College Football Bowl Games - 1980-1989

College Football Bowl Games - 1980-1989

1980

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1980	12/13/80	Southern Mississippi	16	McNeese State	14
Garden State Bowl	East Rutherford, N.J.	1980	12/14/80	Houston	35	Navy	0
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1980	12/19/80	Brigham Young	46	Southern Methodist	45
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1980	12/20/80	Florida	35	Maryland	20
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1980	12/26/80	Penn State	31	Ohio State	19
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1980	12/27/80	Nebraska	31	Mississippi State	17
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1980	12/27/80	Purdue	28	Missouri	25
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1980	12/27/80	Arkansas	34	Tulane	15
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1980	12/29/80	Pittsburgh	37	South Carolina	9
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1980	12/31/80	North Carolina	16	Texas	7
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1980	01/01/81	Michigan	23	Washington	6
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1980	01/01/81	Oklahoma	18	Florida State	17
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1980	01/01/81	Georgia	17	Notre Dame	10
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1980	01/01/81	Alabama	30	Baylor	2
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1980	01/02/81	Miami	20	Virginia Tech	10

1981

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1981	12/12/81	Texas A&M	33	Oklahoma State	16
Garden State Bowl	East Rutherford, N.J.	1981	12/13/81	Tennessee	28	Wisconsin	21
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1981	12/18/81	Brigham Young	38	Washington State	36
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1981	12/19/81	Missouri	19	Southern Mississippi	17
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1981	12/19/81	Toledo	27	San Jose State	25
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1981	12/26/81	Oklahoma	40	Houston	14
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1981	12/28/81	North Carolina	31	Arkansas	27
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1981	12/30/81	Ohio State	31	Navy	28
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1981	12/31/81	West Virginia	26	Florida	6
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1981	12/31/81	Mississippi State	10	Kansas	0
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1981	12/31/81	Michigan	33	UCLA	14
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1981	01/01/82	Washington	28	Iowa	0
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1981	01/01/82	Clemson	22	Nebraska	15
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1981	01/01/82	Pittsburgh	24	Georgia	20
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1981	01/01/82	Texas	14	Alabama	12
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1981	01/01/82	Penn State	26	Southern California	10

1982

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1982	12/11/82	Wisconsin	14	Kansas State	3
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1982	12/17/82	Ohio State	47	Brigham Young	17
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1982	12/18/82	Auburn	33	Boston College	26
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1982	12/18/82	Fresno State	29	Bowling Green State	28
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1982	12/25/82	North Carolina	26	Texas	10
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1982	12/25/82	Washington	21	Maryland	20
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1982	12/29/82	Alabama	21	Illinois	15
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1982	12/30/82	Florida State	31	West Virginia	12
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1982	12/31/82	Iowa	28	Tennessee	22
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1982	12/31/82	Air Force	36	Vanderbilt	28
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1982	12/31/82	Arkansas	28	Florida	24
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1982	01/01/83	UCLA	24	Michigan	14
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1982	01/01/83	Nebraska	21	Louisiana State	20
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1982	01/01/83	Penn State	27	Georgia	23
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1982	01/01/83	Southern Methodist	7	Pittsburgh	3
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1982	01/01/83	Arizona State	32	Oklahoma	21

1983

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1983	12/10/83	Air Force	9	Mississippi	3
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1983	12/17/83	Tennessee	30	Maryland	23
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1983	12/17/83	Northern Illinois	20	Cal St-Fullerton	13
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1983	12/22/83	West Virginia	20	Kentucky	16
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1983	12/23/83	Brigham Young	21	Missouri	17
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1983	12/24/83	Alabama	28	Southern Methodist	7
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1983	12/26/83	Penn State	13	Washington	10
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1983	12/29/83	Notre Dame	19	Boston College	18
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1983	12/30/83	Florida	14	Iowa	6
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1983	12/30/83	Florida State	28	North Carolina	3
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1983	12/31/83	Oklahoma State	24	Baylor	14
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1983	01/02/84	UCLA	45	Illinois	9
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1983	01/02/84	Miami	31	Nebraska	30
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1983	01/02/84	Auburn	9	Michigan	7
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1983	01/02/84	Georgia	10	Texas	9
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1983	01/02/84	Ohio State	28	Pittsburgh	23

1984

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1984	12/15/84	Air Force	23	Virginia Tech	7
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1984	12/15/84	Nevada-Las Vegas	30	Toledo	13
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1984	12/21/84	Brigham Young	24	Michigan	17
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1984	12/22/84	Maryland	28	Tennessee	27
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1984	12/22/84	Georgia	17	Florida State	17
Cherry Bowl	Pontiac, Mich.	1984	12/22/84	Army	10	Michigan State	6
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1984	12/26/84	Iowa	55	Texas	17
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1984	12/27/84	Auburn	21	Arkansas	15
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1984	12/28/84	Oklahoma State	21	South Carolina	14
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1984	12/29/84	Southern Methodist	27	Notre Dame	20
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1984	12/29/84	Kentucky	20	Wisconsin	19
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1984	12/31/84	Virginia	27	Purdue	24
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1984	12/31/84	West Virginia	31	Texas Christian	14
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1984	01/01/85	Southern California	20	Ohio State	17
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1984	01/01/85	Washington	28	Oklahoma	17
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1984	01/01/85	Nebraska	28	Louisiana State	10
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1984	01/01/85	Boston College	45	Houston	28
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1984	01/01/85	UCLA	39	Miami	37

