Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl | |
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Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | |
Sun Devil Stadium (1971–2006) | |
Previous locations | Tempe, Arizona (1971–2006) |
Operated | 1971–present |
Championship affiliation | |
Previous conference tie-ins | |
Payout | US$17 million (As of 2009[update])[1] |
Sponsors | |
Former names | |
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2022 season matchup | |
TCU vs. Michigan (TCU 51–45) | |
2023 season matchup | |
Oregon vs. Liberty (Oregon 45–6) |
The Fiesta Bowl is an American
Since 1992, the Fiesta Bowl has been part of some organization of bowls designed to determine an undisputed national champion. In 1992, it was named as one of the Bowl Coalition games, but the bowl was never used to determine the champion. In 1995, the organizers of the Fiesta Bowl joined with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl to form the Bowl Alliance, with each bowl guaranteed to host a championship game as the coaches’ poll was contractually obligated to choose the winner of the Bowl Alliance championship game as its national champion. The Fiesta Bowl hosted the first of these games in January 1996.
After the 1997 season, the three Bowl Alliance bowls joined with the Rose Bowl to form the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), with the Fiesta Bowl guaranteed to host the national championship game every four years. As with the Bowl Alliance, the Fiesta Bowl was given first chance at hosting the BCS' championship in 1999; they also hosted the game in 2003. When the BCS reconstituted itself following the 2005 season, it began staging a separate national championship game, which rotated between BCS bowl sites.
Beginning with the 2014 season, Fiesta Bowl became a member of
The Fiesta Bowl has donated over $12 million to charity.[7] In 2020, it donated $1 million in emergency relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
History
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Origins
The Fiesta Bowl was born from the Western Athletic Conference's frustrated attempts to obtain bowl invitations for its champions. In 1968 and 1969 respectively, champions Wyoming and Arizona State failed to secure any bowl selection. The next year, undefeated Arizona State was bypassed by the major bowls and had to settle for an appearance in the less prestigious Peach Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl therefore initially provided an automatic berth for the WAC champion.
1970s
In its first decade of existence, the Fiesta Bowl was played in the last week of December (including the afternoon of
In 1978,
1980s
The game continued to attract high quality matchups; beginning with the
A major breakthrough occurred after the
The 1987 and 1989 games were two of four straight matchups of teams ranked in the AP Top 10 going into the bowl season to close out the 1980s. This significantly increased the Fiesta Bowl's prestige, to the point that it was now considered a major bowl by many fans and pundits. The
1990s
Before the
When the Bowl Coalition was reconfigured as the
Starting with the 1999 season, the Big 12 Conference champion received an automatic bid to the Fiesta Bowl in years when it was not slated as the BCS title game, an arrangement that continued to the end of the BCS era.
2000s
In 2002, the Fiesta Bowl had the right to take the Pac-10 Conference Champion, should that team not reach the Rose Bowl, which served as the national championship game that season. Oregon failed to qualify for the championship game, and thus played Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. A similar arrangement was made for the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. However, instead of gaining the Pac-10 Conference champion in addition to their usual tie-in with the Big 12, the Fiesta Bowl would have had a choice of the two teams. This turned out to be a moot point as both the Big 12 champion Texas and Pac-10 champion Southern California qualified for the National Championship Game (USC's participation has since been vacated).[12]
The BCS National Championship game returned to the Fiesta Bowl in 2003 with the Big Ten champions Ohio State Buckeyes beating the Big East champions Miami Hurricanes in the first overtime national championship game. The game went into double overtime with the Buckeyes coming out on top 31–24 to claim the 2002 national championship.
The Fiesta Bowl was the first
In 2007, the Fiesta Bowl game was played for the first time at the new then-named University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, across the Phoenix metropolitan area from Sun Devil Stadium. The undefeated Boise State Broncos won by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners 43–42 in overtime. It has been called one of the greatest college football games ever played, due to the combination of an underdog team, trick plays, comebacks by each team, and a thrilling overtime finish.[13]
2010s
The 2010 Fiesta Bowl featured #6 Boise State defeating #4 TCU, 17–10. It was the first time a BCS bowl matched-up two non-automatic qualifying teams (i.e. two teams from conferences without automatic BCS bids) and the first time that two teams who went undefeated faced each other in a BCS game outside of the national championship. In the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma State defeated Stanford 41–38. Notable players included Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon for Oklahoma State, and Andrew Luck for Stanford.
