bert Jones (Louisiana State), LB Matt Blair (Iowa State)
1970	Dec 19, 1970	Sat	Georgia Tech (13)	17	Texas Tech (19)	9	30,512	DL Rock Perdoni (Georgia Tech), LB Bill Flowers (Georgia Tech)
1969	Dec 20, 1969	Sat	Nebraska (14)	45	Georgia	6	29,723	RB Paul Rogers (Nebraska), LB Jerry Murtaugh (Nebraska)
1968	Dec 28, 1968	Sat	Auburn	34	Arizona	10	32,307	QB Buddy McClinton (Auburn), OL David Campbell (Auburn)
1967	Dec 30, 1967	Sat	Texas-El Paso	14	Mississippi	7	34,685	QB Billy Stevens (Texas-El Paso), LB Fred Carr (Texas-El Paso)
1966	Dec 24, 1966	Sat	Wyoming	28	Florida State	20	24,381	RB Jim Kiick (Wyoming), DL Jerry Durling (Wyoming)
1965	Dec 31, 1965	Fri	Texas-El Paso	13	Texas Christian	12	27,450	QB Billy Stevens (Texas-El Paso), OL Ronny Nixon (Texas Christian)
1964	Dec 26, 1964	Sat	Georgia	7	Texas Tech	0	28,500	QB Preston Ridlehuber (Georgia), OL Jim Wilson (Georgia)
1963	Dec 31, 1963	Tue	Oregon	21	Southern Methodist	14	26,500	QB Bob Berry (Oregon), OL Dun Hughes (Southern Methodist)
1962	Dec 31, 1962	Mon	West Texas State	15	Ohio	14	16,000	RB Jerry Logan (West Texas A&M), OL Don Hoovler (Ohio)
1961	Dec 30, 1961	Sat	Villanova	17	Wichita State	9	15,000	RB Billy Joe (Villanova), OL Rich Ross (Villanova)
1960	Dec 31, 1960	Sat	New Mexico State (15)	20	Utah State	13	16,000	QB Charley Johnson (New Mexico State)
1959	Dec 31, 1959	Thu	New Mexico State	28	North Texas	8	14,000	QB Charley Johnson (New Mexico State)
1958	Dec 31, 1958	Wed	Wyoming	14	Hardin-Simmons	6	13,000	OL Leonard Kucewski (Wyoming)
1957	Jan 1, 1958	Wed	Louisville	34	Drake	20	12,000	RB Ken Porco (Louisville)
1956	Jan 1, 1957	Tue	George Washington (16)	13	Texas-El Paso	0	13,500	RB Claude Austin (George Washington)
1955	Jan 2, 1956	Mon	Wyoming	21	Texas Tech	14	14,500	RB Jim Crawford (Wyoming)
1954	Jan 1, 1955	Sat	Texas-El Paso	47	Florida State	20	14,000	QB Jesse Whittenton (Texas-El Paso)
1953	Jan 1, 1954	Fri	Texas-El Paso	37	Southern Mississippi	14	9,500	QB Dick Shinaut (Texas-El Paso)
1952	Jan 1, 1953	Thu	Pacific	26	Southern Mississippi	7	11,000	RB Tom McCormick (Pacific (Cal.))
1951	Jan 1, 1952	Tue	Texas Tech	25	Pacific	14	17,000	QB Junior Arteburn (Texas Tech)
1950	Jan 1, 1951	Mon	West Texas State	14	Cincinnati	13	16,000	WR Bill Cross (West Texas A&M)
1949	Jan 2, 1950	Mon	Texas-El Paso	33	Georgetown	20	15,000	RB Harvey Gabrel (Texas-El Paso)
1948	Jan 1, 1949	Sat	West Virginia	21	Texas-El Paso	12	13,000
1947	Jan 1, 1948	Thu	Miami (OH)	13	Texas Tech	12	18,000
1946	Jan 1, 1947	Wed	Cincinnati	18	Virginia Tech	6	10,000
1945	Jan 1, 1946	Tue	New Mexico	34	Denver	24	15,000
1944	Jan 1, 1945	Mon	Southwestern (TX)	35	University of Mexico	0	13,000
1943	Jan 1, 1944	Sat	Southwestern (TX)	7	New Mexico	0	18,000
1942	Jan 1, 1943	Fri	Second Air Force (Washington)	13	Hardin-Simmons	7	16,000
1941	Jan 1, 1942	Thu	Tulsa	6	Texas Tech	0	14,000
1940	Jan 1, 1941	Wed	Western Reserve	26	Arizona State	13	14,000
1939	Jan 1, 1940	Mon	Catholic	0	Arizona State	0	12,000
1938	Jan 2, 1939	Mon	Utah	26	New Mexico	0	13,000
1937	Jan 1, 1938	Sat	West Virginia	7	Texas Tech	6	12,000
1936	Jan 1, 1937	Fri	Hardin-Simmons	34	Texas-El Paso	6	10,000
1935	Jan 1, 1936	Wed	New Mexico State	14	Hardin-Simmons	14	11,000

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