Sugar Bowl | |
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Allstate Sugar Bowl | |
Stadium | Caesars Superdome |
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Previous stadiums | Tulane Stadium (1934–1974) |
Temporary venue | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia (2006) [lower-alpha 1] |
Operated | 1935–present |
Championship affiliation | |
Conference tie-ins | SEC (unofficial 1935–1975, official 1976–present) Big 12 (2015–present) |
Payout | US$17 million per team (As of 2014 [update] ) [1] |
Sponsors | |
Former names | |
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2022 season matchup | |
Kansas State vs. Alabama (Alabama 45–20) | |
2023 season matchup | |
Washington vs. Texas (Washington 37–31) |
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana. Played annually since January 1, 1935, it is tied with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl games in the country, surpassed only by the Rose Bowl Game. [2]
The Sugar Bowl was originally played at Tulane Stadium before moving to the Superdome in 1975. When the Superdome and the rest of the city suffered damage due to both the winds from and the flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Sugar Bowl was temporarily moved to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in 2006. Since 2007, the game has been sponsored by Allstate and officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Previous sponsors include Nokia (1996–2006) and USF&G Financial Services (1988–1995).
The Sugar Bowl has had a longstanding—albeit not exclusive—relationship with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (which once had a member institution based in New Orleans, Tulane University; another Louisiana school, Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, is still in the SEC today). Indeed, the Sugar Bowl did not feature an SEC team only four times in its first 60 editions, and an SEC team played in the game in every year but one from 1950 to 1995. The SEC's opponent varied from year to year, but prior to the advent of the Bowl Championship Series, it was often a member of the Big Eight, the SWC, or a major independent.
The Sugar Bowl-SEC relationship has been altered over the past twenty years due to conference realignments and the emergence of a series of coalitions and alliances intending to produce an undisputed national champion in college football, but the ties between the Sugar Bowl and the SEC have persisted and have recently been strengthened. Since 2015, the Sugar Bowl, along with the Rose, Orange, Cotton, Peach, and Fiesta bowls, is one of the "New Year's Six" bowls in rotation for the College Football Playoff. It hosted a playoff semifinal following the 2014, 2017, and 2020 seasons, and will next host one following the 2023 season. In other years, it will feature the best available teams from SEC and the Big 12 conferences, [3] an arrangement nearly identical with the relationship between the Rose Bowl and the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-12.
As a member of the Bowl Championship Series, the Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game twice, in 2000 and 2004, as the national championship rotated between the bowls themselves until 2006 when the national championship game became a standalone event. Since the 2014 season, the Sugar Bowl has been in the rotation of bowls—commonly referred to as the New Year's Six—that host College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal games once every three years.
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 [fruit]. 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 calls 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. An unusual 2–0 score marked the 1942 Sugar Bowl, in which the sole scoring play was a safety.
In January 1956, Bobby Grier became the first black player to participate in the Sugar Bowl. He is also regarded as the first black player to compete at a bowl game in the Deep South, though others such as Wallace Triplett had played in games like the 1948 Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Grier's team, the Pittsburgh Panthers, was set to play against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. [7] However, Georgia's Governor Marvin Griffin beseeched Georgia Tech to not participate in this racially integrated game. [8] [9] Griffin was widely criticized by news media leading up to the game, and protests were held at his mansion by Georgia Tech students. Despite the governor's objections, Georgia Tech's president Blake R. Van Leer upheld the contract after he threatened to resign and the board of regents voted in his favor to compete in the bowl. [10] In the game's first quarter, a pass interference call against Grier ultimately resulted in Yellow Jackets' 7-0 victory. Grier stated that he has mostly positive memories about the experience, including the support from teammates and letters from all over the world. [11]
In November 1967, Army's success on the field (then at 7–1) made them a strong candidate to be selected for the 1968 game. 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 being "not consistent with the academy's basic mission: to produce career Army officers." [12] [13]
Tulane Stadium hosted through December 1974, and it has since been at the Superdome (except 2006). For the 1972 season, the game was moved to New Year's Eve night; [14] which lasted for four editions, returning to New Year's Day in January 1977. The last time it was played on natural grass was in January 1971.
Compared to most bowl games, the Sugar Bowl has had steady naming rights sponsorship. Its first corporate title sponsor was USF&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995, then Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia from 1995 to 2006. In March 2006, Allstate Insurance was announced as the new title sponsor, and has continued to sponsor the game since.
