Sugar Bowl

This article is about the American Football game. For the plot device from A Series of Unfortunate Events, see sugar bowl.
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The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football game traditionally played in New Orleans, Louisiana on New Year's Day. The bowl is one of the original members of the Bowl Championship Series and as such is part of the BCS title game rotation which affects the date the game is played. The Sugar Bowl last hosted the BCS championship game in 2004.

The payout for the 2005-2006 game was $14-17 million.

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History

Tulane Stadium, also known as the "Sugar Bowl", hosted the game from 1935 through 1974. It has been played in the Louisiana Superdome since. The Sugar Bowl's corporate title sponsor was USF&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995 and Nokia cellular telephones of Finland from 1995 to the present. ABC Sports has televised the game since 1969, however beginning in 2007 FOX Sports will televise the game.

The 2006 Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia due to the extensive damage the Louisiana Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina in front of a partisan crowd for the heavily favored Georgia Bulldogs. However, the West Virginia Mountaineers jumped out to a 28-0 lead enroute to an impressive 38-35 upset win. The game was played on Monday, January 2 as is typical for bowl games when January 1 falls on Sunday and would conflict with NFL games. The Georgia Dome was very busy over the holiday weekend as it hosted the Peach Bowl on December 30 and an Atlanta Falcons NFL game on January 1. Preliminary plans call for the Sugar Bowl to return to a refurbished Superdome in 2007.

Prior to the BCS, the game traditionally hosted the Southeastern Conference champion against a top-tier at-large opponent. In years it does not host the BCS title game and the SEC champion is not involved in the title game, the Sugar Bowl has the option to select that team.

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Previous results

Italics denote a tie game.

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team
January 1, 1935 Tulane 20 Temple 14
January 1, 1936 TCU 3 LSU 2
January 1, 1937 Santa Clara 21 LSU 14
January 1, 1938 Santa Clara 6 LSU 0
January 2, 1939 TCU 15 Carnegie Tech 7
January 1, 1940 Texas A&M 14 Tulane 13
January 1, 1941 Boston College 19 Tennessee 13
January 1, 1942 Fordham 2 Missouri 0
January 1, 1943 Tennessee 14 Tulsa 7
January 1, 1944 Georgia Tech 20 Tulsa 18
January 1, 1945 Duke 29 Alabama 26
January 1, 1946 Oklahoma State 33 Saint Mary's (CA) 13
January 1, 1947 Georgia 20 North Carolina 10
January 1, 1948 Texas 27 Alabama 7
January 1, 1949 Oklahoma 14 North Carolina 6
January 2, 1950 Oklahoma 35 LSU 0
January 1, 1951 Kentucky 13 Oklahoma 7
January 1, 1952 Maryland 28 Tennessee 13
January 1, 1953 Georgia Tech 24 Mississippi 7
January 1, 1954 Georgia Tech 42 West Virginia 19
January 1, 1955 Navy 21 Mississippi 0
January 2, 1956 Georgia Tech 7 Pittsburgh 0
January 1, 1957 Baylor 13 Tennessee 7
January 1, 1958 Mississippi 39 Texas 7
January 1, 1959 LSU 7 Clemson 0
January 1, 1960 Mississippi 21 LSU 0
January 2, 1961 Mississippi 14 Rice 6
January 1, 1962 Alabama 10 Arkansas 3
January 1, 1963 Mississippi 17 Arkansas 3
January 1, 1964 Alabama 12 Mississippi 7
January 1, 1965 LSU 20 Wyoming 13
January 1, 1966 Missouri 20 Florida 18
January 2, 1967 Alabama 34 Nebraska 7
January 1, 1968 LSU 20 Wyoming 13
January 1, 1969 Arkansas 16 Georgia 2
January 1, 1970 Mississippi 27 Arkansas 22
January 1, 1971 Tennessee 34 Air Force 13
January 1, 1972 Oklahoma 40 Auburn 22
December 31, 1972 Oklahoma 14 Penn State 0
December 31, 1973 Notre Dame 24 Alabama 23
December 31, 1974 Nebraska 13 Florida 10
December 31, 1975 Alabama 13 Penn State 6
January 1, 1977 Pittsburgh 27 Georgia 3
January 2, 1978 Alabama 35 Ohio State 6
January 1, 1979 Alabama 14 Penn State 7
January 1, 1980 Alabama 24 Arkansas 9
January 1, 1981 Georgia 17 Notre Dame 10
January 1, 1982 Pittsburgh 24 Georgia 20
January 1, 1983 Penn State 27 Georgia 23
January 2, 1984 Auburn 9 Michigan 7
January 1, 1985 Nebraska 28 Louisiana State 10
January 1, 1986 Tennessee 35 Miami 7
January 1, 1987 Nebraska 30 LSU 15
January 1, 1988 Auburn 16 Syracuse 16
January 2, 1989 Florida State 13 Auburn 7
January 1, 1990 Miami 33 Alabama 25
January 1, 1991 Tennessee 23 Virginia 22
January 1, 1992 Notre Dame 39 Florida 28
January 1, 1993 Alabama 34 Miami 13
January 1, 1994 Florida 41 West Virginia 7
January 2, 1995 Florida State 23 Florida 17
December 31, 1995 Virginia Tech 28 Texas 10
January 2, 1997 Florida 52 Florida State 20
January 1, 1998 Florida State 31 Ohio State 14
January 1, 1999 Ohio State 24 Texas A&M 14
January 4, 2000* Florida State 46 Virginia Tech 29
January 2, 2001 Miami 37 Florida 20
January 1, 2002 LSU 47 Illinois 34
January 1, 2003 Georgia 26 Florida State 13
January 4, 2004* LSU 21 Oklahoma 14
January 3, 2005 Auburn 16 Virginia Tech 13
January 2, 2006† West Virginia 38 Georgia 35