1985

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1985	12/14/85	Fresno State	51	Bowling Green State	7
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1985	12/21/85	Minnesota	20	Clemson	13
Cherry Bowl	Pontiac, Mich.	1985	12/21/85	Maryland	35	Syracuse	18
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1985	12/22/85	Arkansas	18	Arizona State	17
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1985	12/27/85	Baylor	21	Louisiana State	7
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1985	12/28/85	Georgia	13	Arizona	13
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1985	12/28/85	Ohio State	10	Brigham Young	7
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1985	12/28/85	Alabama	24	Southern California	3
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1985	12/30/85	Florida State	34	Oklahoma State	23
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1985	12/30/85	Washington	20	Colorado	17
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1985	12/31/85	Army	31	Illinois	29
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1985	12/31/85	Georgia Tech	17	Michigan State	14
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1985	12/31/85	Air Force	24	Texas	16
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1985	01/01/86	UCLA	45	Iowa	28
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1985	01/01/86	Oklahoma	25	Penn State	10
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1985	01/01/86	Tennessee	35	Miami	7
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1985	01/01/86	Texas A&M	36	Auburn	16
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1985	01/01/86	Michigan	27	Nebraska	23

1986

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1986	12/13/86	San Jose State	37	Miami of Ohio	7
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1986	12/20/86	Mississippi	20	Texas Tech	17
Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	1986	12/23/86	Boston College	27	Georgia	24
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1986	12/25/86	Alabama	28	Washington	6
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1986	12/27/86	Clemson	27	Stanford	21
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1986	12/27/86	Arizona	30	North Carolina	21
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1986	12/29/86	Tennessee	21	Minnesota	14
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1986	12/30/86	Iowa	39	San Diego State	38
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1986	12/30/86	UCLA	31	Brigham Young	10
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1986	12/31/86	Virginia Tech	25	North Carolina State	24
All-American Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	1986	12/31/86	Florida State	27	Indiana	13
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1986	12/31/86	Baylor	21	Colorado	9
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1986	01/01/87	Arizona State	22	Michigan	15
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1986	01/01/87	Oklahoma	42	Arkansas	8
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1986	01/01/87	Nebraska	30	Louisiana State	15
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1986	01/01/87	Ohio State	28	Texas A&M	12
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1986	01/01/87	Auburn	16	Southern California	7
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1986	01/02/87	Penn State	14	Miami	10

1987

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1987	12/12/87	Eastern Michigan	30	San Jose State	27
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1987	12/19/87	Washington	24	Tulane	12
All-American Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	1987	12/22/87	Virginia	22	Brigham Young	16
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1987	12/25/87	Oklahoma State	35	West Virginia	33
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1987	12/25/87	UCLA	20	Florida	16
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1987	12/29/87	Georgia	20	Arkansas	17
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1987	12/30/87	Iowa	20	Wyoming	19
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1987	12/30/87	Arizona State	33	Air Force	28
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1987	12/31/87	Louisiana State	30	South Carolina	13
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1987	12/31/87	Texas	32	Pittsburgh	27
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1987	01/01/88	Michigan State	20	Southern California	17
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1987	01/01/88	Miami	20	Oklahoma	14
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1987	01/01/88	Syracuse	16	Auburn	16
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1987	01/01/88	Texas A&M	35	Notre Dame	10
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1987	01/01/88	Clemson	35	Penn State	10
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1987	01/01/88	Florida State	31	Nebraska	28
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1987	01/02/88	Tennessee	27	Indiana	22
Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	1987	01/02/88	Michigan	28	Alabama	24

1988

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1988	12/10/88	Fresno State	35	Western Michigan	30
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1988	12/23/88	Southern Mississippi	38	Texas-El Paso	18
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1988	12/24/88	Alabama	29	Army	28
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1988	12/25/88	Washington State	24	Houston	22
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1988	12/28/88	Indiana	34	South Carolina	10
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1988	12/29/88	Brigham Young	20	Colorado	17
All-American Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	1988	12/29/88	Florida	14	Illinois	10
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1988	12/30/88	Oklahoma State	62	Wyoming	14
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1988	12/31/88	North Carolina State	28	Iowa	23
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1988	01/01/89	Georgia	34	Michigan State	27
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1988	01/02/89	Michigan	22	Southern California	14
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1988	01/02/89	Miami	23	Nebraska	3
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1988	01/02/89	Florida State	13	Auburn	7
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1988	01/02/89	UCLA	17	Arkansas	3
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1988	01/02/89	Clemson	13	Oklahoma	6
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1988	01/02/89	Notre Dame	34	West Virginia	21
Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	1988	01/02/89	Syracuse	23	Louisiana State	10

1989

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
California Bowl	Fresno, Calif.	1989	12/09/89	Fresno State	27	Ball State	6
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1989	12/16/89	Oregon	27	Tulsa	24
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	1989	12/25/89	Michigan State	33	Hawaii	13
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1989	12/28/89	Mississippi	42	Air Force	29
All-American Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	1989	12/28/89	Texas Tech	49	Duke	21
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1989	12/29/89	Penn State	50	Brigham Young	39
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1989	12/30/89	Pittsburgh	31	Texas A&M	28
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1989	12/30/89	Clemson	27	West Virginia	7
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1989	12/30/89	Syracuse	19	Georgia	18
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1989	12/30/89	Washington	34	Florida	7
Copper Bowl	Tucson, Ariz.	1989	12/31/89	Arizona	17	North Carolina State	10
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1989	01/01/90	Southern California	17	Michigan	10
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1989	01/01/90	Notre Dame	21	Colorado	6
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1989	01/01/90	Miami	33	Alabama	25
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1989	01/01/90	Tennessee	31	Arkansas	27
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1989	01/01/90	Illinois	31	Virginia	21
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1989	01/01/90	Florida State	41	Nebraska	17
Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	1989	01/01/90	Auburn	31	Ohio State	14