ABC Sports televised the game from 1969 through 2006. Fox Sports televised the game from 2007 to 2010 as part of its contract with the BCS. ESPN started airing the game with the 2010–11 season, after outbidding Fox for the broadcasting rights. [15]
The 2006 game was relocated to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, because of the extensive damage the Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Big East Champion West Virginia would go on to beat SEC Champion Georgia in the game 38-35. It returned to the refurbished Superdome in 2007. 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. [16]
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. Under this format, the Sugar Bowl hosted the first Bowl Coalition national championship game, when SEC champion Alabama upended Miami at the end of the 1992 season. When the Bowl Coalition became the Bowl Alliance at the start of the 1995 season, the Sugar Bowl would still release the SEC champion to go to the national championship game if they were ranked in the top two in the nation.
Under the now-defunct BCS format, the Sugar Bowl continued to host the SEC champion against a top-tier at-large opponent, unless the SEC champion went to the BCS National Championship Game. [17] When this happened, the Sugar Bowl usually selected the highest-ranked SEC team still available in the BCS pool. The SEC champion played for the national championship in every one of the eight final editions of the BCS (2006–2013).
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.
Ohio State vacated its 2011 Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas in response to NCAA allegations over a memorabilia-for-cash scandal. [18]
The 2012 game, pitting the Michigan Wolverines against the Virginia Tech Hokies, was 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, played in the National Championship Game (in the Superdome), and under BCS rules only two teams per conference were eligible for BCS bowls.
In May 2012, the Big 12 and SEC announced plans to create a new bowl game, the "Champions Bowl," that would play host to the champions of those two conferences. [19] That November, it was officially announced that the Champions Bowl had been awarded to New Orleans under a 12-year contract beginning in 2015, and would retain the Sugar Bowl name (stating that "Champions Bowl" was only a working title). In addition, it was announced that the Sugar Bowl would host one of two national semi-final games every three seasons (in the 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2023 seasons) as part of the new College Football Playoff system replacing the BCS. [20] [21]
The game for the 2022 season was moved to December 31, 2022 with a noon ET kickoff; out of respect to the NFL, no bowl games are played on January 1 if it falls on a Sunday, while broadcaster ESPN is also committed to airing Monday Night Football. It was only the sixth edition of the game played on New Year's Eve. [22] [23]
Rankings are based on the AP poll prior to the game being played. Italics denote a tie game
Date Played | Winning team | Losing team | Venue | Attnd. [24] | Notes | ||
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January 1, 1935 | Tulane | 20 | Temple | 14 | Tulane Stadium | 22,026 | notes |
January 1, 1936 | TCU | 3 | LSU | 2 | 35,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1937 | Santa Clara | 21 | LSU | 14 | 41,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1938 | Santa Clara | 6 | LSU | 0 | 45,000 | notes | |
January 2, 1939 | #1 TCU | 15 | #6 Carnegie Tech | 7 | 50,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1940 | #1 Texas A&M | 14 | #5 Tulane | 13 | 73,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1941 | #4 Boston College | 19 | #6 Tennessee | 13 | 73,181 | notes | |
