Pop-Tarts Bowl

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Pop-Tarts Bowl
Pop-Tarts Bowl.png
Stadium Camping World Stadium
Location Orlando, Florida
Previous stadiums Joe Robbie Stadium (1990–2000)
Previous locations Miami Gardens, Florida (1990–2000)
Operated1990–present
Championship affiliation Bowl Coalition (1992)
Conference tie-ins ACC, Big 12
Previous conference tie-ins Big Ten, Big East
Payout US$6,071,760 (2019) [1]
Sponsors
Former names
  • Sunshine Classic (1990, working title)
  • Blockbuster Bowl (1990–1993)
  • Carquest Bowl (1994–1997)
  • MicronPC Bowl (1998)
  • MicronPC.com Bowl (1999–2000)
  • Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl (2001)
  • Mazda Tangerine Bowl (2002–2003)
  • Champs Sports Bowl (2004–2011)
  • Russell Athletic Bowl (2012–2016)
  • Camping World Bowl (2017–2019)
  • Cheez-It Bowl (2020–2022) [a]
2023 matchup
NC State vs. Kansas State (Kansas State 28–19)
2024 matchup
Iowa State vs. Miami (FL) (December 28, 2024)

The Pop-Tarts Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at Camping World Stadium. Originally commissioned as the Sunshine Classic, it has undergone many name changes due to sponsorship rights. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Citrus Bowl and the Florida Classic. It was first played in 1990 in Miami Gardens, Florida, before moving to Orlando in 2001. The game has tie-ins with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Big 12 Conference. In the College Football Playoff (CFP) era, the bowl seeks to match the top non-CFP selection from the ACC (inclusive of Notre Dame) against the second non-CFP selection from the Big 12.

Contents

Since 2020, the bowl has been sponsored by Kellanova (known as Kellogg's until October 2023) through its Cheez-It and Pop-Tarts brands.

History

The bowl was founded in 1990 by Raycom [2] and was originally played at Joe Robbie Stadium outside the city of Miami. It was formed as the Sunshine Football Classic, but due to corporate title sponsorships, was never contested under this name, nor even referred to as such except during brief intervals between corporate sponsors. During its Miami existence, it successively went by the names Blockbuster Bowl (three editions), CarQuest Bowl (five editions), and the MicronPC Bowl (three editions).

In 2001, the bowl changed hands, and was relocated to Orlando. The bowl was played three times as the Tangerine Bowl, a historical moniker that was the original title of the Citrus Bowl. Foot Locker, the parent company of Champs Sports, purchased naming rights in 2004, naming it the Champs Sports Bowl, under which eight games were played. In early 2012, naming rights were bought by Russell Athletic; [3] five games were played as the Russell Athletic Bowl. In early 2017, Camping World became the title sponsor of the game through 2019; [4] [5] three editions were staged as the Camping World Bowl, concluding with the 30th playing of the bowl. In May 2020, Kellogg's signed on as the new sponsor of the game, naming the game the Cheez-It Bowl, [a] after the company's brand of snack crackers. [6]

In May 2023, it was announced that the Pop-Tarts brand of Kellogg's would be featured in the new name for the bowl, the Pop-Tarts Bowl. [7] In October 2023, Kellogg's split into two entities, with the non-cereal part (which owns Pop-Tarts) taking the new name "Kellanova". [8] The new trophy for the bowl was unveiled in December and features two slots for Pop-Tarts atop a metallic football. The mascot, named "Strawberry", is a large anthropomorphic Pop-Tart that was deemed the "first-ever edible mascot"; [9] it was lowered into a giant toaster and presented for players to eat after the game, having been replaced by an edible replica. [10] [11]

Miami

The bowl arose from a desire to hold a second bowl game in the Miami area. It was to be an accompaniment to the traditional Orange Bowl, showcasing the brand new stadium in the area that was built in 1987. The Orange Bowl game was still being played in the aging old stadium, whereas this new game would be played in the new stadium.

Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga quickly joined forces with bowl organizers and brought in Blockbuster Video, which he owned, as title sponsor. [2] The inaugural game, played on December 28, 1990, pitted Florida State and Penn State, and two legendary coaches, Bobby Bowden versus Joe Paterno in front of over 74,000 at Joe Robbie Stadium. [2] Subsequent games were unable to match the success of the first, even though the bowl was moved to the more prestigious New Year's Day slot in 1993.

