Bowl Alliance

Bowl Alliance
In operation19951997
Preceded byBowl Coalition (19921994)
Succeeded byBowl Championship Series (19982013)
Number of Alliance games3 per season
Championship trophyBowl Alliance Trophy
Television partner(s)ABC and CBS
Most Bowl Alliance appearancesFlorida St, Nebraska (3)
Most Bowl Alliance winsNebraska (3)
Most Bowl Alliance championshipsNebraska (2)
Conference with most appearancesBig 12 (4)
Conference with most game winsBig 12 (3)
Conference with most championshipsBig 8, Big 12, SEC (1)
Last championship game1998 Orange Bowl
Last championNebraska

The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games (specifically the Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta Bowls) for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. The agreement was in place for the 1995, 1996, and 1997 seasons and had replaced the Bowl Coalition. Each participating team in the Bowl Alliance Championship received $8.5 million from the television sponsors.[1]

  1. ^ "College Football '95: The Bowl Alliance; One More Time at Trying to Insure No. 1 vs. No. 2". New York Times. August 27, 1995.

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