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{{About|the post-season bowl game|the namesake stadium|Sun Bowl (stadium)}}
{{Infobox college football bowl game
| name               = Sun Bowl
| full_name          = [[Tony the Tiger]] Sun Bowl
| nickname           = 
| logo               = TonytheTigerSunBowl.png
| caption            = 
| stadium            = [[Sun Bowl (stadium)|Sun Bowl]]
| previous_stadiums  = {{ubl
 |[[Kidd Field]]<br>(1938–1962)
 |[[El Paso High School|Jones Stadium]]<br>(1935–1937)
 }}
| location           = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
| previous_locations =
| years              = 1935–present
| champ_affiliation  = [[Bowl Coalition]]<br>([[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]–[[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]])
| conference_tie-ins = [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]], [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| previous_tie-ins   = {{ubl
 |[[Border Conference|Border]] (1936–1961)
 |[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1995–2005)
 |[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] (2006–2009)
 |[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] (2006–2009)
 }}
| payout             = 4.55 million (2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/2019/ |title=2019 Bowl Schedule |website=collegefootballpoll.com |access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
| sponsors           = {{ubl
 |[[John Hancock Insurance|John Hancock]] (1986–1993)
 |[[Norwest Corporation]] (1996–1998)
 |[[Wells Fargo]] (1999–2003)
 |[[Helen of Troy Limited]] (2004–2009;<br />{{spaces|5}}through its Vitalis and [[Brut (cologne)|Brut]] brands)
 |[[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] (2010–2018)
 |[[Kellogg's]] (2019–2022)
 |[[WK Kellogg Co]] (2023–present)
 }}
| former_names       = {{ubl
 |Sun Bowl (1936–1985)
 |John Hancock Sun Bowl (1986–1988)
 |John Hancock Bowl (1989–1993)
 |Sun Bowl (1994–1995)
 |Norwest Bank Sun Bowl (1996)
 |Norwest Sun Bowl (1997–1998)
 |Wells Fargo Sun Bowl (1999–2003)
 |Vitalis Sun Bowl (2004–2005)
 |Brut Sun Bowl (2006–2009)
 |Hyundai Sun Bowl (2010–2018)
 }}
| prev_matchup_year   = 2023
| prev_matchup_season = 2023
| prev_matchup_teams  = [[2023 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]] vs. [[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]<br>
| prev_matchup_score  = Notre Dame 40–8
| next_matchup_year   = 2024
| next_matchup_season = 2024
| next_matchup_teams  = 
| next_matchup_date   = December 31, 2024
}}
The '''Sun Bowl''' is a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] that has been played since 1935 in the [[southwestern United States]] at [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], Texas. Along with the [[Sugar Bowl]] and [[Orange Bowl]], it is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]]. Usually held near the end of December, games are played at the [[Sun Bowl (stadium)|Sun Bowl]] stadium on the campus of the [[University of Texas at El Paso]]. Since 2011, it has featured teams from the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC) and the [[Pac-12 Conference]]. This arrangement will continue through the 2025 season, with either Pac-12 schools, or Pac-12 "legacy schools" (the 10 schools that are leaving the conference this year for the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC) fulfilling previous Pac-12 bowl obligations for the next two seasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/former-pac-12-schools-bowl-tie-ins?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BrettMcMurphy |title=Departing Pac-12 Schools to Play in Pac-12 Affiliated Bowl Games, Brett Yormark Says |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |website=actionnetwork.com |date=July 9, 2024 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>

From 2019 to 2022, the game was sponsored by [[Kellogg's]]; when Kellogg's spun off its North American cereal division in October 2023, the sponsorship transferred to [[WK Kellogg Co]].<ref>[https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2023/10/02/kellogg-co-completes-split-into-two-independent-companies/71031756007/ Kellogg Co completes split into two, independent companies – Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co] ''[[Battle Creek Enquirer]]'' October 2, 2023</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231003022510/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/kelloggs-cereal-business-wk-kellogg-begins-trading.html Kellogg’s cereal business begins trading as stand-alone company WK Kellogg] ''[[CNBC]]'' October 2, 2023</ref> The game is officially known as the '''Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl''',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/08/20/tony-the-tiger-sun-bowl-born-from-frosted-flakes-sponsorship/2064059001/ |title=The Sun Bowl takes on Tony the Tiger as sponsor after agreement with Frosted Flakes |first=Aaron A. |last=Bedoya |website=[[USA Today]] |date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> after [[Tony the Tiger|the mascot]] for Kellogg's{{efn|Kellogg's remains a brand name for both successors to the original Kellogg's: Kellanova and WK Kellogg.}} [[Frosted Flakes]] cereal. Previous sponsors include [[John Hancock Financial]], [[Norwest Corporation]], [[Wells Fargo]], [[Helen of Troy Limited]] (using its Vitalis and [[Brut (cologne)|Brut]] brands) and [[Hyundai Motor Company]].

==History==
The first Sun Bowl was the [[1935 Sun Bowl|1935 edition]], played on [[New Year's Day]] between Texas high school teams;<ref name=1935game /> the [[1936 Sun Bowl|1936 edition]], played one year later, was the first Sun Bowl contested between college teams.<ref name=NCAApdf>{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/bowls.pdf |title=Bowl/All Star Game Records |access-date=2017-01-03 |website=NCAA.org |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510220255/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Bowls.pdf |via=archive.org |url-status=dead }}</ref> In most of its early history, the game pitted the champion of the [[Border Conference]] against an [[At-large bid|at-large]] opponent.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/history|title=History - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> The first three editions were played at [[El Paso High School]] stadium (1935–1937), then switched to [[Kidd Field]] until the present stadium was ready in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/120506aag.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010450/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/120506aag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 6, 2017|title=From the Sun Bowl Vault: A History of the Sun Bowl :: A History of the Sun Bowl|website=www.cstv.com}}</ref> Through the 1957 season, the game was played on January 1 or January 2; since then, with the exception of the 1976 season, the game has been played in late December, with a majority of games played on or near [[New Year's Eve]] and on several occasions played on or after [[Christmas]] Day (1982, 1986 & 1987 on Christmas Day) as well as on or before [[Christmas Eve]].<ref name=NCAApdf />

===Notable games===
The [[1940 Sun Bowl|1940]] game set the record for fewest points scored, when the [[1939 Arizona State Bulldogs football team|Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe Bulldogs]] played the [[Catholic University Cardinals]] to a scoreless tie, the only 0–0 result in Sun Bowl history.

In advance of the [[1949 Sun Bowl|1949]] game, [[Lafayette Leopards football|Lafayette College]] turned down an invitation from the Sun Bowl Committee because the committee would not allow an African American player to participate. This bid rejection led to a large student demonstration on the Lafayette campus and in the city of [[Easton, Pennsylvania]], against segregation.
{{main|1949 Sun Bowl controversy}}

Due to a freak snowstorm before the [[1974 Sun Bowl|1974]] game,<ref name=fdldrv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ou9LAAAAIBAJ&pg=3315%2C4493933 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Felker directs late drive as Bulldogs win Sun Bowl |date=December 29, 1974 |page=1, sports}}</ref> followed by warming temperatures as the sun created a rising steam from the field during the first half, the game was nicknamed the "Fog Bowl."<ref name=history />

The [[1992 John Hancock Bowl|1992]] game was the final head coaching appearance of 2001 [[College Football Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Grant Teaff]] of [[1992 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]]; his Bears won {{nowrap|20–15}} over [[1992 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/21|title=Grant Teaff - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref>

The [[1994 Sun Bowl|1994]] game was voted the greatest Sun Bowl ever played, and included four touchdowns by [[Priest Holmes]], as [[1994 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] defeated [[1994 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]], 35–31.<ref name=history />

The [[2005 Sun Bowl|2005]] game set the record for most points scored (88), as [[2005 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] defeated [[2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team|Northwestern]], 50–38.