In 1994, CarQuest Auto Parts became the title sponsor after Huizenga sold Blockbuster Video to Viacom. The New Year's Day experiment was short lived as the organizers of the more established Orange Bowl received permission to move their game into Joe Robbie Stadium beginning in 1996. [2] That bumped the Carquest Bowl back to the less-desirable December date. After the 2000 playing, Florida Citrus Sports took over the game and moved it to Orlando.

Before gaining Blockbuster Entertainment as the corporate sponsor for the inaugural event, the game was tentatively referred to as the Sunshine Classic. [2]

Orlando

Camping World Stadium in 2015 Citrus Bowl Orlando City.jpg
Camping World Stadium in 2015

From 2006 to 2010, the bowl matched teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big Ten Conference. Under the terms of a television deal signed with ESPN in 2006, the bowl was to be held after Christmas Day from 2006 onward, and be shown on ESPN in prime time. The change was made to move the game from the less-desirable pre-Christmas date utilized from 2001 to 2004.

From 2005 to 2009, the stadium faced challenges in preparing the stadium for two bowl games in less than one week (the Citrus Bowl is traditionally held New Year's Day). This was also in part due to the Florida high school football championship games being held at the stadium shortly before the bowls. In 2009, rainy weather turned the stadium's grass field into a muddy, sloppy, quagmire for both bowl games. In 2010, the stadium switched to artificial turf, facilitating the quick turnaround necessary.

In 2009, the bowl announced that the Big East was to be one of the tie-in conferences for four years starting in 2010, with the bowl having the option of selecting Notre Dame once during the four years. In October 2009, the bowl announced that they had extended their agreement with the ACC for the same term. The game would match the third pick from the ACC against the second selection from the Big East. The previous agreement had matched the 4th pick from the ACC against the 4th or 5th pick from the Big Ten. [12] ACC and Big East teams subsequently met in the 2010 through 2013 games, except for 2011 when Notre Dame was selected (as permitted in the agreement with the Big East) and in 2013 when the Louisville Cardinals of the American Athletic Conference were selected ("The American" became the football successor to the Big East in 2013).

Since 2014, the game features the second pick from the ACC after the New Year's Six bowls make their picks—usually the losing team from the ACC Football Championship Game, or one of the division runners-up—against the third pick from the Big 12.

Game results

Note: the bowl has twice adopted naming that was previously used by games with a different lineage.

All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

No.DateBowl NameWinning TeamLosing TeamAttendance
1December 28, 1990 Blockbuster Bowl 6 Florida State 247 Penn State 1774,021
2December 28, 1991 Blockbuster Bowl 8 Alabama 3015 Colorado 2546,123
3January 1, 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 13 Stanford 2421 Penn State 345,554
4January 1, 1994 Carquest Bowl 15 Boston College 31 Virginia 1338,516
5January 2, 1995 Carquest Bowl South Carolina 24 West Virginia 2150,833
6December 30, 1995 Carquest Bowl North Carolina 2024 Arkansas 1034,428
7December 27, 1996 Carquest Bowl 19 Miami (FL) 31 Virginia 2146,418
8December 29, 1997 Carquest Bowl Georgia Tech 35 West Virginia 3028,262
9December 29, 1998 MicronPC Bowl 24 Miami (FL) 46 NC State 2344,387
10December 30, 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl Illinois 63 Virginia 2131,089
11December 28, 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl NC State 38 Minnesota 3028,359
12December 20, 2001 Tangerine Bowl Pittsburgh 34 NC State 1928,562
13December 23, 2002 Tangerine Bowl Texas Tech 55 Clemson 1521,689
14December 22, 2003 Tangerine Bowl NC State 56 Kansas 2626,482
15December 21, 2004 Champs Sports Bowl Georgia Tech 51 Syracuse 1428,237
16December 27, 2005 Champs Sports Bowl 23 Clemson 19 Colorado 1031,470
17December 29, 2006 Champs Sports Bowl Maryland 24 Purdue 740,168
18December 28, 2007 Champs Sports Bowl 14 Boston College 24 Michigan State 2146,554
19December 27, 2008 Champs Sports Bowl Florida State 42 Wisconsin 1352,692
20December 29, 2009 Champs Sports Bowl 24 Wisconsin 2014 Miami (FL) 1456,747
21December 28, 2010 Champs Sports Bowl NC State 2322 West Virginia 748,962
22December 29, 2011 Champs Sports Bowl 25 Florida State 18 Notre Dame 1468,305
23December 28, 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl Virginia Tech 13 Rutgers 10 (OT)48,129
24December 28, 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl 18 Louisville 36 Miami (FL) 951,098
25December 29, 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl 18 Clemson 40 Oklahoma 640,071
26December 29, 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl 18 Baylor 4910 North Carolina 3840,418
27December 28, 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl Miami (FL) 3114 West Virginia 1448,625
28December 28, 2017 Camping World Bowl 17 Oklahoma State 3022 Virginia Tech 2139,610
29December 28, 2018 Camping World Bowl 17 Syracuse 3415 West Virginia 1841,125
30December 28, 2019 Camping World Bowl 14 Notre Dame 33 Iowa State 946,948
31December 29, 2020 Cheez-It Bowl Oklahoma State 3718 Miami (FL) 340 [b]
32December 29, 2021 Cheez-It Bowl 22 Clemson 20 Iowa State 1339,051
33December 29, 2022 Cheez-It Bowl 13 Florida State 35 Oklahoma 3261,520
34December 28, 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl Kansas State 2819 NC State 1931,111
35December 28, 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl 18 Iowa State vs. 15 Miami (FL)