In November 2016, PlayStation was announced as the bowl's new title sponsor.[14]
The December 2016, December 2019, and December 2022 editions served as a semifinal for the College Football Playoff. The Fiesta Bowl will host a semifinal, alongside the Peach Bowl, again in 2025 and 2028.
2020s
The 50th edition of the Fiesta Bowl featured #10 Iowa State defeating #25 Oregon Ducks 34-17. The game was behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona, with only player's family members admitted. In the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma State rallied from a 28-7 deficit late in the 2nd quarter to defeat Notre Dame 37-35. In the December edition of that game (which was also a CFP semifinal), #3 TCU defeated #2 Michigan 51-45, the highest scoring game in Fiesta Bowl history, and the second-highest scoring CFP semifinal game.
Controversies
Invitations
In 1996, a group of students from Brigham Young University, led by BYU professor Dennis Martin, burned bags of Tostitos tortilla chips in a bonfire and called for a boycott of all Tostitos products.[15] This came after #5 ranked BYU was not invited to play in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl in favor of #7 ranked Penn State. This event is one of those referred to by proponents of college football implementing a playoff series rather than the controversial Bowl Alliance. Penn State went on to win the game over #20 Texas 38–15, while BYU defeated #14 Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl Classic 19–15.[16]
For the
Financial scandals
In 2009, in the weeks prior to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl, past and present Fiesta Bowl employees alleged that they were encouraged to help maintain its position as one of the four BCS bowls by making campaign contributions to politicians friendly to the Fiesta Bowl, with those contributions subsequently reimbursed to the employees. If the allegations were true, this would have been a violation of both state and federal campaign finance laws.[22] Furthermore, as a non-profit organization, the Fiesta Bowl is prohibited from making political contributions of any kind.[23] The Fiesta Bowl commissioned an "independent review" which found "no credible evidence that the bowl's management engaged in any type of illegal or unethical conduct."[24]
The following year, in a November 2010 article, Sports Illustrated reported that Fiesta Bowl officials, including bowl CEO John Junker, spent $4 million since 2000 to curry favor from BCS bigwigs and elected officials, including a 2008 "Fiesta Frolic", a golf-centered gathering of athletic directors and head coaches. The journal also reported that Junker's annual salary was close to $600,000 and that the bowl, in 2007 turned an $11.6 million profit.[25] While these alleged activities are not illegal, they did result in considerable damage to the reputation of the Fiesta Bowl.
On March 29, 2011, the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors released a 276-page "scathing internal report", commissioned by them to re-examine the accusations of illegal political activities.[26] The commission determined that $46,539 of illegal campaign contributions were made and the board immediately fired Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker, who had already been suspended pending the results of this investigation.[27] The scandal threatened the Fiesta Bowl's status as a BCS game, as the BCS said it might replace the bowl in its lineup if officials could not convince them it should remain.[28][29] The BCS ultimately chose not to expel the Fiesta Bowl, instead fining the organization $1 million.
In June 2011 University of Arizona president Robert Shelton was hired to replace Junker.[30] On February 22, 2012, former CEO John Junker pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge in the campaign financing matter, and two members of his former staff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.[31] Junker was to be sentenced soon after, facing up to 2.5 years in prison as the result of his plea, but his sentencing was repeatedly postponed in return for cooperation in other cases.[32][33] On March 13, 2014, Junker was sentenced to eight months in prison, with the sentence starting on June 13, 2014;[34] he was released on February 11, 2015.[35] On March 20, 2014, Junker was sentenced to three years of probation on state charges.[36]
Parade
One of the Fiesta Bowl events, the annual Fiesta Bowl Parade, takes place in downtown
In 2018, the sponsor was changed from Bank of Arizona to Desert Financial. Appearances in the 2018 parade included Cindy McCain and the marching band from Salem High School in Salem, New Hampshire, which was the group that had traveled the farthest for the parade.