The [[2011 Sun Bowl|2011]] game is the only Sun Bowl decided in overtime (the NCAA started the use of overtime in Division I bowl games in 1995);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/adopting-overtime-built-20-years-of-thrills-into-college-football-an-oral-history/|title=Adopting overtime has built 20 years of thrills into college football: An oral history|date=13 October 2016 }}</ref> [[2011 Utah Utes football team|Utah]] defeated [[2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]], 30–27.<ref name=NCAApdf />

The 2020 edition of the bowl was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/news/254-sun-bowl-association-cancels-tony-the-tiger-sun-bowl |title=Sun Bowl Association Cancels Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl |publisher=Sun Bowl Association |website=sunbowl.org |date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>

On December 26, 2021, the [[2021 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes]] announced they would not be able to play in the 2021 edition due to COVID-19 issues so organizers stated they would try to secure a replacement team to face the [[2021 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32943308/miami-sun-bowl-washington-state-due-covid-19-issues-football-program |title=Miami out of Sun Bowl against Washington State due to COVID-19 issues in football program |first=Andrea |last=Adelson |website=ESPN.com |date=December 26, 2021 |accessdate=December 26, 2021}}</ref> The following day, the [[2021 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|Central Michigan Chippewas]] were named as the Sun Bowl replacement team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/central-michigan-to-play-washington-state-in-sun-bowl-after-miami-pulls-out-due-to-covid-19-issues/ |title=Central Michigan to play Washington State in Sun Bowl after Miami pulls out due to COVID-19 issues |first=Barrett |last=Sallee |website=[[CBS Sports]] |date=December 27, 2021 |accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref> The Chippewas had originally been scheduled to face the [[2021 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State Broncos]] in the [[2021 Arizona Bowl|Arizona Bowl]], until Boise State withdrew from that bowl due to COVID-19 issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/barstools-dave-portnoy-boise-state-out-of-arizona-bowl/ |title=Dave Portnoy announces Boise State out of Barstool Bowl due to COVID-19 |first=Ryan |last=Glasspiegel |website=[[New York Post]] |date=December 27, 2021 |accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref>

==Sponsorship==
[[File:2014 Hyundai Sun Bowl.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] signage in the foreground in&nbsp;[[2014 Sun Bowl|2014]]]]
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The bowl's first [[Naming rights|title sponsor]] was [[John Hancock Financial]], who entered a three-year, $1.5 million partnership in June 1986.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66017895/sponsorships-a-new-way-to-pay/ |title=Sponsorships: A new way to pay |first=Herschel |last=Nissenson |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Anniston Star]] |location=[[Anniston, Alabama]] |page=3B |date=June 27, 1986 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> This came at a time that corporate sponsorship was not common for bowl games,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66017111/corporations-playing-ball-as-year-ends/ |title=Corporations playing ball as year ends |first=Kenneth |last=Ross |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |location=[[Hartford, Connecticut]] |page=B8 |date=December 31, 1986 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and followed the [[Fiesta Bowl]] entering a sponsorship agreement that had made its [[1986 Fiesta Bowl|January 1986 edition]] the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65966770/sunkist-agrees-to-sponsor-fiesta-bowl/ |title=Sunkist agrees to sponsor Fiesta Bowl |first=Bob |last=Young |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |location=[[Phoenix, Arizona]] |page=G1 |date=September 27, 1985 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In March 1989, with Sun Bowl organizers and John Hancock Financial negotiating a renewal of the sponsorship agreement, it was reported that an extension might involve renaming the bowl.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66019632/sun-bowl-may-get-new-name/ |title=Sun Bowl may get new name |first=Don |last=Henry |newspaper=[[El Paso Times]] |page=1 |date=March 2, 1989 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> That came to pass in June 1989, with the annual game changing its name to John Hancock Bowl.<ref name=kerrville/> Cited as the reason for the change was that, under the prior agreement, the sponsor's name "wasn't mentioned enough in national media to justify the expense."<ref name=kerrville>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66020185/sun-bowl-renamed-john-hancock-bowl/ |title=Sun Bowl renamed John Hancock Bowl |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Kerrville Daily Times|Kerrville Times]] |location=[[Kerrville, Texas]] |page=8 |date=June 20, 1989 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66020655/john-hancock-puts-signature-on-sun-bowl/ |title=John Hancock puts signature on Sun Bowl |first=Bill |last=Modoono |agency=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |newspaper=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)|The Daily Item]] |location=[[Sunbury, Pennsylvania]] |page=9D |date=December 17, 1989 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Even after the formal name change, some newspapers continued to refer to it as the Sun Bowl.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66021267/pitt-wins-31-28-with-44-yard-touchdown/ |title=Pitt wins 31-28 with 44-yard touchdown pass |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Statesman Journal]] |location=[[Salem, Oregon]] |page=5E |date=December 31, 1989 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Five editions of the game were staged as the John Hancock Bowl, from 1989 through 1993. After the 1993 playing, John Hancock Financial reduced its support of the bowl game, to dedicate more of its promotional budget to the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66023726/hancock-name-could-stay-for-94-game/ |title=Hancock name could stay for '94 game |first=Don |last=Henry |newspaper=[[El Paso Times]] |page=1E |date=June 3, 1994 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> The name reverted to Sun Bowl, and to ensure the game would continue, the El Paso [[city council]] allocated $600,000 to cover expenses in case of a shortfall.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66024137/el-paso-puts-up-cash-to-keep-sun-bowl/ |title=El Paso puts up cash to keep Sun Bowl |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Galveston Daily News]] |location=[[Galveston, Texas]] |page=1B |date=August 31, 1994 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

Subsequent title sponsorship came from [[Norwest Corporation]] (1996–1998), which then merged into [[Wells Fargo]] (1999–2003), El Paso{{En dash}}based [[Helen of Troy Limited]]—using its brand names of Vitalis (2004–2005) and [[Brut (cologne)|Brut]] (2006–2009)—and [[Hyundai Motor Company]] (2010–2018).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/hyundai_title_sponsors_college_footballs_sun_bowl |title=Hyundai title sponsors college football's Sun Bowl |website=SportsPro Media |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> In August 2019, it was announced that [[Kellogg's]] had been named the new title sponsor, and that the game would be branded as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl—referencing [[Tony the Tiger]], the mascot of the company's cereal brand [[Frosted Flakes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/08/20/sun-bowl-tony-the-tiger-sponsor-university-of-texas-at-el-paso/2063685001/|title=It's official: The Sun Bowl grabs 'Tony the Tiger' as a sponsor|last1=Bedoya|first1=Aaron A.|last2=Bloomquist|first2=Bret|website=El Paso Times|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> A tradition begun during the Helen of Troy sponsorship is that gift packages given to players include a Sun Bowl-branded [[hair dryer]], as Helen of Troy is a major manufacturer of that product.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Conference tie-ins==
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Starting with the [[2011 Sun Bowl|2011 edition]], the bowl has been contested between teams from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC).

The Sun Bowl is part of the ACC's pool arrangement where the [[Duke's Mayo Bowl|Duke's Mayo]] (formerly Belk), [[Pinstripe Bowl|Pinstripe]], [[Music City Bowl|Music City]], and [[Gator Bowl|Gator]] bowls each share choice of the conference's eligible teams following the [[College Football Playoff]] (CFP) and the [[Pop-Tarts Bowl]] (formerly known by several other names). The Sun Bowl can take any team ranked fourth through eighth in the ACC.

The Pac-12 currently{{when|date=February 2024}} employs the Sun Bowl as its fifth choice, behind the CFP and the [[Alamo Bowl]] and [[Holiday Bowl]].

==Game results==
Three editions of the bowl ended in a tie—1936, 1940, and 1985—they are ''denoted by italics'' in the below table; overtime has been used in bowl games since the [[1995–96 NCAA football bowl games|1995–96 bowl season]]. The inaugural game in 1935 was contested between high school teams.<ref name=1935game>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/17|title=Ken Heineman - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> For sponsorship reasons, the 1989 through 1993 editions were known as the John Hancock Bowl.

Rankings are based on the [[AP poll]], prior to game being played.

