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5 unusual facts about Sun Bowl


1994 NCAA Division I-A football season

Also, John Hancock Insurance's deal for naming rights to the Sun Bowl expired and the game reverted to its former name.

Dan Guerrero

UCLA also won the Vitalis Sun Bowl in football and captured seven conference championships and two post-season tournaments.

Fog Bowl

The 1974 Sun Bowl played December 28, 1974 between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels

Second Air Force

A football team made up of Second Air Force personnel defeated Hardin-Simmons University in the 1943 Sun Bowl.

What's Up weekly

What's Up publishes several special issues annually to cover notable El Paso events, including the Sun Bowl football game and Amigo Airsho.


2004 Sun Bowl

The 2004 Vitalis Sun Bowl featured the Arizona State Sun Devils, and the Purdue Boilermakers.

2014 UCLA Bruins football team

Led by quarterback Brett Hundley, offensive guard Xavier Su'a-Filo, outside linebacker Anthony Barr, and inside linebacker Jordan Zumwalt, the Bruins were 10–3 and winners of the Sun Bowl over Virginia Tech 42-12.

Bowl Coalition

The Bowl Coalition consisted of five conferences—the SEC, Big 8, SWC, ACC and Big East--independent Notre Dame, and six bowl games—the Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Fiesta, Gator and John Hancock bowls.


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2008 Sun Bowl

The halftime show included a performance by musical group The Village People as Sun Bowl officials broke the Guinness World Record for largest Y.M.C.A. dance.

Phillip Lamarre

Lamarre grew up in Margate, Florida, and attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where he was named to South the Florida Sun-Sentinel and Miami Herald All-Area First Team his senior year, was named Miami Herald Player of the Year, was a two-time champion in both the State Cup and Sun Bowl, and was a member of Florida state team for three years.