Bowl Games

Sun Bowl History & Results

Games Played
87
First
1935
Most Recent
2025
Most Wins
Arizona State
Won
5

Also known as: John Hancock Bowl (1991); Hyundai Sun Bowl (2014); Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (2022-2025)

Every Sun Bowl

87 games between the 1935 and 2025 seasons.

Season Played Known as Winner Score Loser
2025 Dec 2025 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Duke 49-32 Arizona State
2024 Dec 2024 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Louisville 35-34 Washington
2023 Dec 2023 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Notre Dame 40-8 Oregon State
2022 Dec 2022 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Pitt 37-35 UCLA
2021 Dec 2021 Sun Bowl Central Michigan 24-21 Washington State
2019 Dec 2019 Sun Bowl Arizona State 20-14 Florida State
2018 Dec 2018 Sun Bowl Stanford 14-13 Pittsburgh
2017 Dec 2017 Sun Bowl North Carolina State 52-31 Arizona State
2016 Dec 2016 Sun Bowl Stanford 25-23 North Carolina
2015 Dec 2015 Sun Bowl Washington State 20-14 Miami (FL)
2014 Dec 2014 Hyundai Sun Bowl Arizona State 36-31 Duke
2013 Dec 2013 Sun Bowl UCLA 42-12 Virginia Tech
2012 Dec 2012 Sun Bowl Georgia Tech 21-7 USC
2011 Dec 2011 Sun Bowl Utah 30-27 Georgia Tech
2010 Dec 2010 Sun Bowl Notre Dame 33-17 Miami
2009 Dec 2009 Sun Bowl Oklahoma 31-27 Stanford
2008 Dec 2008 Sun Bowl Oregon State 3-0 Pittsburgh
2007 Dec 2007 Sun Bowl Oregon 56-21 South Florida
2006 Dec 2006 Sun Bowl Oregon State 39-37 Missouri
2005 Dec 2005 Sun Bowl UCLA 50-38 Northwestern
2004 Dec 2004 Sun Bowl Arizona State 27-23 Purdue
2003 Dec 2003 Sun Bowl Minnesota 31-30 Oregon
2002 Dec 2002 Sun Bowl Purdue 34-24 Washington
2001 Dec 2001 Sun Bowl Washington State 33-27 Purdue
2000 Dec 2000 Sun Bowl Wisconsin 21-20 UCLA
1999 Dec 1999 Sun Bowl Oregon 24-20 Minnesota
1998 Dec 1998 Sun Bowl TCU 28-19 USC
1997 Dec 1997 Sun Bowl Arizona State 17-7 Iowa
1996 Dec 1996 Sun Bowl Stanford 38-0 Michigan State
1995 Dec 1995 Sun Bowl Iowa 38-18 Washington
1994 Dec 1994 Sun Bowl Texas 35-31 North Carolina
1993 Dec 1993 Sun Bowl Oklahoma 41-10 Texas Tech
1992 Dec 1992 Sun Bowl Baylor 20-15 Arizona
1991 Dec 1991 Sun Bowl UCLA 6-3 Illinois
1990 Dec 1990 Sun Bowl Michigan State 17-16 USC
1989 Dec 1989 Sun Bowl Pittsburgh 31-28 Texas A&M
1988 Dec 1988 Sun Bowl Alabama 29-28 Army
1987 Dec 1987 Sun Bowl Oklahoma State 35-33 West Virginia
1986 Dec 1986 Sun Bowl Alabama 28-6 Washington
1985 Dec 1985 Sun Bowl Arizona 13-13 (tie) Georgia
1984 Dec 1984 Sun Bowl Maryland 28-27 Tennessee
1983 Dec 1983 Sun Bowl Alabama 28-7 SMU
1982 Dec 1982 Sun Bowl North Carolina 26-10 Texas
1981 Dec 1981 Sun Bowl Oklahoma 40-14 Houston
1980 Dec 1980 Sun Bowl Nebraska 31-17 Mississippi State
1979 Dec 1979 Sun Bowl Washington 14-7 Texas
1978 Dec 1978 Sun Bowl Texas 42-0 Maryland
1977 Dec 1977 Sun Bowl Stanford 24-14 LSU
1976 Dec 1976 Sun Bowl Texas A&M 37-14 Florida
1975 Dec 1975 Sun Bowl Pittsburgh 33-19 Kansas
1974 Dec 1974 Sun Bowl Mississippi State 26-24 North Carolina
1973 Dec 1973 Sun Bowl Missouri 34-17 Auburn
1972 Dec 1972 Sun Bowl North Carolina 32-28 Texas Tech
1971 Dec 1971 Sun Bowl LSU 33-15 Iowa State
1970 Dec 1970 Sun Bowl Georgia Tech 17-9 Texas Tech
1969 Dec 1969 Sun Bowl Nebraska 45-6 Georgia
1968 Dec 1968 Sun Bowl Auburn 34-10 Arizona
1967 Dec 1967 Sun Bowl Texas El Paso 14-7 Ole Miss
1966 Dec 1966 Sun Bowl Wyoming 28-20 Florida State
1965 Dec 1965 Sun Bowl Texas El Paso 13-12 TCU
1964 Dec 1964 Sun Bowl Georgia 7-0 Texas Tech
1963 Dec 1963 Sun Bowl Oregon 21-14 SMU
1962 Dec 1962 Sun Bowl West Texas A&M 15-14 Ohio
1960 Dec 1960 Sun Bowl New Mexico St. 20-13 Utah State
1959 Dec 1959 Sun Bowl New Mexico St. 28-8 North Texas
1958 Dec 1958 Sun Bowl Wyoming 14-6 Hardin-Simmons
1957 Jan 1958 Sun Bowl Louisville 34-20 Drake
1956 Dec 1956 Sun Bowl George Washington 13-0 Texas El Paso
1955 Dec 1955 Sun Bowl Wyoming 21-14 Texas Tech
1954 Dec 1954 Sun Bowl Texas El Paso 47-20 Florida State
1953 Jan 1954 Sun Bowl Texas El Paso 37-14 Southern Miss
1952 Jan 1953 Sun Bowl Pacific 26-7 Southern Miss
1951 Jan 1952 Sun Bowl Texas Tech 25-14 Pacific
1950 Jan 1951 Sun Bowl West Texas A&M 14-13 Cincinnati
1949 Jan 1950 Sun Bowl Texas El Paso 33-30 Georgetown
1948 Jan 1949 Sun Bowl West Virginia 21-12 Texas El Paso
1947 Jan 1948 Sun Bowl Miami Ohio 13-12 Texas Tech
1946 Jan 1947 Sun Bowl Cincinnati 18-6 Virginia Tech
1945 Jan 1946 Sun Bowl New Mexico 34-24 Denver
1943 Jan 1944 Sun Bowl Southwestern University 7-0 New Mexico
1941 Jan 1942 Sun Bowl Tulsa 6-0 Texas Tech
1940 Jan 1941 Sun Bowl Case Reserve 26-13 Arizona State
1939 Jan 1940 Sun Bowl Arizona State 0-0 (tie) Catholic
1938 Jan 1939 Sun Bowl Utah 26-0 New Mexico
1937 Jan 1938 Sun Bowl West Virginia 7-6 Texas Tech
1936 Jan 1937 Sun Bowl Hardin-Simmons 34-6 Texas El Paso
1935 Jan 1936 Sun Bowl Hardin-Simmons 14-14 (tie) New Mexico St.