Source: [14]

Games 1–11 played in Miami Gardens, Florida
Games 12–present played in Orlando, Florida

MVPs

1997 MVP Joe Hamilton Joe Hamilton (American football) 2013.jpg
1997 MVP Joe Hamilton
2008 MVP Graham Gano Graham Gano.JPG
2008 MVP Graham Gano
2009 MVP John Clay John Clay (running back).JPG
2009 MVP John Clay
DateMVPSchoolPosition
December 28, 1990 Amp Lee Florida StateRB
December 28, 1991 David Palmer AlabamaWR
January 1, 1993 Darrien Gordon StanfordCB
January 1, 1994 Glenn Foley Boston CollegeQB
January 2, 1995 Steve Taneyhill South CarolinaQB
December 30, 1995 Leon Johnson North CarolinaRB
December 27, 1996 Tremain Mack MiamiSS
December 29, 1997 Joe Hamilton Georgia TechQB
December 29, 1998 Scott Covington MiamiQB
December 30, 1999 Kurt Kittner IllinoisQB
December 28, 2000 Philip Rivers NC StateQB
December 20, 2001 Antonio Bryant PittsburghWR
December 23, 2002 Kliff Kingsbury Texas TechQB
December 22, 2003 Philip Rivers NC StateQB
December 21, 2004 Reggie Ball Georgia TechQB
December 27, 2005 James Davis ClemsonRB
December 29, 2006 Sam Hollenbach MarylandQB
December 28, 2007 Jamie Silva Boston CollegeFS
December 27, 2008 Graham Gano Florida StateK/P
December 29, 2009 John Clay WisconsinRB
December 28, 2010 Russell Wilson NC StateQB
December 29, 2011 Rashad Greene Florida StateWR
December 28, 2012 Antone Exum Virginia TechCB
December 28, 2013 Teddy Bridgewater LouisvilleQB
December 29, 2014 Cole Stoudt ClemsonQB
December 29, 2015Johnny JeffersonBaylorRB
December 28, 2016 Brad Kaaya MiamiQB
December 28, 2017 Mason Rudolph Oklahoma StateQB
December 28, 2018 Eric Dungey SyracuseQB
December 28, 2019 Chase Claypool Notre DameWR
December 29, 2020 Spencer Sanders Oklahoma StateQB
December 29, 2021 Mario Goodrich ClemsonDB
December 29, 2022 Jordan Travis [15] Florida StateQB
December 28, 2023 Avery Johnson [16] Kansas StateQB

