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- Home: Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TexasNCAAFootball.com: College Bowl Games
- Inaugural event: 1935Official Site: Year-by-Year Game Results
- Hosts Pac-10 champion against the Big 12, Big East or Notre DameNCAAFootball.com: College Bowl Games
- 2008 Sun Bowl: December 31, 2:00 p.m. ESTNCAAFootball.com: College Bowl Games
- 2007 Sun Bowl: Oregon defeated South Florida 56-21ESPN.com: Ducks top Bulls, capture first bowl win since 2001
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The Sun Bowl, sponsored by Brut, is an annual college football bowl game. Generally played in late December, the Sun Bowl hosts the Pac-10 champion, unless that team plays in a BCS game, and one team from the Big 12, Big East or Notre Dame.NCAAFootball.com: College Bowl Games
The Pittsburgh Panthers lost to the Oregon State Beavers in the 2008 Sun Bowl by a final score of 3-0.
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History
The first Sun Bowl was played on January 1, 1935, and featured two Texas high school teams. In 2004, a Sun Bowl record of 51,288 people watched Arizona State defeat Purdue. The UTEP Miners have won the Sun Bowl more than any other team, winning in 1950, 1954, 1955 and 1965.Official Site: Year-by-Year Game Results
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Sun Bowl News and Information
- Official Site: Brut Sun Bowl | Tickets
- ESPN.com: Oregon State Beavers vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Box Score
- Wikipedia: Sun Bowl
- El Paso Times: Sun Bowl Mania
- ESPN.com: Oregon State 3, Pittsburgh 0 (December 31, 2008)
- ESPN.com: Ducks top Bulls, capture first bowl win since 2001 (December 31, 2007)
- YouTube Video: 1983 Sun Bowl Alabama vs. SMU: "Crimson Stampede" (Time: 4:21)
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Sun Bowl Questions
Distance from earth to the sun? 3 AnswersThe earth is between 146 and 152 million kilometers the sun, or between 91 and 94.5 million miles. read more
How do scientist know the internal temperature of the sun? 1 AnswerThe following excerpt taken from www.popularmechanics.co.za website can be your answer. "By analyzing the color of the visible light emitted by the Sun, scient... read more
How is the brightness of the sun measured? 2 AnswersTo measure the brightness (the scientific term is luminosity) of the star, one needs to know its distance. The main technique to measure the distance to a star ... read more -
2008 Sun Bowl Game Summary
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Pittsburgh vs. Oregon State - December 31, 2008 Team 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q PTS Oregon State Beavers 0 3 0 0 3 Pittsburgh Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring Summary
- First Quarter
- No scoring
- Second Quarter
- 2:18: Oregon State - Justin Kahut 44-yard field goal good
- Third Quarter
- No scoring
- Fourth Quarter
- No scoring
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