January 1, 1942 | #6 Fordham | 2 | #7 Missouri | 0 | 72,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1943 | #7 Tennessee | 14 | #4 Tulsa | 7 | 70,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1944 | #13 Georgia Tech | 20 | Tulsa | 18 | 69,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1945 | #11 Duke | 29 | Alabama | 26 | 72,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1946 | #5 Oklahoma State | 33 | #7 Saint Mary's (CA) | 13 | 75,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1947 | #3 Georgia | 20 | #9 North Carolina | 10 | 73,300 | notes | |
January 1, 1948 | #5 Texas | 27 | #6 Alabama | 7 | 73,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1949 | #5 Oklahoma | 14 | #3 North Carolina | 6 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 2, 1950 | #2 Oklahoma | 35 | #9 LSU | 0 | 82,470 | notes | |
January 1, 1951 | #7 Kentucky | 13 | #1 Oklahoma | 7 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1952 | #3 Maryland | 28 | #1 Tennessee | 13 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1953 | #2 Georgia Tech | 24 | #7 Ole Miss | 7 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1954 | #8 Georgia Tech | 42 | #10 West Virginia | 19 | 76,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1955 | #5 Navy | 21 | #6 Ole Miss | 0 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 2, 1956 | #7 Georgia Tech | 7 | #11 Pittsburgh | 0 | 80,175 | notes | |
January 1, 1957 | #11 Baylor | 13 | #2 Tennessee | 7 | 81,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1958 | #7 Ole Miss | 39 | #11 Texas | 7 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1959 | #1 LSU | 7 | #12 Clemson | 0 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1960 | #2 Ole Miss | 21 | #3 LSU | 0 | 83,000 | notes | |
January 2, 1961 | #2 Ole Miss | 14 | Rice | 6 | 82,851 | notes | |
January 1, 1962 | #1 Alabama | 10 | #9 Arkansas | 3 | 82,910 | notes | |
January 1, 1963 | #3 Ole Miss | 17 | #6 Arkansas | 13 | 82,900 | notes | |
January 1, 1964 | #8 Alabama | 12 | #7 Ole Miss | 7 | 80,785 | notes | |
January 1, 1965 | #7 LSU | 13 | Syracuse | 10 | 65,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1966 | #6 Missouri | 20 | Florida | 18 | 67,421 | notes | |
January 2, 1967 | #6 Alabama | 34 | #3 Nebraska | 7 | 82,000 | notes | |
January 1, 1968 | LSU | 20 | #5 Wyoming | 13 | 78,963 | notes | |
January 1, 1969 | #9 Arkansas | 16 | #4 Georgia | 2 | 82,113 | notes | |
January 1, 1970 | #13 Ole Miss | 27 | #3 Arkansas | 22 | 82,500 | notes | |
January 1, 1971 | #4 Tennessee | 34 | #11 Air Force | 13 | 78,655 | notes | |
January 1, 1972 | #3 Oklahoma | 40 | #5 Auburn | 22 | 84,031 | notes | |
December 31, 1972 | #2 Oklahoma | 14 | #5 Penn State | 0 | 80,123 | notes | |
December 31, 1973 | #3 Notre Dame | 24 | #1 Alabama | 23 | 85,161 | notes | |
December 31, 1974 | #8 Nebraska | 13 | #18 Florida | 10 | 67,890 | notes | |
December 31, 1975 | #3 Alabama | 13 | #7 Penn State | 6 | Louisiana Superdome | 75,212 | notes |
January 1, 1977 | #1 Pittsburgh | 27 | #4 Georgia | 3 | 76,117 | notes | |
January 2, 1978 | #3 Alabama | 35 | #9 Ohio State | 6 | 76,811 | notes | |
January 1, 1979 | #2 Alabama | 14 | #1 Penn State | 7 | 76,824 | notes | |
January 1, 1980 | #2 Alabama | 24 | #6 Arkansas | 9 | 77,486 | notes | |
January 1, 1981 | #1 Georgia | 17 | #7 Notre Dame | 10 | 77,895 | notes | |
January 1, 1982 | #10 Pittsburgh | 24 | #2 Georgia | 20 | 77,224 | notes | |
January 1, 1983 | #2 Penn State | 27 | #1 Georgia | 23 | 78,124 | notes | |
January 2, 1984 | #3 Auburn | 9 | #8 Michigan | 7 | 77,893 | notes | |
January 1, 1985 | #5 Nebraska | 28 | #11 LSU | 10 | 75,608 | notes | |
January 1, 1986 | #8 Tennessee | 35 | #2 Miami (Florida) | 7 | 77,432 | notes | |
January 1, 1987 | #6 Nebraska | 30 | #5 LSU | 15 | 76,234 | notes | |
January 1, 1988 | #4 Syracuse | 16 | #6 Auburn | 16 | 75,495 | notes | |
January 2, 1989 | #4 Florida State | 13 | #7 Auburn | 7 | 61,934 | notes | |