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|No.
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Date played
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" colspan="2" | Winning team
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" colspan="2" | Losing team
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Attnd.
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Notes
|-
|1|| align=right|January 1, 1935 || '''[[El Paso High School|El Paso All-Stars]]''' || '''25''' || [[Ranger High School|Ranger (Texas)]] || 21 || {{nbsp}}3,000 || [[1935 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|2|| align=right|January 1, 1936 || ''[[1935 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team|Hardin–Simmons]]'' || 14 || ''[[1935 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team|New Mexico A&M]]'' || 14 || 12,000 || [[1936 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|3|| align=right|January 1, 1937 || '''[[1936 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team|Hardin–Simmons]]''' || '''34''' || [[1936 Texas Mines Miners football team|Texas Mines]] || 6 || {{nbsp}}8,000 || [[1937 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|4|| align=right|January 1, 1938 || '''[[1937 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]''' || '''7''' || [[1937 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 6 || 12,000 || [[1938 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|5|| align=right|January 2, 1939 || '''[[1938 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]''' || '''26''' || [[1938 New Mexico Lobos football team|New Mexico]] || 0 || 13,000 || [[1939 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|6|| align=right|January 1, 1940 || ''[[1939 Arizona State Bulldogs football team|Arizona State]]'' || 0 || ''[[1939 Catholic University Cardinals football team|Catholic]]'' || 0 || 13,000 || [[1940 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|7|| align=right|January 1, 1941 || '''[[1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football team|Western Reserve]]''' || '''26''' || [[1940 Arizona State Bulldogs football team|Arizona State]] || 13 || 14,000 || [[1941 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|8|| align=right|January 1, 1942 || '''[[1941 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|Tulsa]]''' || '''6''' || [[1941 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 0 || 14,000 || [[1942 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|9|| align=right|January 1, 1943 || '''[[1942 Second Air Force Bombers football team|Second Air Force]]''' || '''13''' || [[1942 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team|Hardin–Simmons]] || 7 || 18,000 || [[1943 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|10|| align=right|January 1, 1944 || '''[[1943 Southwestern Pirates football team|Southwestern]]''' || '''7''' || [[1943 New Mexico Lobos football team|New Mexico]] || 0 || 18,000 || [[1944 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|11|| align=right|January 1, 1945 || '''[[1944 Southwestern Pirates football team|Southwestern]]''' || '''35''' || {{cfb link|year=1944|team=Pumas CU|school=National Autonomous University of Mexico|title=UNAM}} || 0 || 13,000 || [[1945 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|12|| align=right|January 1, 1946 || '''[[1945 New Mexico Lobos football team|New Mexico]]''' || '''34''' || [[1945 Denver Pioneers football team|Denver]] || 24 || 15,000 || [[1946 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|13|| align=right|January 1, 1947 || '''[[1946 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]]''' || '''18''' || [[1946 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech]] || 6 || 10,000 || [[1947 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|14|| align=right|January 1, 1948 || '''[[1947 Miami Redskins football team|Miami (Ohio)]]''' || '''13''' || [[1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 12 || 18,000 || [[1948 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|15|| align=right|January 1, 1949 || '''[[1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]''' || '''21''' || [[1948 Texas Mines Miners football team|Texas Mines]] || 12 || 13,000 || [[1949 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|16|| align=right|January 2, 1950 || '''[[1949 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]]''' || '''33''' || [[1949 Georgetown Hoyas football team|Georgetown]] || 20 || 15,000 || [[1950 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|17|| align=right|January 1, 1951 || '''[[1950 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team|West Texas State]]''' || '''14''' || [[1950 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]] || 13 || 16,000 || [[1951 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|18|| align=right|January 1, 1952 || '''[[1951 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]]''' || '''25''' || [[1951 Pacific Tigers football team|Pacific]] || 14 || 17,000 || [[1952 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|19|| align=right|January 1, 1953 || '''[[1952 Pacific Tigers football team|Pacific]]''' || '''26''' || [[1952 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team|Mississippi Southern]] || 7 || 11,000 || [[1953 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|20|| align=right|January 1, 1954 || '''[[1953 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]]''' || '''37''' || [[1953 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team|Mississippi Southern]] || 14 || {{nbsp}}9,500 || [[1954 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|21|| align=right|January 1, 1955 || '''[[1954 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]]''' || '''47''' || [[1954 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]] || 20 || 14,000 || [[1955 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|22|| align=right|January 2, 1956 || '''[[1955 Wyoming Cowboys football team|Wyoming]]''' || '''21''' || [[1955 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 14 || 14,500 || [[1956 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|23|| align=right|January 1, 1957 || '''No. 17 [[1956 George Washington Colonials football team|George Washington]]''' || '''13''' || [[1956 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]] || 0 || 13,500 || [[1957 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|24|| align=right|January 1, 1958 || '''[[1957 Louisville Cardinals football team|Louisville]]''' || '''34''' || [[1957 Drake Bulldogs football team|Drake]] || 20 || 13,000 || [[1958 Sun Bowl (January)|notes]]
|-
|25|| December 31, 1958 || '''[[1958 Wyoming Cowboys football team|Wyoming]]''' || '''14''' || [[1958 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team|Hardin–Simmons]] || 6 || 13,000 || [[1958 Sun Bowl (December)|notes]]
|-
|26|| December 31, 1959 || '''[[1959 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico A&M]]''' || '''28''' || [[1959 North Texas State Eagles football team|North Texas State]] || 8 || 14,000 || [[1959 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|27|| December 31, 1960 || '''No. 17 [[1960 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]''' || '''20''' || [[1960 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]] || 13 || 16,000 || [[1960 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|28|| December 30, 1961 || '''[[1961 Villanova Wildcats football team|Villanova]]''' || '''17''' || [[1961 Wichita Shockers football team|Wichita]] || 9 || 15,000 || [[1961 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|29|| December 31, 1962 || '''[[1962 West Texas State Buffaloes football team|West Texas State]]''' || '''15''' || [[1962 Ohio Bobcats football team|Ohio]] || 14 || 16,000 || [[1962 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|30|| December 31, 1963 || '''[[1963 Oregon Webfoots football team|Oregon]]''' || '''21''' || [[1963 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]] || 14 || 18,646|| [[1963 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|31|| December 26, 1964 || '''[[1964 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]''' || '''7''' || [[1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 0 || 23,292 || [[1964 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|32|| December 31, 1965 || '''[[1965 Texas Western Miners football team|Texas Western]]''' || '''13''' || [[1965 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]] || 12 || 24,598 || [[1965 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|33|| December 24, 1966 || '''[[1966 Wyoming Cowboys football team|Wyoming]]''' || '''28''' || [[1966 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]] || 20 || 17,965 || [[1966 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|34|| December 30, 1967 || '''[[1967 UTEP Miners football team|UTEP]]''' || '''14''' || [[1967 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]] || 7 || 28,630 || [[1967 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|35|| December 28, 1968 || '''[[1968 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]''' || '''34''' || [[1968 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] || 10 || 27,062 || [[1968 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|36|| December 20, 1969 || '''No. 14 [[1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]''' || '''45''' || [[1969 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] || 6 || 26,668 || [[1969 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|37|| December 19, 1970 || '''No. 13 [[1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]''' || '''17''' || No. 19 [[1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 9 || 26,188 || [[1970 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|38|| December 18, 1971 || '''No. 10 [[1971 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]''' || '''33''' || No. 17 [[1971 Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State]] || 15 || 29,377 || [[1971 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|39|| December 30, 1972 || '''No. 16 [[1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]''' || '''32''' || [[1972 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 28 || 27,877 || [[1972 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|40|| December 29, 1973 || '''[[1973 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]''' || '''34''' || [[1973 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] || 17 || 26,108 || [[1973 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|41|| December 28, 1974 || '''[[1974 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]]''' || '''26''' || [[1974 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 24 || 26,035 || [[1974 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|42|| December 26, 1975 || '''No. 20 [[1975 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]''' || '''33''' || No. 19 [[1975 Kansas Jayhawks football team|Kansas]] || 19 || 30,272 || [[1975 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|43|| align=right|January 2, 1977 || '''No. 10 [[1976 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]''' || '''37''' || [[1976 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] || 14 || 31,896 || [[1977 Sun Bowl (January)|notes]]
|-
|44|| December 31, 1977 || '''[[1977 Stanford Cardinals football team|Stanford]]''' || '''24''' || [[1977 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] || 14 || 30,621 || [[1977 Sun Bowl (December)|notes]]
|-
