Sun Bowl Totally Explained

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The Sun Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that's played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. It is the second oldest continuously played bowl game, which began in 1935. The game, which was chartered in 1934, has been played 74 times. 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 (1935-1937), then switched to Kidd Field until the present stadium was ready in 1963.
The game's current full title is the Brut Sun Bowl after its sponsor Brut, which is owned by Helen of Troy Limited, who also owned the previous game sponsor, Vitalis. The name change occurred August 8, 2006, after Helen of Troy extended its partnership through 2009 with the Sun Bowl Association. This marks the eighth change in the game's name. It was previously called the Sun Bowl (1935-1985 and 1994-1995), John Hancock Sun Bowl (1986-1988), John Hancock Bowl (1989-1993), Norwest Sun Bowl (1996-1998), Wells Fargo Sun Bowl (1999-2003, after Norwest merged with Wells Fargo), and Vitalis Sun Bowl (2004-2005).
The Brut Sun Bowl matches the Pac-10 Conference against either the Big 12 Conference, Big East Conference or the University of Notre Dame from 2006-2009. The rotating deal will feature a Big 12 school twice over the next four years and a Big East school or Notre Dame twice from 2006-2009. Its contract with CBS Sports is the longest continuous relationship with one network, spanning since 1968.

Previous results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		notes
January 1, 1935	El Paso All-Stars	25	Ranger (Texas)	21
January 1, 1936	Hardin-Simmons	14	New Mexico State	14
January 1, 1937	Hardin-Simmons	34	UTEP	6
January 1, 1938	West Virginia	7	Texas Tech	6
January 2, 1939	Utah	26	New Mexico	0	notes
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	UNAM	0
January 1, 1946	New Mexico	34	Denver	24
January 1, 1947	Cincinnati	18	Virginia Tech	6	notes
January 1, 1948	Miami (Ohio)	13	Texas Tech	12
January 1, 1949	West Virginia	21	UTEP	12
January 2, 1950	UTEP	33	Georgetown	30
January 1, 1951	West Texas State	14	Cincinnati	13
January 1, 1952	Texas Tech	25	Pacific	14
January 1, 1953	Pacific	26	Southern Miss	7
January 1, 1954	UTEP	37	Southern Miss	14
January 1, 1955	UTEP	47	Florida State	20
January 2, 1956	Wyoming	21	Texas Tech	14
January 1, 1957	George Washington	13	UTEP	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	9
December 31, 1962	West Texas State	15	Ohio	14
December 31, 1963	Oregon	21	SMU	14
December 26, 1964	Georgia	7	Texas Tech	0
December 31, 1965	UTEP	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	USC	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	notes
December 31, 1996	Stanford	38	Michigan State	0	notes
December 31, 1997	Arizona State	14	Iowa	7	notes
December 31, 1998	TCU	28	USC	19	notes
December 31, 1999	Oregon	24	Minnesota	20	notes
December 29, 2000	Wisconsin	21	UCLA	20	notes
December 31, 2001	Washington State	33	Purdue	27	notes
December 31, 2002	Purdue	34	Washington	24	notes
December 31, 2003	Minnesota	31	Oregon	30	notes
December 31, 2004	Arizona State	27	Purdue	23	notes
December 30, 2005	UCLA	50	Northwestern	38	notes
December 29, 2006	Oregon State	39	Missouri	38	notes
December 31, 2007	Oregon	56	South Florida	21	notes

