The 2007 game was the 74th Sun Bowl. The inaugural game featured an El Paso high school all-star team and a high school team from Ranger, Texas. There were two games played in 1958 (Jan. 1 and Dec. 31), no game played in 1976, and two games played in 1977 (Jan. 2 and Dec. 31).
| Date |
Teams |
Attendance |
Payout |
| Jan. 1, 1935 |
El Paso All-Stars 25, Ranger, Texas 21 |
3,000 |
$750 |
| Jan. 1, 1936 |
Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14 |
12,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1937 |
Hardin-Simmons 34, UTEP 6 |
8,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1938 |
West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 |
12,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1939 |
Utah 26, New Mexico 0 |
13,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1940 |
Catholic 0, Arizona State 0 |
13,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1941 |
Western Reserve 26, Arizona State 13 |
14,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1942 |
Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 |
14,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1943 |
2nd Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 |
16,000 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1944 |
Southwestern 7, New Mexico 0 |
18,000 |
$6,181
|
| Jan. 1, 1945 |
Southwestern 35, University of Mexico 0 |
13,000 |
$6,511 |
| Jan. 1, 1946 |
New Mexico 34, Denver 24 |
15,000 |
$7,358 |
| Jan. 1, 1947 |
Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 |
10,000 |
$9,438 |
| Jan. 1, 1948 |
Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 12 |
18,000 |
$12,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1949 |
West Virginia 21, UTEP 12 |
13,000 |
$12,500 |
| Jan. 2, 1950 |
UTEP 33, Georgetown 20 |
15,000 |
$13,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1951 |
West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 |
16,000 |
$13,500 |
| Jan. 1, 1952 |
Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14 |
17,000 |
$15,830 |
| Jan. 1, 1953 |
Pacific 26, Southern Mississippi 7 |
11,000 |
$16,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1954 |
UTEP 37, Southern Mississippi 14 |
9,500 |
$16,000 |
| Jan. 1, 1955 |
UTEP 47, Florida State 20 |
14,000 |
$16,000 |
| Jan. 2, 1956 |
Wyoming 2 1, Texas Tech 14 |
14,500 |
$17,000 |
|
Jan. 1, 1957
|
George Washington 13, UTEP 0
|
13,500
|
$17,000
|
| Jan. 1, 1958 |
Louisville 34, Drake 20 |
13,000 |
$16,500 |
| Dec. 31, 1958 |
Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 |
13,000 |
$20,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1959 |
New Mexico State 28, North Texas State 8 |
14,000 |
$19,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1960 |
New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13 |
16,000 |
$20,438 |
| Dec. 30, 1961 |
Villanova 17, Wichita State 9 |
15,000 |
$23,870 |
| Dec. 31, 1962 |
West Texas State 15, Ohio 14 |
16,000 |
$18,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1963 |
Oregon 2 1, SMU 14 |
18,646 |
$50,000 |
| Dec. 26, 1964 |
Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 |
23,292 |
$60,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1965 |
UTEP 13, TCU 12 |
24,598 |
$50,000 |
| Dec. 24, 1966 |
Wyoming 28, Florida State 20 |
17,965 |
$60,000 |
| Dec. 24, 1967 |
UTEP 14, Mississippi 7 |
28,630 |
$62,803 |
| Dec. 30, 1968 |
Auburn 34, Arizona 10 |
27,062 |
$75,000 |
| Dec. 20, 1969 |
Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 |
26,668 |
$84,569 |
| Dec. 19, 1970 |
Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 |
26,188 |
$88,000 |
| Dec. 18, 1971 |
LSU 33, Iowa State 15 |
29,377 |
$99,398 |
| Dec. 30, 1972 |
North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 |
27,877 |
$100,503 |
| Dec. 29, 1973 |
Missouri 34, Auburn 17 |
26,108 |
$102,408 |
| Dec. 28, 1974 |
Mississippi State 26, North Carolina 24 |
26,035 |
$120,000 |
| Dec. 26, 1975 |
Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 |
29,910 |
$150,000 |
| Jan. 2, 1977 |
Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 |
31,896 |
$160,280 |
| Dec. 31, 1977 |
Stanford 24, LSU 14 |
30,621 |
$175,000 |
| Dec. 23, 1978 |
Texas 42, Maryland 0 |
30,604 |
$200,000 |
| Dec. 22, 1979 |
Washington 14, Texas 7 |
30,124 |
$219,804 |
| Dec. 27, 1980 |
Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17 |
31,332 |
$241,105 |
| Dec. 26, 1981 |
Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 |
29,985 |
$325,000 |
| Dec. 25, 1982 |
North Carolina 26, Texas 10 |
29,055 |
$400,000 |
| Dec. 24, 1983 |
Alabama 28, SMU 7 |
41,412 |
$401,000 |
| Dec. 22, 1984 |
Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 |
50,126 |
$500,000 |
| Dec. 28, 1985 |
Arizona 13, Georgia 13 |
50,203 |
$552,000 |
| Dec. 25, 1986 |
Alabama 28, Washington 6 |
48,722 |
$850,000 |
| Dec, 25, 1987 |
Oklahoma State 35, West Virginia 33 |
43,240 |
$750,000 |
| Dec. 24, 1988 |
Alabama 29, Army 28 |
43,661 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 30, 1989 |
Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28 |
44,887 |
$875,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1990 |
Michigan State 17, USC 16 |
50,562 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1991 |
UCLA 6, Illinois 3 |
42,281 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1992 |
Baylor 20, Arizona 15 |
41,622 |
$1,100,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1993 |
Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 |
43,684 |
$1,100,000 |
| Dec. 30, 1994 |
Texas 35, North Carolina 31 |
50,612 |
$1,100,000 |
| Dec. 29, 1995 |
Iowa 38, Washington 18 |
49,116 |
$900,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1996 |
Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 |
42,721 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1997 |
Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 |
49,104 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1998 |
TCU 28, USC 19 |
46,612 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 1999 |
Oregon 24, Minnesota 20 |
48,757 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 29, 2000 |
Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 |
49,093 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 2001 |
Washington State 33, Purdue 27 |
47,812 |
$1,000,000 |
| Dec. 31, 2002 |
Purdue 34, Washington 24 |
48,917 |
$1,350,000 |
| Dec. 31, 2003 |
Minnesota 31, Oregon 30 |
49,894 |
$1,425,000 |
| Dec. 31, 2004 |
Arizona State 27, Purdue 23 |
51,288 |
$1,500,000 |
|
Dec. 30, 2005
|
UCLA 50, Northwestern 38 |
50,526 |
$1,575,000 |
| Dec. 29, 2006 |
Oregon State 39, Missouri 38 |
48,732 |
$1,900,000 |
Dec. 31, 2007
|
Oregon 56, USF 21
|
49,867
|
$1,900,000 |
|