|45|| December 23, 1978 || '''No. 14 [[1978 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]''' || '''42''' || No. 13 [[1978 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]] || 0 || 30,604 || [[1978 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|46|| December 22, 1979 || '''No. 13 [[1979 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]''' || '''14''' || No. 11 [[1979 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 7 || 30,124 || [[1979 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|47|| December 27, 1980 || '''No. 8 [[1980 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]''' || '''31''' || No. 17 [[1980 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]] || 17 || 31,332 || [[1980 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|48|| December 26, 1981 || '''[[1981 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]''' || '''40''' || [[1981 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]] || 14 || 29,985 || [[1981 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|49|| December 25, 1982 || '''[[1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]''' || '''26''' || No. 8 [[1982 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 10 || 29,055 || [[1982 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|50|| December 24, 1983 || '''[[1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]''' || '''28''' || No. 6 [[1983 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]] || 7 || 41,412 || [[1983 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|51|| December 22, 1984 || '''No. 12 [[1984 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]]''' || '''28''' || [[1984 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] || 27 || 50,126 || [[1984 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|52|| December 28, 1985 || ''[[1985 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]]'' || 13 || ''[[1985 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]'' || 13 || 50,203 || [[1985 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|53|| December 25, 1986 || '''No. 13 [[1986 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]''' || '''28''' || No. 12 [[1986 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]] || 6 || 48,722 || [[1986 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|54|| December 25, 1987 || '''No. 11 [[1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]]''' || '''35''' || [[1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]] || 33 || 43,240 || [[1987 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|55|| December 24, 1988 || '''No. 20 [[1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]''' || '''29''' || [[1988 Army Cadets football team|Army]] || 28 || 43,661 || [[1988 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|56|| December 30, 1989 || '''No. 24 [[1989 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]''' || '''31''' || No. 16 [[1989 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]] || 28 || 44,887 || [[1989 John Hancock Bowl|notes]]
|-
|57|| December 31, 1990 || '''No. 22 [[1990 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]''' || '''17''' || No. 21 [[1990 USC Trojans football team|USC]] || 16 || 50,562 || [[1990 John Hancock Bowl|notes]]
|-
|58|| December 31, 1991 || '''No. 22 [[1991 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]''' || '''6''' || [[1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] || 3 || 42,281 || [[1991 John Hancock Bowl|notes]]
|-
|59|| December 31, 1992 || '''[[1992 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]]''' || '''20''' || No. 22 [[1992 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] || 15 || 41,622 || [[1992 John Hancock Bowl|notes]]
|-
|60|| December 24, 1993 || '''No. 19 [[1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]''' || '''41''' || [[1993 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 10 || 43,684 || [[1993 John Hancock Bowl|notes]]
|-
|61|| December 30, 1994 || '''[[1994 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]''' || '''35''' || No. 19 [[1994 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 31 || 50,612 || [[1994 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|62|| December 29, 1995 || '''[[1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]''' || '''38''' || No. 20 [[1995 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]] || 18 || 49,116 || [[1995 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|63|| December 31, 1996 || '''[[1996 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]''' || '''38''' || [[1996 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]] || 0 || 42,721 || [[1996 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|64|| December 31, 1997 || '''No. 16 [[1997 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]''' || '''17''' || [[1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] || 7 || 49,104 || [[1997 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|65|| December 31, 1998 || '''[[1998 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]]''' || '''28''' || [[1998 USC Trojans football team|USC]] || 19 || 46,612 || [[1998 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|66|| December 31, 1999 || '''[[1999 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]''' || '''24''' || No. 12 [[1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || 20 || 48,757 || [[1999 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|67|| December 29, 2000 || '''[[2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]''' || '''21''' || [[2000 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] || 20 || 49,093 || [[2000 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|68|| December 31, 2001 || '''No. 13 [[2001 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]''' || '''33''' || [[2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || 27 || 47,812 || [[2001 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|69|| December 31, 2002 || '''[[2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]]''' || '''34''' || [[2002 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]] || 24 || 48,917 || [[2002 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|70|| December 31, 2003 || '''No. 24 [[2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]]''' || '''31''' || [[2003 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]] || 30 || 49,864 || [[2003 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|71|| December 31, 2004 || '''No. 21 [[2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]''' || '''27''' || [[2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || 23 || 51,288 || [[2004 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|72|| December 30, 2005 || '''No. 17 [[2005 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]''' || '''50''' || [[2005 Northwestern Wildcats football team|Northwestern]] || 38 || 50,426 || [[2005 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|73|| December 29, 2006 || '''No. 24 [[2006 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]''' || '''39''' || [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]] || 38 || 48,732 || [[2006 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|74|| December 31, 2007 || '''[[2007 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]''' || '''56''' || No. 23 [[2007 South Florida Bulls football team|South Florida]] || 21 || 49,867 || [[2007 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|75|| December 31, 2008 || '''No. 24 [[2008 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]''' || '''3''' || No. 18 [[2008 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]] || 0 || 49,037 || [[2008 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|76|| December 31, 2009 || '''[[2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]''' || '''31''' || No. 19 [[2009 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]] || 27 || 53,713 || [[2009 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|77|| December 31, 2010 ||  '''[[2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]''' || '''33''' || [[2010 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami (Florida)]] || 17 || 54,021 || [[2010 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|78|| December 31, 2011 || '''[[2011 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]''' || '''30'''  || [[2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] || 27 (OT) || 48,123 || [[2011 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|79|| December 31, 2012 || '''[[2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]''' || '''21'''  || [[2012 USC Trojans football team|USC]] || 7 || 47,922 || [[2012 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|80|| December 31, 2013 || '''No. 17 [[2013 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]''' || '''42'''  || [[2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech]] || 12 || 47,912 || [[2013 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|81|| December 27, 2014 || '''No. 15 [[2014 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]''' || '''36'''  || [[2014 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke]] || 31 || 47,809 || [[2014 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|82|| December 26, 2015 || '''[[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]'''|| '''20''' || [[2015 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami (Florida)]] || 14 || 41,180 || [[2015 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|83|| December 30, 2016 || '''No. 16 [[2016 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]'''|| '''25''' || [[2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 23 || 42,166 || [[2016 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|84|| December 29, 2017 || '''[[2017 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State]]''' || '''52''' || [[2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]] || 31 || 39,897 || [[2017 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|85|| December 31, 2018 || '''[[2018 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]''' || '''14''' || [[2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]] || 13 || 40,680 || [[2018 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
|86|| December 31, 2019 || '''[[2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]''' || '''20''' || [[2019 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]] || 14 || 42,212 || [[2019 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-
| 87 || December 31, 2020 || colspan=4 style="text-align:center"|''Canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]'' || align=center|{{mdash}} || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://kvia.com/sports/2020/12/01/watch-live-at-2pm-official-announcement-of-sun-bowl-games-cancellation/ |title='Very sad decision to make': Sun Bowl game officially cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic |first=Jim |last=Parker |website=[[KVIA-TV]] |date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 88 || December 31, 2021 || '''[[2021 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|Central Michigan]]''' || '''24''' || [[2021 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] || 21 || 34,540 || [[2021 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
| 89 || December 30, 2022 || '''[[2022 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]''' ||'''37'''||No. 18 [[2022 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] || 35 || 41,104 || [[2022 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
| 90 || December 29, 2023 || '''No. 15 [[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]''' || '''40''' || No. 21 [[2023 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]] || 8 || 48,223 || [[2023 Sun Bowl|notes]]
|-<!--AP RANKINGS ONLY-->
|}
Note: the bowl's game programs indicate that organizers consider the unplayed 2020 game to have been the 87th edition, as the 2021 game is referred to as the 88th edition, the 2022 game as the 89th edition, etc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recaps |title=Recaps |website=sunbowl.org |accessdate=December 25, 2023}}</ref>