C.M. Hendricks Most Valuable Player

Year played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
1950	Harvey Gabrel	UTEP	HB
1951	Bill Cross	West Texas State	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
1958	Ken Porco	Louisville	RB
1958	Leonard Kucewski	Wyoming	G
1959	Charley Johnson	New Mexico State	QB
1960	Charley Johnson	New Mexico State	QB
1961	Billy Joe	Villanova	FB
1962	Jerry Logan	West Texas State	HB
1963	Bob Berry	Oregon	QB
1964	Preston Ridlehuber	Georgia	QB
1965	Billy Stevens	UTEP	QB
1966	Jim Kiick	Wyoming	TB
1967	Billy Stevens	UTEP	QB
1968	Buddy McClinton	Auburn	QB
1969	Paul Rogers	Nebraska	HB
1970	Rock Perdoni	Georgia Tech	DT
1971	Bert Jones	LSU	QB
1972	George Smith	Texas Tech	HB
1973	Ray Bybee	Missouri	FB
1974	Terry Vitrano	Mississippi State	FB
1975	Robert Haygood	Pittsburgh	QB
1976	Tony Franklin	Texas A&M	K
1977	Charles Alexander	LSU	TB
1978	Johnny "Lam" Jones	Texas	RB
1979	Paul Skansi	Washington	WR
1980	Jeff Quinn	Nebraska	QB
1981	Darrell Shepard	Oklahoma	QB
1982	Ethan Horton	North Carolina	TB
1983	Walter Lewis	Alabama	QB
1984	Rick Badanjek	Maryland	FB
1985	Max Zendejas	Arizona	K
1986	Cornelius Bennett	Alabama	DE
1987	Thurman Thomas	Oklahoma State	RB
1988	David Smith	Alabama	QB
1989	Alex Van Pelt	Pittsburgh	QB
1990	Courtney Hawkins	Michigan State	WR
1991	Arnold Ale	UCLA	LB
1992	Melvin Bonner	Baylor	WR
1993	Jerald Moore	Oklahoma	RB
1994	Priest Holmes	Texas	RB
1995	Sedrick Shaw	Iowa	RB
1996	Chad Hutchinson	Stanford	QB
1997	Mike Martin	Arizona State	RB
1998	Basil Mitchell	TCU	TB
1999	Billy Cockerham	Minnesota	QB
2000	Freddie Mitchell	UCLA	WR
2001	Lamont Thompson	Washington State	S
2002	Kyle Orton	Purdue	QB
2003	Samie Parker	Oregon	WR
2004	Sam Keller	Arizona State	QB
2005	Kahlil Bell	UCLA	RB
2005	Chris Markey	UCLA	RB
2006	Matt Moore	Oregon State	QB
2007	Jonathan Stewart	Oregon	RB

Jimmy Rogers, Jr. Most Valuable Lineman

Year played	MVP(s)	Team	Position
1961	Rich Ross	Villanova	G
1962	Don Hoovler	Ohio	G
1963	Dun Hughes	SMU	G
1964	Jim Wilson	Georgia	T
1965	Ronny Nixon	TCU	T
1966	Jerry Durling	Wyoming	MG
1967	Fred Carr	UTEP	LB
1968	David Campbell	Auburn	T
1969	Jerry Murtaugh	Nebraska	LB
1970	Bill Flowers	Georgia Tech	LB
1971	Matt Blair	Iowa State	LB
1972	Ecomet Burley	Texas Tech	DT
1973	John Kelsey	Missouri	TE
1974	Jimmy Webb	Mississippi State	DT
1975	Al Romano	Pittsburgh	MG
1977	Edgar Fields	Texas A&M	DT
1977	Gordon Ceresino	Stanford	LB
1978	Dwight Jefferson	Texas	DT
1979	Doug Martin	Washington	DT
1980	Jimmy Williams	Nebraska	DE
1981	Rick Bryan	Oklahoma	DT
1982	Ronnie Mullins	Texas	DB
1983	Wes Neighbors	Alabama	C
1984	Carl Zander	Tennessee	LB
1985	Peter Anderson	Georgia	C
1986	Steve Alvord	Washington	MG
1987	Darren Warren	West Virginia	LB
1988	Derrick Thomas	Alabama	LB
1989	Anthony Williams	Texas A&M	LB
1990	Craig Hartsuyker	USC	LB
1991	Mike Ploskey	Illinois	DT
1992	Rob Waldrop	Arizona	NT
1993	Shawn Jackson	Texas Tech	DE
1994	Blake Brockermeyer	Texas	OT
1995	Jared DeVries	Iowa	DL
1996	Kailee Wong	Stanford	DE
1997	Jeremy Staat	Arizona State	DT
1998	London Dunlap	TCU	DE
1999	Dyron Russ	Minnesota	DT
2000	Oscar Cabrera	UCLA	OG
2001	Akin Ayodele	Purdue	DE
2002	Shaun Phillips	Purdue	DE
2003	Junior Siavaii	Oregon	DT
2004	Brandon Villareal	Purdue	DT
2005	Kevin Mims	Northwestern	DT
2006	Xzavie Jackson	Missouri	DE
2007	Fenuki Tupou	Oregon	OT

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