Most appearances

Updated for the December 2024 edition (35 games, 70 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances
RankTeamAppearancesWonLostWin pct.
1 Miami (FL) †733.500
2 NC State 633.500
3 West Virginia 505.000
4 Florida State 4401.000
Clemson 431.750
6 Virginia 303.000
Iowa State †302.000
8 Boston College 2201.000
Georgia Tech 2201.000
Oklahoma State 2201.000
North Carolina 211.500
Notre Dame 211.500
Syracuse 211.500
Virginia Tech 211.500
Wisconsin 211.500
Oklahoma 202.000
Colorado 202.000
Penn State 202.000

† December 2024 participant

Teams with a single appearance

Won (10): Alabama, Baylor, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas Tech
Lost (6): Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue, Rutgers

Duke and Wake Forest are the only current ACC members yet to appeared in this bowl. Former member Maryland and future member Stanford also played in the bowl, but Cal and SMU have not.

Appearances by conference

Updated for the December 2024 edition (35 games, 70 total appearances).

ConferenceRecordAppearances by season
GamesWLWin pct.WonLost
ACC †301712.5861995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 20221993*, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023
Big 12 †1458.3852002, 2015, 2017, 2020, 20232003, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
The American 1055.5001993*, 1996, 1998, 2001, 20131994*, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2012
Big Ten 624.3331999, 20092000, 2006, 2007, 2008
Independents 523.4001990, 20191990, 1992*, 2011
SEC 321.6671991, 1994*1995
Pac-10 1101.0001992* 
Big Eight 101.000 1991

† December 2024 participant

Game records

TeamRecord, Team vs. OpponentYear
Most points scored (one team)63, Illinois vs. Virginia1999
Most points scored (both teams)87, Baylor vs. North Carolina2015
Most points scored (losing team)38, North Carolina vs. Baylor2015
Fewest points allowed3, Stanford vs. Penn State1993 (Jan.)
Largest margin of victory42, Illinois vs. Virginia1999
Total yards587, Florida State vs. Oklahoma2022
Rushing yards645, Baylor vs. North Carolina2015
Passing yards481, NC State vs. Kansas2003
First downs38, Baylor vs. North Carolina2015
Fewest yards allowed124, Clemson vs. Colorado2005
Fewest rushing yards allowed–11, Alabama vs. Colorado1991
Fewest passing yards allowed103, Clemson vs. Oklahoma2014
IndividualRecord, Player, Team vs. OpponentYear
All-purpose yards327, Koren Robinson (NC State)2000
Touchdowns (all-purpose)
Rushing yards299, Johnny Jefferson (Baylor)2015
Rushing touchdowns3, Johnny Jefferson (Baylor)2015
Passing yards475, Philip Rivers (NC State)2003
Passing touchdowns5, Philip Rivers (NC State)2003
Receiving yards202, Johnny Wilson (Florida State)2022
Receiving touchdowns3, Brennan Presley (Oklahoma State)2020
Tackles22 Donnie Miles (North Carolina)2015
Sacks3.0, Kendall Coleman (Syracuse)2018
Interceptions2, shared by:
Brandon Jones (Rutgers)
Jamie Silva (Boston College)
Ronde Barber (Virginia)
Vincent Meeks (Texas Tech)
2012
2007
1996
2002
Long PlaysRecord, Player, Team vs. OpponentYear
Touchdown run84 yds., Tony Jones Jr. (Notre Dame)2019
Touchdown pass87 yds., Mike Thomas to LC Stevens (North Carolina)1995
Kickoff return90 yds., Gregory Gordon (NC State)2001
Punt return59 yds., Wes Welker (Texas Tech)2002
Interception return47 yds., Ben Boulware (Clemson)2014
Fumble return75 yds., Derek Nicholson (Florida State)2008
Punt68 yds., John Torp (Colorado)2005
Field goal51 yds., B. T. Potter (Clemson)2021
MiscellaneousRecord, TeamsYear
Longest Time of Possession39:48, Maryland vs. Purdue2006
Largest attendance74,021, Florida State vs. Penn State1990
Most Appearances6, Miami (FL)1996, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2020
Most Victories4, Florida State1990, 2008, 2011, 2022

Source: [17]

Media coverage

The bowl was televised by Raycom in its inaugural year, followed by CBS Sports (four editions), TBS (six editions), and ESPN since 2001.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Not to be confused with the earlier Cheez-It Bowl (2018–2019).
  2. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no reported attendance at the 2020 game. [13]

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