Source:<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/Bowls.pdf |magazine=Bowl/All Star Game Records |title=Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl|page=6 |via=NCAA.org |publisher=NCAA |date=2020 |access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref>

==Awards==
===C. M. Hendricks Most Valuable Player Trophy===
Awarded since 1950; named after the first Sun Bowl Association president, Dr. C. M. Hendricks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/about|title=About - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref><br />
Two players have been two-time MVPs; [[Charley Johnson]] (1959, 1960)<ref name=johnson /> and [[Billy Stevens]] (1965, 1967).<ref name=stevens />
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Game
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|MVP(s)
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Position
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|1950 || Harvey Gabrel || Texas Western || HB
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|1951 || [[Bill Cross (American football)|Bill Cross]] || West Texas State || E
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|1952 || Junior Arteburn || Texas Tech || QB
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|1953 || [[Tom McCormick (American football)|Tom McCormick]] || Pacific || HB
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|1954 || Dick Shinaut || Texas Western || QB
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|1955 || [[Jesse Whittenton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/9|title=Jesse Whittenton - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Texas Western || QB
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|1956 || [[Jim Crawford (American football)|Jim Crawford]] || Wyoming || HB
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|1957 || Claude Austin || George Washington || RB
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|1958 (Jan.) || Ken Porco || Louisville || RB
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|1958 (Dec.) || Leonard Kucewski || Wyoming || G
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|1959 || [[Charley Johnson]]<ref name=johnson>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/3|title=Charley Johnson - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || New Mexico A&M || QB
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|1960 || [[Charley Johnson]]<ref name=johnson /> || New Mexico State || QB
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|1961 || [[Billy Joe (American football)|Billy Joe]] || Villanova || FB
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|1962 || [[Jerry Logan]] || West Texas State || HB
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|1963 || [[Bob Berry (American football)|Bob Berry]] || Oregon || QB
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|1964 || [[Preston Ridlehuber]] || Georgia || QB
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|1965 || [[Billy Stevens]]<ref name=stevens>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/2|title=Bill Stevens - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Texas Western || QB
|-
|1966 || [[Jim Kiick]] || Wyoming || TB
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|1967 || [[Billy Stevens]]<ref name=stevens /> || UTEP || QB
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|1968 || [[Buddy McClinton]] || Auburn || DB
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|1969 || Paul Rogers || Nebraska || HB
|-
|1970 || [[Rock Perdoni]] || Georgia Tech || DT
|-
|1971 || [[Bert Jones]] || LSU || QB
|-
|1972 || George Smith || Texas Tech || HB
|-
|1973 || Ray Bybee || Missouri || FB
|-
|1974 || Terry Vitrano || Mississippi State || FB
|-
|1975 || Robert Haygood || Pittsburgh || QB
|-
|1977 (Jan.) || [[Tony Franklin (placekicker)|Tony Franklin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/22|title=Tony Franklin - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Texas A&M || K
|-
|1977 (Dec.) || [[Charles Alexander (running back)|Charles Alexander]] || LSU || TB
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|1978 || [[Lam Jones|Johnny "Lam" Jones]] || Texas || RB
|-
|1979 || [[Paul Skansi]] || Washington || WR
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|1980 || Jeff Quinn || Nebraska || QB
|-
|1981 || [[Darrell Shepard]] || Oklahoma || QB
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1982 || Rob Rogers || North Carolina || TB
|-
| [[Ethan Horton]] || North Carolina || TB
|-
| Brooks Barwick || North Carolina || TB
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|1983 || Walter Lewis || Alabama || QB
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|1984 || [[Rick Badanjek]] || Maryland || FB
|-
|1985 || [[Max Zendejas]] || Arizona || K
|}
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!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Position
|-
|1986 || [[Cornelius Bennett]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/23|title=Cornelius Bennett - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Alabama || DE
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|1987 || [[Thurman Thomas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/16|title=Thurman Thomas - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Oklahoma State || RB
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|1988 || David Smith || Alabama || QB
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|1989 || [[Alex Van Pelt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/18|title=Alex Van Pelt - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Pittsburgh || QB
|-
|1990 || [[Courtney Hawkins (American football)|Courtney Hawkins]] || Michigan State || WR
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|1991 || Arnold Ale || UCLA || LB
|-
|1992 || Melvin Bonner || Baylor || WR
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|1993 || [[Cale Gundy]] || Oklahoma || RB
|-
|1994 || [[Priest Holmes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/26|title=Priest Holmes - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Texas || RB
|-
|1995 || [[Sedrick Shaw]] || Iowa || RB
|-
|1996 || [[Chad Hutchinson]] || Stanford || QB
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|1997 || Mike Martin || Arizona State || RB
|-
|1998 || [[Basil Mitchell (American football)|Basil Mitchell]] || TCU || TB
|-
|1999 || Billy Cockerham || Minnesota || QB
|-
|2000 || [[Freddie Mitchell]] || UCLA || WR
|-
|2001 || [[Lamont Thompson]] || Washington State || S
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|2002 || [[Kyle Orton]] || Purdue || QB
|-
|2003 || [[Samie Parker]] || Oregon || WR
|-
|2004 || [[Sam Keller]] || Arizona State || QB
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|rowspan = "2" | 2005 || [[Kahlil Bell]] || UCLA || RB
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|[[Chris Markey]] || UCLA || RB
|-
|2006 || [[Matt Moore (quarterback)|Matt Moore]] || Oregon State || QB
|-
|2007 || [[Jonathan Stewart]] ||Oregon||RB
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|2008 || [[Victor Butler]] || Oregon State || DE
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|2009 || [[Ryan Broyles]] || Oklahoma || WR
|-
|2010 || [[Michael Floyd]] || Notre Dame || WR
|-
|2011 || [[John White (running back, born 1991)|John White IV]] || Utah || RB
|-
|2012 || [[Rod Sweeting]] || Georgia Tech || CB
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|rowspan=2 | 2013 || [[Brett Hundley]] || UCLA || QB 
|- 
| [[Jordan Zumwalt]] || UCLA || LB
|-
|2014 || [[Demario Richard]] || Arizona State || RB
|-
|2015 || [[Luke Falk]] || Washington State || QB
|-
|2016 || [[Solomon Thomas]] || Stanford || DE
|-
|2017 || [[Nyheim Hines]] || NC State || RB
|-
|2018 || [[Cameron Scarlett]] || Stanford || RB
|-
|2019 || [[Jayden Daniels]] || Arizona State || QB
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|2021 || [[Lew Nichols III]] || Central Michigan || RB
|-
|2022 || Rodney Hammond Jr. || Pittsburgh || RB
|-
|2023 || [[Jordan Faison (American football)|Jordan Faison]] || Notre Dame || WR
|}
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Source:<ref name=SunBowlMediaGuide/>{{rp|26}}<ref name=2018summary>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/news/198-stanford-claims-fourth-sun-bowl-victory |title=Stanford Claims Fourth Sun Bowl Victory |website=sunbowl.org |date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref><ref name=2019summary>{{cite news |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/college/sunbowl/2019/12/31/asu-quarterback-jayden-daniels-wins-tony-tiger-sun-bowl-mvp-award/2784577001/ |title=ASU quarterback Daniels wins Sun Bowl MVP award |first=Bret |last=Bloomquist |newspaper=[[El Paso Times]] |date=December 31, 2019 |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=ItsTravisGreen |number=1477021591066218497 |title=Central Michigan's Lew Nichols III named mvp of the Sun Bowl |date=December 31, 2021 |accessdate=December 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=TonyTheTigerSB |number=1608976101728202752 |title=MVP @RodneyLHammond1 |date=December 30, 2022 |accessdate=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

===Jimmy Rogers Jr. Most Valuable Lineman Trophy===
Awarded since 1961; named after former Sun Bowl president Jimmy Rogers Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/11|title=Jimmy Rogers, Jr. - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref>