Game results
Team rankings entering games for which the Fiesta Bowl was designated a CFP semifinal are taken from CFP rankings. Otherwise, rankings are taken from the
Date played | Winning team | Losing team | Attendance | Notes | ||
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December 27, 1971 | No. 8 Arizona State | 45 | Florida State | 38 | 51,089 | notes |
December 23, 1972 | No. 15 Arizona State | 49 | Missouri | 35 | 51,318 | notes |
December 21, 1973 | No. 10 Arizona State | 28 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 50,878 | notes |
December 28, 1974 | Oklahoma State | 16 | No. 17 BYU | 6 | 50,878 | notes |
December 26, 1975 | No. 7 Arizona State | 17 | No. 6 Nebraska | 14 | 51,396 | notes |
December 25, 1976 | No. 8 Oklahoma | 41 | Wyoming | 7 | 48,174 | notes |
December 25, 1977 | No. 8 Penn State | 42 | No. 15 Arizona State | 30 | 57,727 | notes |
December 25, 1978 | No. 8 Arkansas | 10 | No. 15 UCLA | 10 | 55,227 | notes |
December 25, 1979 | No. 10 Pittsburgh | 16 | Arizona | 10 | 55,347 | notes |
December 26, 1980 | No. 10 Penn State | 31 | No. 11 Ohio State | 19 | 66,738 | notes |
January 1, 1982 | No. 7 Penn State | 26 | No. 8 USC | 10 | 71,053 | notes |
January 1, 1983 | No. 11 Arizona State | 32 | No. 12 Oklahoma | 21 | 70,533 | notes |
January 2, 1984 | No. 14 Ohio State | 28 | No. 15 Pittsburgh | 23 | 66,484 | notes |
January 1, 1985 | No. 14 UCLA | 39 | No. 13 Miami (Florida) | 37 | 60,310 | notes |
January 1, 1986 | No. 5 Michigan | 27 | No. 7 Nebraska | 23 | 72,454 | notes |
January 2, 1987 | No. 2 Penn State | 14 | No. 1 Miami (Florida) | 10 | 73,098 | notes |
January 1, 1988 | No. 3 Florida State | 31 | No. 5 Nebraska | 28 | 72,112 | notes |
January 2, 1989 | No. 1 Notre Dame | 34 | No. 3 West Virginia | 21 | 74,911 | notes |
January 1, 1990 | No. 5 Florida State | 41 | No. 6 Nebraska | 17 | 73,953 | notes |
January 1, 1991 | No. 18 Louisville | 34 | No. 25 Alabama | 7 | 69,098 | notes |
January 1, 1992 | No. 6 Penn State | 42 | No. 10 Tennessee | 17 | 71,133 | notes |
January 1, 1993 | No. 6 Syracuse | 26 | No. 10 Colorado | 22 | 70,224 | notes |
January 1, 1994 | No. 16 Arizona | 29 | No. 10 Miami (Florida) | 0 | 72,260 | notes |
January 2, 1995 | No. 4 Colorado | 41 | Notre Dame | 24 | 73,968 | notes |
January 2, 1996BA | No. 1 Nebraska | 62 | No. 2 Florida | 24 | 79,864 | notes |
January 1, 1997 | No. 7 Penn State | 38 | No. 20 Texas | 15 | 65,106 | notes |
December 31, 1997 | No. 10 Kansas State | 35 | No. 14 Syracuse | 18 | 69,367 | notes |
January 4, 1999BCS |
No. 1 Tennessee | 23 | No. 2 Florida State | 16 | 80,470 | notes |
January 2, 2000 | No. 3 Nebraska | 31 | No. 6 Tennessee | 21 | 71,526 | notes |
January 1, 2001 | No. 5 Oregon State | 41 | No. 10 Notre Dame | 9 | 75,428 | notes |
January 1, 2002 | No. 2 Oregon | 38 | No. 3 Colorado | 16 | 74,118 | notes |
January 3, 2003BCS |
No. 2 Ohio State | 31 | No. 1 Miami (Florida) | 24 (2 OT) | 77,502 | notes |
January 2, 2004 | No. 7 Ohio State | 35 | No. 8 Kansas State | 28 | 73,425 | notes |
January 1, 2005 | No. 5 Utah | 35 | No. 19 Pittsburgh | 7 | 73,519 | notes |
January 2, 2006 | No. 4 Ohio State | 34 | No. 5 Notre Dame | 20 | 76,196 | notes |
January 1, 2007 | No. 9 Boise State | 43 | No. 7 Oklahoma | 42 (OT) | 73,719 | notes |
January 2, 2008 | No. 11 West Virginia | 48 | No. 3 Oklahoma | 28 | 70,016 | notes |
January 5, 2009 | No. 3 Texas |
24 | No. 10 Ohio State | 21 | 72,047 | notes |
January 4, 2010 | No. 6 Boise State | 17 | No. 3 TCU | 10 | 73,227 | notes |
January 1, 2011 | No. 9 Oklahoma | 48 | No. 25 Connecticut | 20 | 67,232 | notes |
January 2, 2012 | No. 3 Oklahoma State | 41 | No. 4 Stanford | 38 (OT) | 69,927 | notes |