January 1, 1990 | #2 Miami (Florida) | 33 | #7 Alabama | 25 | 77,452 | notes | |
January 1, 1991 | #6 Tennessee | 23 | Virginia | 22 | 75,132 | notes | |
January 1, 1992 | #18 Notre Dame | 39 | #3 Florida | 28 | 76,447 | notes | |
January 1, 1993 [lower-alpha 2] | #2 Alabama | 34 | #1 Miami (Florida) | 13 | 76,789 | notes | |
January 1, 1994 | #8 Florida | 41 | #3 West Virginia | 7 | 75,437 | notes | |
January 2, 1995 | #7 Florida State | 23 | #5 Florida | 17 | 76,224 | notes | |
December 31, 1995 | #13 Virginia Tech | 28 | #9 Texas | 10 | 70,283 | notes | |
January 2, 1997 [lower-alpha 3] | #3 Florida | 52 | #1 Florida State | 20 | 78,344 | notes | |
January 1, 1998 | #4 Florida State | 31 | #9 Ohio State | 14 | 67,289 | notes | |
January 1, 1999 | #3 Ohio State | 24 | #8 Texas A&M | 14 | 76,503 | notes | |
January 4, 2000 [lower-alpha 4] | #1 Florida State | 46 | #2 Virginia Tech | 29 | 79,280 | notes | |
January 2, 2001 | #2 Miami (Florida) | 37 | #7 Florida | 20 | 64,407 | notes | |
January 1, 2002 | #12 LSU | 47 | #7 Illinois | 34 | 77,688 | notes | |
January 1, 2003 | #4 Georgia | 26 | #16 Florida State | 13 | 74,269 | notes | |
January 4, 2004 [lower-alpha 4] | #2 LSU | 21 | #3 Oklahoma | 14 | 79,342 | notes | |
January 3, 2005 | #3 Auburn | 16 | #9 Virginia Tech | 13 | 77,349 | notes | |
January 2, 2006 [lower-alpha 1] | #11 West Virginia | 38 | #8 Georgia | 35 | Georgia Dome | 74,458 | notes |
January 3, 2007 | #4 LSU | 41 | #11 Notre Dame | 14 | Louisiana Superdome | 77,781 | notes |
January 1, 2008 | #4 Georgia | 41 | #10 Hawaiʻi | 10 | 74,383 | notes | |
January 2, 2009 | #7 Utah | 31 | #4 Alabama | 17 | 71,872 | notes | |
January 1, 2010 | #5 Florida | 51 | #4 Cincinnati | 24 | 65,207 | notes | |
January 4, 2011 [lower-alpha 5] | #6 Ohio State | 31 | #8 Arkansas | 26 | 73,879 | notes | |
January 3, 2012 | #13 Michigan | 23 | #17 Virginia Tech | 20 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | 64,512 | notes |
January 2, 2013 | #22 Louisville | 33 | #4 Florida | 23 | 54,178 | notes | |
January 2, 2014 | #10 Oklahoma | 45 | #3 Alabama | 31 | 70,473 | notes | |
January 1, 2015 [lower-alpha 6] | #5 Ohio State | 42 | #1 Alabama | 35 | 74,682 | notes | |
January 1, 2016 | #16 Ole Miss | 48 | #13 Oklahoma State | 20 | 72,117 | notes | |
January 2, 2017 | #7 Oklahoma | 35 | #17 Auburn | 19 | 54,077 | notes | |
January 1, 2018 [lower-alpha 6] | #4 Alabama | 24 | #1 Clemson | 6 | 72,360 | notes | |
January 1, 2019 | #14 Texas | 28 | #6 Georgia | 21 | 71,449 | notes | |
January 1, 2020 | #5 Georgia | 26 | #8 Baylor | 14 | 55,211 | notes | |
January 1, 2021 [lower-alpha 6] | #3 Ohio State | 49 | #2 Clemson | 28 | 3,000 | notes | |
January 1, 2022 | #7 Baylor | 21 | #8 Ole Miss | 7 | Caesars Superdome | 66,479 | notes |
December 31, 2022 | #5 Alabama | 45 | #11 Kansas State | 20 | 60,437 | notes | |
January 1, 2024 [lower-alpha 6] | #2 Washington | 37 | #3 Texas | 31 | 68,791 | notes | |
Source: [25]
The Miller-Digby Award is presented to the Most Outstanding Player (MOP) in the Sugar Bowl, as voted by sports journalists covering the game. The award was initially established in 1948 following the death of Warren V. Miller, the first president of the Bowl; it was renamed the Miller-Digby Memorial Trophy in 1959, to also honor Fred J. Digby, the first general manager and fellow founding member of the Bowl. [26] When the Sugar Bowl acts as a CFP semifinal, both an offensive and defensive MVP are named; this has been the case in 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2023.
† Terrelle Pryor was later ruled ineligible and his statistics for the 2010 season, including the 2011 Sugar Bowl, were vacated. [27]
Updated through the January 2024 edition (90 games, 180 total appearances).
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‡ Ohio State's win–loss record excludes its vacated win in the January 2011 game.