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!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Game
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Player
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Position
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|1961 || Rich Ross || Villanova || G
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|1962 || Don Hoovler || Ohio || G
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|1963 || Dun Hughes || SMU || G
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|1964 || Jim Wilson || Georgia || T
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|1965 || Ronny Nixon || TCU || T
|-
|1966 || Jerry Durling || Wyoming || MG
|-
|1967 || [[Fred Carr]] || UTEP || LB
|-
|1968 || David Campbell || Auburn || T
|-
|1969 || Jerry Murtaugh || Nebraska || LB
|-
|1970 || Bill Flowers || Georgia Tech || LB
|-
|1971 || [[Matt Blair]] || Iowa State|| LB
|-
|1972 || Ecomet Burley || Texas Tech || DT
|-
|1973 || John Kelsey || Missouri || TE
|-
|1974 || [[Jimmy Webb (American football)|Jimmy Webb]] || Mississippi State || DT
|-
|1975 || [[Al Romano]] || Pittsburgh || MG
|-
|1977 (Jan.) || [[Edgar Fields]] || Texas A&M || DT
|-
|1977 (Dec.) || [[Gordon Ceresino]] || Stanford || LB
|-
|1978 || Dwight Jefferson || Texas || DT
|-
|1979 || [[Doug Martin (defensive end)|Doug Martin]] || Washington || DT
|-
|1980 || [[Jimmy Williams (linebacker)|Jimmy Williams]] || Nebraska || DE
|-
|1981 || [[Rick Bryan]] || Oklahoma || DT
|-
|1982 || Ronnie Mullins || Texas || DB
|-
|1983 || Wes Neighbors || Alabama || C
|-
|1984 || [[Carl Zander]] || Tennessee || LB
|-
|1985 || Peter Anderson || Georgia || C
|-
|1986 || [[Steve Alvord]] || Washington || MG
|-
|1987 || [[Darren Warren]] || West Virginia || LB
|-
|1988 || [[Derrick Thomas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/12|title=Derrick Thomas - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Alabama || LB
|-
|1989 || Anthony Williams || Texas A&M || LB
|-
|1990 || Craig Hartsuyker || USC || LB
|-
|1991 || Mike Ploskey || Illinois || DT
|-
|1992 || [[Rob Waldrop]] || Arizona || NT
|-
|1993 || Shawn Jackson || Texas Tech || DE
|-
|1994 || [[Blake Brockermeyer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/29|title=Blake Brockermeyer - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref> || Texas|| OT
|-
|1995 || [[Jared DeVries]] || Iowa || DL
|-
|1996 || [[Kailee Wong]] || Stanford || DE
|-
|1997 || [[Jeremy Staat]] || Arizona State || DT
|-
|1998 || London Dunlap || TCU || DE
|-
|1999 || Dyron Russ || Minnesota || DT
|-
|2000 || Oscar Cabrera || UCLA || OG
|-
|2001 || [[Akin Ayodele]] || Purdue || DE
|-
|2002 || [[Shaun Phillips]] || Purdue || DE
|-
|2003 || Junior Siavaii || Oregon || DT
|-
|2004 || Brandon Villareal || Purdue || DT
|-
|2005 || Kevin Mims || Northwestern || DT
|-
|2006 || [[Xzavie Jackson]] || Missouri || DE
|-
|2007 || [[Fenuki Tupou]] || Oregon || OT
|-
|2008 || [[Greg Romeus]] || Pittsburgh || DE
|-
|2009 || [[Gerald McCoy]] || Oklahoma || DE
|-
|2010 || [[Zach Martin]] || Notre Dame || OT
|-
|2011 || [[Star Lotulelei]] || Utah || DT
|-
|2012 || Jay Finch || Georgia Tech || C
|-
|2013 || [[Kenny Clark (defensive tackle)|Kenny Clark]] || UCLA || DT
|-
|2014 || [[Marcus Hardison]] || Arizona State || DE
|-
|2015 || [[Hercules Mata'afa]] || Washington State || DE
|-
|2016 || [[Nazair Jones]] || North Carolina || DT
|-
|2017 || [[Kentavius Street]] || NC State || DE
|-
|2018 || [[Thomas Booker]] || Stanford || DE
|-
|2019 || Robert Cooper || Florida State || DT
|-
|2021 || Ron Stone Jr. || Washington State || DE
|-
|2022 || Jay Toia || UCLA || DL
|-
|2023 || Jordan Botelho || Notre Dame || DL
|}
Source:<ref name=SunBowlMediaGuide/>{{rp|27}}<ref name=2018summary/><ref name=2019summary/><ref>{{cite tweet |user=Fchavezeptimes |number=1608987869963759617 |title=UCLA's Jay Toia named Sun Bowl Most Valuable Lineman today in 37-35 win by Pittsburgh. |date=December 30, 2022 |accessdate=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

===John Folmer Most Valuable Special Teams Player Trophy===
Awarded since 1994; named after former Sun Bowl president John Folmer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/legend/15|title=John H. Folmer - Legends of the Sun Bowl - Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 29, 2017 - El Paso, Texas|website=www.sunbowl.org}}</ref><br />Positions: '''P'''=[[Punter (football)|Punter]], '''K'''=[[Placekicker|Kicker]], '''PR'''=[[Punt returner]], '''KR'''=[[Kickoff returner]]

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Game
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Player
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Position
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Statistics
!style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Ref.
|-
|1994 || Marcus Wall || North Carolina || KR/PR || 3 returns, long 82 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/61/original/1994.pdf |title=1994 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1995 || Brion Hurley || Iowa || K/P || 3/3 FG, 0/0 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/62/original/1995.pdf |title=1995 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1996 || [[Troy Walters]] || Stanford || PR || 5 returns, long 24 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/63/original/1996.pdf |title=1996 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1997 || [[Tim Dwight]] || Iowa || KR/PR || 6 returns, long 26 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/64/original/1997.pdf |title=1997 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1998 || Adam Abrams || USC || K || 2/2 FG, 1/1 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/65/original/1998.pdf |title=1998 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|1999 || Ryan Rindels || Minnesota || P || 7 punts, avg. 46.1 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/66/original/1999.pdf |title=1999 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2000 || [[Michael Bennett (running back)|Michael Bennett]] || Wisconsin || KR || 2 returns, long 54 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/67/original/2000.pdf |title=2000 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2001 || Drew Dunning || Washington State || K || 4/4 FG, 3/3 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/68/original/2001.pdf |title=2001 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2002 || Anthony Chambers || Purdue || KR/PR || 3 returns, long 51 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/69/original/2002.pdf |title=2002 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2003 || Jared Siegel || Oregon || K || 3/3 FG, 3/3 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/70/original/2003.pdf |title=2003 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2004 || Dave Brytus || Purdue || P || 8 punts, avg. 48.9 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/system/game_recaps/documents/71/original/Purdue-ASU%202004.pdf |title=2004 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2005 || Brandon Breazell || UCLA || KR || 2 TD returns || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/72 |title=2005 Sun Bowl recap |website=sunbowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2006 || [[Jeff Wolfert]] || Missouri || K || 1/1 FG, 5/5 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=263630142 |title=2006 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2007 || Matt Evensen || Oregon || K || 2/2 FG, 5/5 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273652483 |title=2007 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2008 || [[Johnny Hekker]] || Oregon State || P || 10 punts, avg. 45.0 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=283660221 |title=2008 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2009 || [[Ryan Broyles]] || Oklahoma || PR || 4 returns, long 42 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=293650024 |title=2009 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2010 || David Ruffer || Notre Dame || K || 3/4 FG, 3/3 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303652390 |title=2010 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2011 || DeVonte Christopher || Utah || KR || 2 returns, long 68 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313650254 |title=2011 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2012 || Jamal Golden || Georgia Tech || KR/PR || 3 returns, long 56 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=323660059 |title=2012 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2013 || [[Ka'imi Fairbairn]] || UCLA || K || 0/1 FG 6/6 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=333650026 |title=2013 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2014 || [[Kalen Ballage]] || Arizona State || KR || 3 returns, long 96 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400610211 |title=2014 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2015 || Erik Powell || Washington State || K || 2/2 FG, 2/2 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400610211 |title=2015 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2016 || Conrad Ukropina || Stanford || K || 4/5 FG, 1/1 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400878692 |title=2016 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2017 || Kyle Bambard || NC State || K || 1/1 FG, 7/7 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400953417 |title=2017 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2018 || [[Alex Kessman]] || Pittsburgh || K || 2/2 FG, 1/1 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401035251 |title=2018 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2019 || [[Cristian Zendejas]] || Arizona State || K || 4/4 FG, 0/0 XP || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401136255 |title=2019 Sun Bowl box score |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021 || Marshall Meeder || Central Michigan || K || 3/5 FG, 1/1 XP|| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/87 
|title=2021 Sun Bowl recap| website=SunBowl.org |access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2022 || Ben Sauls || Pittsburgh || K || 5/5 FG, 2/2 XP || <ref>{{cite tweet |user=TonyTheTigerSB |number=1608976238475120640 |title=Specialist @BSauls22 |date=December 30, 2022 |accessdate=December 30, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023 || [[Spencer Shrader]] || Notre Dame || K || 1/2 FG, 5/5 XP || 
|}

==Most appearances==
Updated through the December 2023 edition (89 games, 178 total appearances), excluding the unplayed 87th edition of December 2020.