January 3, 2013 | No. 5 Oregon | 35 | No. 7 Kansas State | 17 | 70,242 | notes |
January 1, 2014 | No. 15 UCF | 52 | No. 6 Baylor | 42 | 65,172 | notes |
December 31, 2014 | No. 21 Boise State | 38 | No. 12 Arizona | 30 | 66,896 | notes |
January 1, 2016 | No. 7 Ohio State | 44 | No. 8 Notre Dame | 28 | 71,123 | notes |
December 31, 2016CFP | No. 2 Clemson | 31 | No. 3 Ohio State | 0 | 70,236 | notes |
December 30, 2017 | No. 9 Penn State | 35 | No. 12 Washington | 28 | 61,842 | notes |
January 1, 2019 | No. 11 LSU | 40 | No. 7 UCF | 32 | 69,927 | notes |
December 28, 2019CFP | No. 3 Clemson | 29 | No. 2 Ohio State | 23 | 71,330 | notes |
January 2, 2021 | No. 12 Iowa State | 34 | No. 25 Oregon | 17 | 0 | notes |
January 1, 2022 | No. 9 Oklahoma State | 37 | No. 5 Notre Dame | 35 | 49,550 | notes |
December 31, 2022CFP | No. 3 TCU | 51 | No. 2 Michigan | 45 | 71,723 | notes |
January 1, 2024 | No. 8 Oregon | 45 | No. 18 Liberty | 6 | 47,769 | notes
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- ^BA Denotes Bowl Alliance Championship Game
- ^BCS Denotes BCS National Championship Game
- ^CFP Denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game
Future games
MVPs
An offensive MVP and defensive MVP are selected for each game.
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Most appearances
Updated through the January 2024 edition (53 games, 106 total appearances).
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- Teams with a single appearance
Won (5): Iowa State, LSU, Louisville, Oregon State, Utah
Lost (11):
Tied (1): Arkansas
- As of 2023[update], Cal and Washington State are the only Pac-12 members that have not appeared in the game. Kansas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech are the only Big 12 or Big Eight members (current or former) that have not appeared in the game.
Appearances by conference
Updated through the January 2024 edition (53 games, 106 total appearances).
Conference | Record | Appearances by year | ||||||
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Games | W | L | T | Win pct. | Won | Lost | Tied | |
Independents | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 1977D, 1979D, 1980D, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 | 1971D, 1973D, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2022 | |
Big 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 1997D, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2022D | 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 | |
Pac-12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .536 | 1983, 1985, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2024 | 1979D, 1982, 2012, 2014D, 2017D, 2021 | 1978D |
Big Ten | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 1984, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2017D | 1980D, 2009, 2016D, 2019D, 2022D | |
Big Eight | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 1974D, 1976D, 1995, 1996 | 1972D, 1975D, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993 | |
WAC | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 1971D, 1972D, 1973D, 1975D, 2007, 2010 | 1974D, 1976D, 1977D | |
The American | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1993, 2008, 2014 | 1994, 1997D, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2019 | |
SEC | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 1999, 2019 | 1991, 1992, 1996, 2000 | |
Mountain West | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2005, 2014D | 2010 | |
ACC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2016D, 2019D | 1999 | |
SWC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1978D | ||
C-USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2024 |
- Games marked with an superscript D (D) were played in December.
