Sun Bowl

Sun Bowl
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas, U.S.
Previous stadiums
Operated1935–present
Championship affiliationBowl Coalition
(19921994)
Conference tie-insPac-12, ACC
Previous conference tie-ins
PayoutUS$4.55 million (2019)[1]
Sponsors
Former names
  • 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)
2022 matchup
Pittsburgh vs. UCLA (Pittsburgh 37–35)
2023 matchup
Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
(Notre Dame 40–8)

The Sun Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played since 1935 in the southwestern United States at 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. Usually held near the end of December, games are played at the 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.

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.[2][3] The game is officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl,[4] after the mascot for Kellogg's[a] Frosted Flakes cereal. Previous sponsors include John Hancock Financial, Norwest Corporation, Wells Fargo, Helen of Troy Limited (using its Vitalis and Brut brands) and Hyundai Motor Company.

  1. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Kellogg Co completes split into two, independent companies – Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co Battle Creek Enquirer October 2, 2023
  3. ^ Kellogg’s cereal business begins trading as stand-alone company WK Kellogg CNBC October 2, 2023
  4. ^ Bedoya, Aaron A. (August 20, 2019). "The Sun Bowl takes on Tony the Tiger as sponsor after agreement with Frosted Flakes". USA Today. Retrieved August 20, 2019.


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