;Teams with multiple appearances
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{|class = "wikitable"
! class="unsortable" style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Rank
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Appearances
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Win pct.
|-
| 1 || [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] || 9 || 1–8 || {{winpct|1|8}}
|-
| 2 || [[UTEP Miners football|UTEP]] || 8 || 5–3 || {{winpct|5|3}}
|-
| 3 || [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] || 7 || 4–2–1 || {{winpct|4|2|1}}
|-
| T4 || [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] || 5 || 4–1 || {{winpct|4|1}}
|-
| T4 || [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] || 5 || 3–2 || {{winpct|3|2}}
|-
| T4|| [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] || 5 || 3–2 || {{winpct|3|2}}
|-
| T4 || [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]] || 5 || 2–3 || {{winpct|2|3}}
|-
| T8 || [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] || 4 || 3–1 || {{winpct|3|1}}
|-
| T8 || [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]] || 4 || 2–2 || {{winpct|2|2}}
|-
| T8 || [[Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football|Hardin–Simmons]] || 4 || 1–2–1 || {{winpct|1|2|1}}
|-
| T8 || [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] || 4 || 1–3 || {{winpct|1|3}}
|-
| T12 || [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] || 3 || 3–0 || {{winpct|3|0}}
|-
| T12 || [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] || 3 || 3–0 || {{winpct|3|0}}
|-
| T12 || [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming]] || 3 || 3–0 || {{winpct|3|0}}
|-
| T12 || [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]] || 3 || 2–0–1 || {{winpct|2|0|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] || 3 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] || 3 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] || 3 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] || 3 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]] || 3 || 1–1–1 || {{winpct|1|1|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[New Mexico Lobos football|New Mexico]] || 3 || 1–2 || {{winpct|1|2}}
|-
| T12 || [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] || 3 || 1–2 || {{winpct|1|2}}
|-
| T12 || [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] || 3 || 0–2–1 || {{winpct|0|2|1}}
|-
| T12 || [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]] || 3 || 0–3 || {{winpct|0|3}}
|-
| T12 || [[USC Trojans football|USC]] || 3 || 0–3 || {{winpct|0|3}}
|}
{{col-break}}
{|class = "wikitable"
! class="unsortable" style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Rank
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Appearances
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Win pct.
|-
| T26 || [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] || 2 || 2–0 || {{winpct|2|0}}
|-
| T26 || [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] || 2 || 2–0 || {{winpct|2|0}}
|-
| T26 || [[Southwestern Pirates football|Southwestern]] || 2 || 2–0 || {{winpct|2|0}}
|-
| T26 || [[Utah Utes football|Utah]] || 2 || 2–0 || {{winpct|2|0}}
|-
| T26 || [[West Texas State Buffaloes football|West Texas State]] || 2 || 2–0 || {{winpct|2|0}}
|-
| T26 || [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || High school teams || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]] || 2 || 1–1 || {{winpct|1|1}}
|-
| T26 || [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (Florida)]] || 2 || 0–2 || {{winpct|0|2}}
|-
| T26 || [[Mississippi Southern Southerners football|Mississippi Southern]] || 2 || 0–2 || {{winpct|0|2}}
|-
| T26 || [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] || 2 || 0–2 || {{winpct|0|2}}
|-
| T26 || [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]] || 2 || 0–2 || {{winpct|0|2}}
|}
{{col-end}}

;Teams with a single appearance
Won (12): [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]], [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]], [[George Washington Colonials football|George Washington]], [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]], [[Miami Redskins football|Miami (Ohio)]], [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]], [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]], [[Second Air Force Bombers football|Second Air Force]], [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]], [[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova]], [[Western Reserve Red Cats football|Western Reserve]], [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
<br />
Lost (19): [[Army Cadets football|Army]], [[Denver Pioneers football|Denver]], [[Drake Bulldogs football|Drake]], [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]], [[Florida Gators football|Florida]], [[Georgetown Hoyas football|Georgetown]], [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]], [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]], [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]], [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]], [[North Texas State Eagles football|North Texas State]], [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]], [[Ohio Bobcats football|Ohio]], [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]], [[South Florida Bulls football|South Florida]], [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]], [[Pumas Dorados de la UNAM|UNAM]], [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]], [[Wichita Shockers football|Wichita]]
<br />
Tied (1): [[Catholic University Cardinals football|Catholic]]

;Notes
* UTEP's record includes appearances when it was known as Texas Mines and Texas Western.
* New Mexico State's record includes appearances when it was known as New Mexico A&M.
* {{as of|2023}}, [[California Golden Bears football|California]] and [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] are the only current Pac-12 members that have not appeared in the Sun Bowl.
* [[Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football|Northern Arizona]] (now in the [[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]) is the only former member of the [[Border Conference]] that has not appeared in the Sun Bowl.