Won (9): Boston College, Duke, Fordham, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Navy, Utah, Washington
Lost (11): Air Force, Carnegie Tech, Cincinnati, Hawai'i, Illinois, Kansas State, Rice, Saint Mary's (CA), Temple, Virginia, Wyoming
Updated through the January 2024 edition (90 games, 180 total appearances).
Rank | Conference | Record | Appearances by year | |||||||
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Games | W | L | T | Win pct. | Won | Lost | Tied | Vacated | ||
1 | SEC | 81 | 42 | 38 | 1 | .525 | 1935, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975D, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022D | 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973D, 1974D, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 | 1988 | |
2 | Independent | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .500 | 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1973D, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992 | 1935, 1939, 1946, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1972D, 1975D, 1979, 1981, 1986, 2007 | 1988 | |
3 | SWC | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 1936, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1957, 1969 | 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1980, 1995D | ||
T4 | Big Eight | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1949, 1950, 1966, 1972, 1972D, 1974D, 1985, 1987 | 1942, 1951, 1967 | ||
T4 | ACC | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 1995, 1998, 2000 | 1959, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2018, 2021 | ||
6 | Big 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022 | 1999, 2004, 2016, 2020, 2022D, 2024 | ||
7 | Big Ten | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 ‡ | 1999, 2012, 2015, 2021 | 1978, 1984, 1998, 2002 | 2011 | |
8 | Big East | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 1995D, 2001, 2006, 2013 | 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010 | ||
9 | SoCon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1945, 1952 | 1947, 1949, 1954 | ||
10 | MVC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1946 | 1943, 1944 | ||
11 | WAC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 1968, 2008 | |||
T12 | Mountain West | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2009 | |||
T12 | Pac-12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2024 |
‡ The Big Ten's win–loss record and winning percentage exclude a vacated win by Ohio State.
Team | Record, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
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Most points scored (one team) | 52, Florida vs. Florida State | 1997 |
Most points scored (losing team) | 35, shared by: Georgia vs. West Virginia Alabama vs. Ohio State | 2006 2015 |
Most points scored (both teams) | 81, LSU (47) vs. Illinois (34) | 2002 |
Fewest points allowed | 0, eight times, most recent: Oklahoma vs. Penn State | Dec. 1972 |
Largest margin of victory | 35, Oklahoma (35) vs. LSU (0) | 1950 |
Total yards | 659, Florida (482 pass, 177 rush) vs. Cincinnati | 2010 |
Rushing yards | 439, Oklahoma vs. Auburn | Jan. 1972 |
Passing yards | 482, Florida vs. Cincinnati | 2010 |
First downs | 32, LSU vs. Illinois | 2002 |
Fewest yards allowed | 74, Ole Miss vs. LSU (-15 rush, 89 pass) | 1960 |
Fewest rushing yards allowed | -39, Tennessee vs. Tulsa | 1943 |
Fewest passing yards allowed | 0, three times, most recent: Pittsburgh vs. Georgia Tech | 1956 |
Sacks | 10, Baylor vs. Ole Miss | Jan. 2022 |
Individual | Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
All-purpose yards | 282, Kevin Williams, Miami (FL) vs. Alabama | 1993 |
Touchdowns (all-purpose) | 4, Domanick Davis, LSU vs. Illinois | 2002 |
Rushing yards | 230, Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State vs. Alabama | 2015 |
Rushing touchdowns | 4, Domanick Davis, LSU vs. Illinois | 2002 |
Passing yards | 482, Tim Tebow, Florida vs. Cincinnati | 2010 |
Passing touchdowns | 6, Justin Fields, Ohio State vs. Clemson | 2021 |
Receiving yards | 239, Josh Reed, LSU vs. Illinois | 2002 |
Receiving touchdowns | 3, shared by: Ike Hilliard, Florida vs. Florida State Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State | 1997 2016 |
Tackles | 20, Tom Cousineau, Ohio State vs. Alabama | 1978 |
Sacks | 3, shared by six players, most recent: Eric Striker, Oklahoma vs. Alabama | 2014 |
Interceptions | 3, shared by three players, most recent: Bobby Johns, Alabama vs. Nebraska | 1967 |
Long Plays | Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
Touchdown run | 92, Ray Brown, Ole Miss vs. Texas | 1958 |
Touchdown pass | 82, Ike Hilliard from Danny Wuerffel, Florida vs. Florida State | Jan. 1995 |
Kickoff return | 100, Andre Debose, Florida vs. Louisville | 2013 |
Punt return | 78, Kevin Williams, Miami (FL) vs. Alabama | 1993 |
Interception return | 96, Al Walcott, Baylor vs. Ole Miss | Jan. 2022 |
Fumble return | 26, shared by: Bobby Jackson, Illinois vs. LSU Geneo Grissom, Oklahoma vs. Alabama | 2002 2014 |
Punt | 76, Glenn Dobbs, Tulsa vs. Tennessee | 1943 |
Field goal | 53, John Carroll, Oklahoma vs. Auburn | Jan. 1972 |
Miscellaneous | Record, Team vs. Team | Year |
Game attendance | 85,161, Notre Dame vs. Alabama | 1973 |
Source: [28]
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In November 2012, ESPN announced that it had reached a deal to maintain broadcast rights to the Sugar Bowl through 2026. ESPN pays $55 million yearly to broadcast the game beginning in the 2014–15 season under the new contract, which took effect upon the establishment of the College Football Playoff. ESPN made a similar deal to maintain broadcast rights to the Orange Bowl following the discontinuation of the BCS as well. [30]