* - Denotes BCS Championship Games

† - Played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina

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MVPs

Year played MVP Team Position
1948 Bobby Layne Texas QB
1949 Jack Mitchell Oklahoma QB
1950 Leon Heath Oklahoma FB
1951 Walt Yowarsky Kentucky T
1952 Ed Modzelewski Maryland FB
1953 Leon Hardemann Georgia Tech. HB
1954 "Pepper" Rodgers Georgia Tech. QB
1955 Joe Gattuso Navy FB
1956 Franklin Brooks Georgia Tech. G
1957 Del Shofner Baylor HB
1958 Raymond Brown Mississippi QB
1959 Billy Cannon LSU HB
1960 Bobby Franklin Mississippi QB
1961 Jake Gibbs Mississippi QB
1962 Mike Fracchia Alabama FB
1963 Glynn Griffin Mississippi QB
1964 Tim Davis Alabama K
1965 Doug Moreau LSU FL
1966 Steve Spurrier Flordia QB
1967 Glenn Smith LSU HB
1968 Chuck Dicus Arkansas FL
1969 Archie Manning Mississippi QB
1970 Bobby Scott Tennessee QB
1971 Jack Mildren Oklahoma QB
1972 Tinker Owens Oklahoma FL
1973 Tom Clements Notre Dame QB
1974 Tony Davis Nebraska FB
1975 Richard Todd Alabama QB
1976 Matt Cavanaugh Pittsburgh QB
1977 Jeff Rutledge Alabama QB
1978 Barry Krauss Alabama LB
1979 Major Ogilvie Alabama RB
1980 Herschel Walker Georgia RB
1981 Dan Marino Pittsburgh QB
1982 Todd Blackledge Penn State QB
1983 Bo Jackson Auburn RB
1984 Craig Sundberg Nebraska QB
1985 Daryl Dickey Tennessee QB
1986 Steve Taylor Nebraska QB
1987 Don McPherson Syracuse QB
1988 Sammie Smith Florida State RB
1989 Craig Erickson Miami (Fla.) QB
1990 Andy Kelly Tennessee QB
1991 Jerome Bettis Notre Dame FB
1992 Derrick Lassit Alabama RB
1993 Errict Rhett Florida RB
1994 Warrick Dunn Florida State RB
1995 Bryan Still Virginia Tech WR
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB
1997 E.G. Green Florida State WR
1998 David Boston Ohio State WR
1999 Peter Warrick Florida State WR
2000 Ken Dorsey Miami (Fla.) QB
2001 Rohan Davey LSU QB
2002 Musa Smith Georgia TB
2003 Justin Vincent LSU RB
2004 Jason Campbell Auburn QB
2005 Steve Slaton West Virginia RB
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See also

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External link


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Bowl Championship Series games:
Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 2) Orange Bowl (Jan. 3) Rose Bowl (Jan. 4)
All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24) | Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 14) | East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) | Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) | Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)