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1939 college football season

The final AP Poll in this era came out before postseason bowl games and, in the 1940 Rose Bowl, the Volunteers were unable to hold everyone scoreless, with the University of Southern California registering two touchdowns and beating them 14-0.

1950 Rose Bowl

The 1950 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played between Ohio State University and University of California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

1965 Cotton Bowl Classic

The Razorbacks were selected as national champions by the Football Writers Association of America and the Helms Athletic Foundation as the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide lost their bowl game against the Texas Longhorns in the Orange Bowl.

1985 Rose Bowl

The 1985 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference and Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

1992 Fiesta Bowl

The 1991 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Tennessee Volunteers, played January 1, 1992 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

1995 Alamo Bowl

The 1995 Alamo Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Michigan on December 28, 1995, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

1997 Rose Bowl

The 1997 Rose Bowl Game was a postseason college football bowl game between the Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, held on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

2003 Alamo Bowl

The 2003 Alamo Bowl was an American football bowl game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Nebraska Cornhuskers played December 29, 2003 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

2005 Motor City Bowl

This game may be most noteworthy for being the first major bowl game for the University of Akron and for being the final college game for All-American and All-Pro running back DeAngelo Williams.

2008 Alamo Bowl

The 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl is a college football bowl game that is part of the 2008–2009 bowl season of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

2008 Armed Forces Bowl

The 2008 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was the sixth edition of the annual post-season college football bowl game, and featured the Houston Cougars against the Air Force Falcons on December 31, 2008 at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas and telecast on ESPN nationally.

2010 Insight Bowl

The 2010 Insight Bowl was the 22nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, December 28, 2010.

2010 Music City Bowl

The 2010 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was the 13th edition of the college football bowl game and was played at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

2011 Alamo Bowl

The 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl, the 19th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 29, 2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Armed Forces Bowl

The 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, the ninth edition of the game was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 30, 2011 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of SMU in University Park, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Insight Bowl

The 2011 Insight Bowl, the 23rd edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

The 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, the 20th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 22, 2011 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

The 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, the sixth edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 31, 2011 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Music City Bowl

The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2012 BBVA Compass Bowl

The 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl, the sixth edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 7, 2012, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

The 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, the 24th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season.

2012 Music City Bowl

The 2012 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 31, 2012 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States.

2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl

The 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2014 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas.

Todd Kalis

After starting his final (36) with Arizona State University which included three Bowl Game appearances (Holiday, Rose and Freedom), Kalis was the 17th offensive lineman (the fifth guard) in the fourth-round (108th pick) of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1988 NFL Draft.


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1916 Rose Bowl

Coach William Henry Dietz (also known as Carl Dietz or "Lone Star Dietz") and his Cougar squad served as extras in the football film "Tom Brown of Harvard" each morning and then practiced for the bowl game in the afternoon.

1942 Rose Bowl

After the 1942 Allied victory in the Battle of Midway and the end of the Japanese offensives in the Pacific Theater during 1942, it was deemed that the West Coast was no longer vulnerable to attack, and the Rose Bowl game continued on in the Rose Bowl Stadium.

1964 Oregon State Beavers football team

It would be the last bowl game for the Beavers until the 1999 season.

2002 Hawaii Bowl

The 2002 ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl was the inaugural Hawaii Bowl game and matched the hometown Hawaii Warriors with the Tulane Green Wave.

2004 Music City Bowl

The Minnesota offense was led by two 1,000-yard rushers in Laurence Maroney and Marion Barber III, the latter of which would be named MVP of the bowl game.

2006–07 NCAA football bowl games

Jacksonville, Florida served the site for the third bowl game of New Year's Day, the Toyota Gator Bowl, played at Alltel Stadium.

2007 Mountain West Conference football season

In a rematch of former Southwest Conference rivals, TCU overcame a 10-7 halftime lead and then held back a last-minute rally by the Cougars to win their third consecutive bowl game, 20-13.

2009 Rose Bowl

Mark Sanchez became the third quarterback to pass for more than 400 yards in a Rose Bowl Game, with 413 yards.

2012 Rose Bowl

Teams playing in the Rose Bowl game were the winners of the Pacific-12 and Big Ten conference championship games, unless one team (or both teams) play in the BCS National Championship game.

Chase Clement

In his senior year, Clement earned the C-USA MVP honors and lead the Owls to their second bowl game in the last three years winning the 2008 Texas Bowl, he was named the MVP of the game.

Cotton Bowl

Cotton Bowl Classic, an annual college football post-season bowl game

DeVier Posey

On December 23, 2010, DeVier Posey and four other Ohio State players were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season, but were allowed to play in Ohio State's bowl game, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, which they won 31–26 vs. Arkansas.

Fort Worth Classic

The Fort Worth Classic was a postseason college football bowl game played only once, on January 1, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, between Centre College and Texas Christian University.

Garbage Bowl

People like Johnny Newman, Sam "The Rifle" Etcheverry, Red O'Quinn, Tex Coulter, Moses Denson, Terry Evanshen, Red Storey, Brodie Snyder, George Dixon and someone known only as "The Shadow" have all been "on the field" on January 1 no matter how rotten their weather to make the Garage Bowl game a memorable start to the New Year.

Mark Snyder

On December 26, 2009, interim coach Rick Minter led them to a 21–17 victory over the Ohio University Bobcats in Marshall's first bowl game since 2004.

Mike Bass

Bass scored the only touchdown for the Redskins in that game as a special teams player, returning a botched pass attempt from Miami Dolphins placekicker Garo Yepremian after a blocked field goal 49 yards for a fumble return touchdown, making him the last man drafted by legendary coach Vince Lombardi to score in a Super Bowl game.

Mike Guman

He is well remembered by college football fans for being on the receiving end of a goal line hit by University of Alabama linebacker Barry Krauss, in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1979, (ranked the Greatest Bowl Game Ever by ESPN in 2002) determining the NCAA national football champion.

NFLPA Game

NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, a bowl game owned and operated by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)

Rex Linn

Linn is a University of Texas Longhorns fan, even taking the day off from his CSI: Miami work to attend the 2005 Rose Bowl game when his beloved team was playing—and winning the 2005 national championship against University of Southern California.

Scrimmage

Scholastic Scrimmage, a high school quiz bowl game show televised in Pennsylvania, US