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The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system used between 1998 and 2013 that was designed, through polls and computer statistics, to determine a No. 1 and No. 2 ranked team in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). After the final polls, the two top teams were chosen to play in the BCS National Championship Game which determined the BCS national champion team, but not the champion team for independent voting systems. This format was intended to be "bowl-centered" rather than a traditional playoff system, since numerous FBS Conferences had expressed their unwillingness to participate in a play-off system. However, due to the unique and often esoteric nature of the BCS format, there had been controversy as to which two teams should play for the national championship and which teams should play in the four other BCS bowl games. In this selection process, the BCS was often criticized for conference favoritism, its inequality of access for teams in non-Automatic Qualifying (non-AQ) Conferences, and perceived monopolistic, "profit-centered" motives. In terms of this last concern, Congress explored the possibility on more than one occasion of holding hearings to determine the legality of the BCS under the terms of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and the United States Justice Department also periodically announced interest in investigating the BCS for similar reasons.
The 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl was the 75th annual edition of the annual college football bowl game that is part of the 2008–09 bowl season of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played on Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana between the Utah Utes, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference.
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game that has been played annually in the Miami metropolitan area since January 1, 1935. Along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, it is one of the oldest bowl games in the country behind only the Rose Bowl, which was first played in 1902 and has been played annually since 1916.
The 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the LSU Tigers, and determined the national champion of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season on Monday, January 9, 2012, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game was part of the 2011–2012 Bowl Championship Series and a rematch of regular season foes. Alabama beat LSU 21–0 to win their 14th national championship, marking the first shutout in a national championship game since the 1992 Orange Bowl and the first ever shutout in a BCS bowl game. The game had the third-lowest TV rating, 14.01, in the 14-year history of the BCS National Championship game.
The 2012–13 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They concluded the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 35 team-competitive games and four all-star games. The games began on Saturday December 15, 2012 and, aside from the all-star games, concluded with the 2013 BCS National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida that was played on January 7, 2013.
The 2013–14 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They concluded the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 35 team-competitive games and three all-star games. The games began on Saturday December 21, 2013 and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2014 BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena that was played on January 6, 2014.
The 2014 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 80th annual Sugar Bowl, it featured the #10, #11 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference and the #3-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM EST. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Allstate insurance company and was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
The 2017 Sugar Bowl is a bowl game that was played on January 2, 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 83rd Sugar Bowl was played between a team from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference. It is one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The game was notable as Oklahoma's last under longtime head coach Bob Stoops prior to his retirement.
The 2018 Sugar Bowl was a College Football Playoff semifinal bowl game that was played on January 1, 2018 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The 84th Sugar Bowl game, it matched two of the top four teams selected by the Selection Committee-Alabama from the SEC and Clemson from the ACC to compete to face the winner of the Rose Bowl (Georgia) in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship played on January 8, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
The 2019 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2019. It was the 85th edition of the Sugar Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
The 2020 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2020, between the Georgia Bulldogs and Baylor Bears, with kickoff scheduled for 8:45 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 86th edition of the Sugar Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by insurance provider Allstate, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
The 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football games played to complete the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive games began in mid-December and concluded with the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023, which was won by the Georgia Bulldogs. The all-star portion of the schedule began on January 14 and concluded on February 25, 2023.
The 2022 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 89th annual Sugar Bowl, the game featured Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Alabama from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by insurance company Allstate, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.