- Conferences that are defunct or no longer active in FBS are marked in italics.
- Records reflect conference affiliations at the time the game was played.
- Several teams—such as Penn State and Miami (Florida)—have appeared both as an Independent and as a conference member.
- The Pac-12's record includes eight appearances (5–2–1) by teams when the conference was known as the Pac-10.
- Following the 2013 split of the original Big East along football lines, the FBS schools reorganized as the American Athletic Conference ("The American"), which retains the charter of the original Big East. Teams representing the Big East appeared in seven games, compiling a 2–5 record.
Game records
Team | Performance vs. Opponent | Year |
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Most points scored (both teams) | 96, TCU (51) vs. Michigan (45) | Dec. 2022 |
Most points scored (one team) | 62, Nebraska vs. Florida | 1996 |
Most points scored (losing team) | 45, Michigan vs. TCU | Dec. 2022 |
Fewest points allowed | 0, Clemson (31) vs. Ohio State 0, Arizona (29) vs. Miami |
2016 1994 |
Largest margin of victory | 39, Oregon (45) vs. Liberty (6) | 2024 |
First downs | 34, Oklahoma State vs. Notre Dame | Jan. 2022 |
Rushing yards | 524, Nebraska vs. Florida | 1996 |
Passing yards | 509, Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State | Jan. 2022 |
Total yards | 718, Arizona State vs. Missouri | 1972 |
Fewest Rushing yards allowed | –28, Nebraska vs. Florida | 1996 |
Fewest Passing yards allowed | 23, Wyoming vs. Oklahoma | 1976 |
Fewest Total yards allowed | 155, Oregon State vs. Notre Dame | 2001 |
Individual | Performance, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
Total offense | 505, Jack Coan, Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State (509 pass, –4 rush) |
Jan. 2022 |
Rushing yards | 245, Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma vs. Arizona State (17 att., 0 TD) | 1983 |
Rushing TDs | 4, Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State vs. Notre Dame 4, Woody Green, Arizona State vs. Missouri |
2016 1972 |
Passing yards | 509, Jack Coan, Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State | Jan. 2022 |
Passing TDs | 5, Bo Nix, Oregon vs. Liberty 5, Jack Coan, Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State 5, Peter Tom Willis, Florida State vs. Nebraska |
2024 Jan. 2022 1990 |
Receiving yards | 206, Darnell McDonald, Kansas State vs. Syracuse | 1998 |
Receiving TDs | 3, shared by four players | |
Tackles | 18, Ted Johnson, Colorado vs. Notre Dame | 1995 |
Sacks | 3, shared by three players | |
Interceptions | 3, Steve Smith, Oregon vs. Colorado | 2002 |
Long plays | Performance, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
Touchdown run | 92, Saquon Barkley, Penn State vs. Washington | 2017 |
Touchdown pass | 85, Troy Smith to Santonio Holmes, Ohio State vs. Notre Dame | 2006 |
Kickoff return | 100, shared by: Kirby Dar Dar, Syracuse vs. Colorado Mike Fink, Missouri vs. Arizona State |
1993 1972 |
Punt return | 68, shared by: Eddie Brown, Miami vs. UCLA Steve Holden, Arizona State vs. Florida State |
1985 1971 |
Interception return | 54, Dwayne Goodrich, Tennessee vs. Florida State | 1999 |
Fumble return | ||
Punt | 66, Pat McAfee, West Virginia vs. Oklahoma | 2008 |
Field goal | 59, Jake Moody, Michigan vs. TCU | Dec. 2022 |
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Broadcasting
As of the 2010–11 season, the game along with the rest of the BCS and its successor, the College Football Playoff, exclusively airs on
ESPN Radio is the current radio home for the Fiesta Bowl.
In 2013, ESPN Deportes provided the first Spanish U.S. telecast of the Fiesta Bowl.[42]
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