==Appearances by conference==
Updated through the December 2023 edition (89 games, 178 total appearances), excluding the unplayed 87th edition of December 2020.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" rowspan=2|Conference
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" colspan=5|Record
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" colspan=3|Appearances by season
|-
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" |Games
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" |W
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" |L
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" |T
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" |Win pct.
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" class=unsortable|Won
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" class=unsortable|Lost
! style="border: 2px solid #FDAF17;" class=unsortable|Tied
|-
| [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] || 34 || {{WinLossPct|19|14|1}}
| <!--won-->1977, 1979, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
| <!--lost-->1986, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
| <!--tied-->1985
|-
| [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independents]] || 31 || {{WinLossPct|18|11|2}}
| <!--won-->1936*, 1937*, 1942*, 1946*, 1947*, 1948*, 1952*, 1957*, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1989, 2010, 2023
| <!--lost-->1943*, 1944*, 1949*, 1951*, 1952*, 1953*, 1954*, 1957*, 1966, 1987, 1988
| <!--tied-->1935*, 1939*
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Border Conference|Border]]'' || 21 || {{WinLossPct|8|11|2}}
| <!--won-->1945*, 1949*, 1950*, 1951*, 1953*, 1954*, 1959, 1960
| <!--lost-->1936*, 1937*, 1938*, 1940*, 1941*, 1942*, 1947*, 1948*, 1955*, 1956*, 1958
| <!--tied-->1935*, 1939*
|-
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] || 17 || {{WinLossPct|6|11|0}}
| <!--won-->1972, 1982, 1984, 2012, 2017, 2022
| <!--lost-->1974, 1978, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] || 15 || {{WinLossPct|7|7|1}}
| <!--won-->1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1983, 1986, 1988
| <!--lost-->1967, 1969, 1973, 1976*, 1977, 1980, 1984
| <!--tied-->1985
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Southwest Conference|SWC]]'' || 15 || {{WinLossPct|4|11|0}}
| <!--won-->1976*, 1978, 1992, 1994
| <!--lost-->1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1993
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] || 12 || {{WinLossPct|5|7|0}}
| <!--won-->1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003
| <!--lost-->1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]'' || 8 || {{WinLossPct|6|2|0}}
| <!--won-->1969, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993
| <!--lost-->1971, 1975
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Mountain States]]'' || 5 || {{WinLossPct|3|2|0}}
| <!--won-->1938*, 1955*, 1958
| <!--lost-->1945*, 1960
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]'' || 3 || {{WinLossPct|2|1|0}}
| <!--won-->1966, 1998
| <!--lost-->1968
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]'' || 3 || {{WinLossPct|1|2|0}}
| <!--won-->1941*
| <!--lost-->1959, 1961
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] || 3 || {{WinLossPct|1|2|0}}
| <!--won-->2021
| <!--lost-->1950*, 1962
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Texas Conference]]'' || 2 || {{WinLossPct|2|0|0}}
| <!--won-->1943*, 1944*
| <!--lost-->
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] || 2 || {{WinLossPct|1|1|0}}
| <!--won-->2009
| <!--lost-->2006
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]'' || 2 || {{WinLossPct|1|1|0}}
| <!--won-->1956*
| <!--lost-->1946*
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|{{nowrap|''High school teams''}} || 2 || {{WinLossPct|1|1|0}}
| <!--won-->1934*
| <!--lost-->1934*
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] || 2 || {{WinLossPct|0|2|0}}
| <!--won-->
| <!--lost-->2007, 2008
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey|''Big Four (Ohio)'' || 1 || {{WinLossPct|1|0|0}}
| <!--won-->1940*
| <!--lost-->
| bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|}
* Games marked with an asterisk (*) were played in January of the following calendar year.
* The first edition of the game, played in January 1935, was contested between high school teams.
* Records are based on teams' conferences at the time each game was played.
* Conferences that are defunct or not currently active in FBS are marked in ''italics''.
* The [[American Athletic Conference]] (The American), retains the conference charter of the Big East following the 2013 [[2010–13 Big East Conference realignment|split of the original Big East]] along football lines. Big East appearances: South Florida (2007) and Pittsburgh (2008).
* The Pac-12's record includes appearances by teams when the conference was the Pac-8 and Pac-10.
* The Mountain States Conferences was popularly known as the Skyline Conference from 1947 through 1962.
* Independent appearances (30): Army (1988), Catholic (1939*), Cincinnati (1946*), Drake (1957*), Florida State (1954*, 1966), Georgetown (1949*), Georgia Tech (1970), Hardin–Simmons (1935*, 1936*), Louisville (1957*), Miami (OH) (1947*), New Mexico (1943*), Notre Dame (2010, 2023), Oregon (1963), Pacific (1951*, 1952*), Pittsburgh (1975, 1989), Second Air Force (1942*), Southern Miss (1952*, 1953*), UNAM (1944*), UTEP (1965, 1967), Villanova (1961), West Texas State (1962), and West Virginia (1937*, 1948*, 1987).

==Game records==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Team
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Year
|-
|-
|Most points scored (one team)
|56, Oregon vs. South Florida
|2007
|-
|Most points scored (both teams)
|88, UCLA (50) vs. Northwestern (38)
|2005
|-
|Most points scored (losing team)
|38, most recent:<br />Missouri vs. Oregon State
|<br />2006
|-
|Fewest points allowed
|0, most recent:<br />Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh
|<br />2008
|-
|Largest margin of victory
|42, Texas (42) vs. Maryland (0)
|1978
|-
|Total yards
| 561, Missouri vs. Oregon State
| 2006
|-
|Rushing yards
| 455, Mississippi State vs. North Carolina
| 1974
|-
|Passing yards
| 419, Purdue vs. Washington State
| 2001
|-
|First downs 
| 33, Northwestern vs. UCLA
| 2005
|-
|Fewest yards allowed
| (-21), Southwestern vs. UNAM
| 1945
|-
|Fewest rushing yards allowed
| (-23), TCU vs. USC
| 1998
|-
|Fewest passing yards allowed
| (-50), Southwestern vs. UNAM
| 1945
|-
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Individual
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Year
|-
|All-purpose yards || 282, [[Jonathan Stewart]], Oregon vs. South Florida<br />253 rush, 29 return || 2007
|-
|Touchdowns (all-purpose) || 4, shared by:<br />[[Thurman Thomas]], Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia<br />[[Priest Holmes]], Texas vs. North Carolina<br />[[Demario Richard]], Arizona State vs. Duke || &nbsp;<br />1987<br />1994<br />2014
|-
|Rushing yards || 253, [[Jonathan Stewart]], Oregon vs. South Florida || 2007
|-
|Rushing touchdowns || 4, shared by:<br />[[Thurman Thomas]], Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia<br />[[Priest Holmes]], Texas vs. North Carolina<br />|| &nbsp;<br />1987<br />1994
|-
|Passing yards || 419, [[Kyle Orton]], Purdue vs. Washington || 2002
|-
|Passing touchdowns || 4, shared by:<br />[[Matt Moore (American football)|Matt Moore]], Oregon State vs. Missouri<br />[[Justin Roper]], Oregon vs. South Florida || &nbsp;<br />2006<br />2007
|-
|Receiving yards || 200, [[Samie Parker]], Oregon vs. Minnesota || 2003
|-
|Receiving touchdowns || 3, [[Ryan Broyles]], Oklahoma vs. Stanford || 2009
|-
|Tackles || 24, [[Carl Zander]], Tennessee vs. Maryland<br />14 solo, 10 assist || 1984
|-
|Sacks || 4.5, [[Reggie McKenzie (linebacker)|Reggie McKenzie]], Tennessee vs. Maryland || 1984
|-
|Interceptions || 3, shared by:<br /> [[Buddy McClinton]], Auburn vs. Arizona<br />[[Harrison Smith]], Notre Dame vs. Miami (FL) || &nbsp;<br />1968<br />2010
|-
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Long Plays
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Year
|-
|Touchdown run  || 94, Hascall Henshaw, Arizona State vs. Western Reserve || 1941
|-
|Touchdown pass  || 91, [[James Blackman]] to [[Tamorrion Terry]], Florida State vs. Arizona State || 2019
|-
|Kickoff return  || 100, Peter Panuska, Tennessee vs. Maryland || 1984
|-
|Punt return || 82, Marcus Wall, North Carolina vs. Texas || 1994
|-
|Interception return || 91, Don "Skip" Hoovler, Ohio vs. West Texas || 1962
|-
|Fumble return ||  || 
|-
|Punt || 78, [[Scott Blanton]], Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech || 1993
|-
|Field goal || 62, [[Tony Franklin (kicker)|Tony Franklin]], Texas A&M vs. Florida || 1977
|-
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Miscellaneous
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Record, Teams
! style="background:#004B8E; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #FDAF17;"|Year
|-
| Largest attendance || 54,021, Notre Dame vs. Miami (FL) || 2010
|}
Source:<ref name=SunBowlMediaGuide>{{cite web |url=https://indd.adobe.com/view/d248185c-8284-4f58-82ff-68dab515fe0c |title=Sun Bowl Media Guide |date=2018 |website=sunbowl.org |via=adobe.com |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|28–32}}<ref>{{cite tweet |user=TonyTheTiger_SB |number=1212133673543372801 |title=The 91 yard touchdown pass from James Blackman to Tamorrion Terry for @FSUFootball in the third quarter breaks the record for longest pass play in Sun Bowl history. |date=December 31, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

==Media coverage==
[[NBC]] broadcast the Sun Bowl nationally in 1964 and 1966.<ref name=FAB/> From 1968 until the present, the game has been broadcast by [[CBS Sports]].<ref name=FAB>{{cite web |url=https://footballbowlassociation.com/documents/2019/10/23/FBA_Media_Guide_2019_digital.pdf |title=2019–20 Football Bowl Association Media Guide |website=footballbowlassociation.com |editor=Kelly, Doug |pages=133–134 |access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref> The Sun Bowl's contract with CBS Sports is the longest continuous relationship between a bowl game and one TV network.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/view?id=13562|title=CBS SPORTS EXTENDS BRUT SUN BOWL BROADCAST AGREEMENT THROUGH 2009 |website=cbspressexpress.com |date=August 9, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbowl.org/news/222-cbs-celebrates-150-years-of-college-football-and-its-partnership-with-the-sun-bowl |title=CBS CELEBRATES 150 YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SUN BOWL |website=sunbowl.org |date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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