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Oldest College Bowl Games

Then & Now the Oldest College, Bowl Games What began in 1902 with the Rose Bowl has evolved into the 35 college bowls we know today. Follow the progression of the five oldest bowl games and learn both historic and interesting facts. Key Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl Cotton Bowl Orange Bowl Sun Bowl History Audience Attendance Year Bowl Game History. 100,000 80,000 Beginning of the Rose Bowl, played at Tournament Park -- 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to 1905 put an end to football due to its violence Ticket Prices (averages) A legal forward pass was introduced to reduce the violence and injuries in the game Price then / In 2011 Dollars, adjusted for inflation. 1910 Touchdown points increased in value from 5 to 6 points and field goals decreased from 4 to 3 points $2 / $25 1915 LB on xDB? DB? x LB #80 #83 1920 Games @ the Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA Macro View 1925 Glenn "Pop" Warner wrote "Football for Coaches and Players," a book on football strategies First transcontinental radio broadcast of a sporting event 1930 O Games @ Miami Field 1935 o Games @ Tulane Stadium -...Ó Games @ El Paso High School • Games @ Cotton Bowl o Games @ Burdine Stadium O Games @ Kidd Field $5 / $73 1940 Fear from Pearl Harbor and a coastal attack • moved the game to Duke Stadium. Games Bowl 1945 LSU vs. Arkansas ends in a 0-0 tie, which becomes known as the Ice Bowl due to the rain, sleet, snow and ice from a winter storm $3 / $35 Starting in the "50s, Bear Bryant participated in the Sugar Bowl a total of 9 times with 8 wins 1950 Illinois defeats Stanford 40-7, in the first national telecast of a college football game 1955 Oklahoma had 47 game winning streak in the 1950s o Games @ Miami Orange Bowl 1960 Michigan defeats Orgeon St. 34-7, in the Beavers' last bowl game appearance for 34 years 1965 Army was a strong candidate to be selected for the Sugar -O Bowl but Pentagon officials refused their right to play due to the Vietnam War 1970 O #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Alabama 38-6, in one of the most lopsided scores of a game featuring #1 vs. #2 $12 / $50 1975 o Games @ Louisiana Superdome o Worst ice storm in 30 years brought low attendance 1980 -o Georgia defeats Notre Dame 17-10, with Georgia quarterback Buck Belue 0-for-11 in passing 0,000 120,000 100,000 1985 UCLA defeats lowa 45-28, • with Eric Ball tying the record of 4 touchdowns for UCLA: Price then / Price Now 1990 $30 / $50 Alabama defeats Miami 34-13, with Alabama outrushing O Miami 152-6 within the first 30 minutes No. 21 USC rolled up a 48-0 lead and went on to a 55-14 victory over Texas Tech 1995 o Games @ Dolphin Stadium • Eighth time for USC vs. Michigan with USC holding a 6-2 advantage Of O Games @ Dolphin Stadium • Kansas St. defeats Tennessee 35-21, with Kansas St. becoming the second team to win 11 games in 4 consecutive seasons 2000 Hurricane Katrina forced the Sugar Bowl to Atlanta, where Georgia lost to West Virginia 38-35 2005 o Games @ Miami Orange Bowl o Record of fewest points scored for Sun Bowl. Oregon St. defeats Pitt, 3-0 2010 O Games @ Cowboys Stadium Today's Príce $98+ 80,000 40,000 100,000 60,000 20,000 2012 Projected Payout Sponsor History of the Oldest Bowls 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 • Sony O AT&T O Citi Rose . 18M Rose • Vizio Orange. 17M Orange O Fed Ex O Discover Sugar 17M Sugar O Nokia O Allstate O USF&G O N.W. Bank o Helen of Troy O Wells Fargo Sun 4.1M Sun O John Hancock O Hyundai Cotton 3.6M Cotton O Mobil O SBC/AT&T Current Bowls Year Started, Current 2011 Bowl Game Name Different colors for years represent the different payout tiers that the current bowl games are in. Bowls represented chronologicaly. KEY I BCS Bowl Poyout $17M 1902 Rose / 1935 Orange, Sugar / 1935 Sun / 1937 Cotton / 1945 Gator / 1946 Capital One (was Tangerine and Florida Citrus) / 1959 Liberty / 1968 Chick-fil-A / 1971 Fiesta / 1976 Independence / 1978 Holiday / 1986 Outback / 1989 Insight/ 1990 Champs Sports / 1992 Maaco / 1993 Alamo / 1997 Little Caesars Pizza, Famous Idaho Potato / 1998 Music City / 1999 GoDaddy.com / 2001 New Orleans / 2002 Kraft Fight Hunger, Hawai'i, Belk / 2003 Armed Forces / 2005 Poinsettia / 2006 Meineke Car Care, / 2006 BBVA, New Mexico, / 2006 BCS National Championship Game / 2008 . Military, Beef 'O' Brady's / 2010 New Era Pinstripe, TicketCity I Mid-Tier Payout $2.1M - $10M I Bottom Tier Payout $300K - $2M Sources http://www.collegegridirons.com/bowlstadiums/RoseBowl.htm http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/RoseBowl_history_154 facts.php http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rose-bowl-1923.php http://www.coinnews.net/tools/cpi-inflation-calculator/ http://www.orangebowl.org/orange_bowl/1930s.aspx http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college/2011/11/bowl-payouts-projected-around-281-million.html http://www.sunbowl.org http://www.elpasotexas.gov http://www.Gobearcats.cstv.com. http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls 120,000 60,000 40,000 20,00 0 120,000 100,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 120,000 80,000 40,000 80,000 000 9000 20,000 000'o71

Oldest College Bowl Games

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This infographic by FansEdge.com displays college football's oldest bowl games. The infographic dates back to bowl games in 1902.

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