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Written by Sun Bowl Web Admin
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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The 2007 game marks 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).
SUN BOWL TEAM RECORDS
| TEAM RUSHING | | | | | Most Rushing Attempts | 71 | Hardin-Simmons
Missouri
West Virginia | vs. UTEP
vs. Auburn
vs. Oklahoma State | 1937
1973
1987 | Fewest Rushing Attempts | 21 | USC | vs. TCU | 1998 | Most Net Rushing Yards | 455 | Mississippi State | vs. North Carolina | 1974 | | Fewest Net Rushing Yards | (-23) | USC | vs. TCU | 1998 | | Most Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | Hardin-Simmons
Pittsburgh
Texas | vs. UTEP
vs. Kansas
vs. Maryland | 1937
1975
1978 | | Highest Rushing Average | 7.7 | Texas Tech | vs. North Carolina | 1972 |
| TEAM PASSING | | | | | Most Passing Yards | 419 | Purdue | vs. Washington State | 2001 | Fewest Passing Yards | (-50) | Mexico University | vs. Southwestern | 1945 | Most Attempts | 75 | Purdue | vs. Washington State | 2001 | | Fewest Attempts | 4 | Utah
Utah State | vs. New Mexico
vs. New Mexico State | 1939
1960 | | Most Passing Completions | 38 | Purdue
Northwestern | vs. Washington State
vs. UCLA | 2001
2005 | | Fewest Passing Completions | 0 | West Virginia
Arizona State
Southern Mississippi
Utah State
Army | vs. Texas Tech
vs. Catholic
vs. UTEP
vs. New Mexico State
vs. Alabama | 1938
1940
1954
1960
1988 | | Most Touchdown Passes | 4 | Oregon State | vs. Missouri | 2006 | | Most Interceptions Thrown | 8 | Auburn | vs. Arizona | 1968 | | Best Completion Percentage | .767 | Stanford | vs. Michigan State | 1996 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | | | | | Most Total Plays, Team | 107 | Purdue | vs. Washington State | 2001 | Most Total Plays, Combined | 175 | Purdue (107) | vs. Washington State (68) | 2001 | Most Yards Gained, Team | 561 | Missouri | vs. Oregon State | 2006 | | Most Yards Gained, Combined | 1,018 | Missouri | vs. Oregon State | 2006 | | Highest Average Per Play | 8.6 | Missouri | vs. Oregon State | 2006 | | Fewest Plays, Team | 40 | University of Mexico | vs. Southwestern | 1945 | | Fewest Plays, Combined | 101 | UTEP (40) | vs. Southern Miss (61) | 1954 | | Fewest Yards | (-21) | University of Mexico | vs. Southwestern | 1945 | | Fewest Yards, Combined | 327 | Southwestern (279) | vs. New Mexico (48) | 1944 | | Lowest Average Per Play | (-0.5) | University of Mexico | vs. Southwestern | 1945 |
| FIRST DOWNS | | | | | Most First Downs, Team | 33 | Northwestern | vs. UCLA | 2005 | Most First Downs, Combined | 57 | Northwestern (33) | vs. UCLA (24) | 2005 | Most Rushing, Team | 21 | Mississippi State | vs. North Carolina | 1974 | | Most Rushing, Combined | 33 | West Virginia (20) | vs. Oklahoma State (13) | 1989 | | Most Passing, Team | 24 | Oregon State | vs. Missouri | 2006 | | Most Passing, Combined | 37 | Oregon State (24) | vs. Missouri (13) | 2006 | | Most Penalty, Team | 5 | Northwestern | vs. UCLA | 2005 | | Most Penalty, Combined | 7 | Purdue (4)
Northwestern (5) | vs. Washington State (3)
vs. UCLA (2) | 2001
2005 | | Fewest First Downs, Team | 4 | Texas Tech
New Mexico
University of Mexico | vs. Tulsa
vs. Southwestern
vs. Southwestern | 1942
1944
1945 | | Fewest First Downs, Combined | 15 | Arizona State (9) | vs. Western Reserve (6) | 1942 | | Fewest Rushing, Team | 0 | USC | vs. TCU | 1998 | | Fewest Rushing, Combined | 8 | Purdue (5) | vs. Washington State (3) | 2001 | | Fewest Passing, Team | 0 | West Virginia
Arizona State
University of Mexico
Southern Mississippi
Utah State
Oklahoma
Army | vs. Texas Tech
vs. Catholic
vs. Southwestern
vs. UTEP
vs. New Mexico State
vs. Houston
vs. Alabama | 1938
1940
1945
1954
1960
1981
1988 | | Fewest Passing, Combined | 9 | West Virginia (2) Arizona State (3) | vs. Oklahoma State (7)
vs. Iowa (9) | 1987
1997 | | Fewest Penalty, Team | 0 | Pittsburgh
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Oregon State | vs. Texas A&M
vs. Michigan State
vs. Wisconsin
vs. Minnesota
vs, Missouri | 1989
1990
2000
2003
2006 | | Fewest Penalty, Combined | 0 | Pittsburgh (0) | vs. Texas A&M (0) | 1989 |
| FUMBLES | | | | | Most Fumbles, Team | 8 | North Texas | vs. New Mexico State | 1959 | Most Fumbles, Combined | 12 | North Texas (8) | vs. New Mexico State (4) | 1959 | Most Fumbles Lost, Team | 6 | North Texas | vs. New Mexico State | 1959 | | Most Fumbles Lost, Combined | 8 | North Texas (6) | vs. New Mexico State (2) | 1959 |
| PUNTING | | | | | Most Punts, Team | 16 | New Mexico State | vs. Hardin-Simmons | 1936 | Most Punts, Combined | 29 | New Mexico State (16) | vs. Hardin-Simmons (13) | 1936 | Most Yards, Team | 615 | New Mexico State | vs. Hardin-Simmons | 1936 | | Most Yards, Combined | 1,203 | New Mexico State (615) | vs. Hardin-Simmons (588) | 1936 | Highest Average , Team | 50.0 | Mississippi State | vs. Nebraska | 1980 | Fewest Punts, Team | 2 | Georgia | vs. Arizona | 1985 | Fewest Punts, Combined | 6 | Georgia (2) | vs. Arizona (4) | 1985 | | Lowest Average, Team | 19.0 | Cincinnati | vs. Virginia Tech | 1947 |
| PUNT RETURNS | | | | | Most Punts Returns, Team | 8 | Mississippi | vs. UTEP | 1967 | Most Yards, Team | 175 | Texas (5) | vs. North Carolina | 1994 | Highest Average, Team | 35.0 | Texas (5-175) | vs. North Carolina | 1994 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | | | | | Most Kickoff Returns, Team | 8 | Florida State | vs. UTEP | 1955 | Most Yards, Team | 180 | UTEP | vs. Florida State | 1955 | Highest Average, Team | 45.0 | UTEP | vs. Florida State | 1955 | Touchdowns | 2 | UCLA | vs. Northwestern | 2005 |
| PENALTIES | | | | | Most Penalties, Team | 13 | Purdue | vs. Washington | 2001 | Most Penalties, Combined | 18 | New Mexico St. (8)
UTEP (11)
Purdue (13) | vs. Hardin-Simmons (10)
vs. Georgetown (7)
vs. Washington (5) | 1936
1950
2003 | Most Yards, Team | 109 | Southwestern (8) | vs. University of Mexico | 1945 | | Most Yards, Combined | 162 | Purdue | vs. Washington State | 2003 | Fewest Penalties, Team | 0 | SMU | vs. Alabama | 1983 | Fewest Penalties, Combined | 3 | Auburn (1)
SMU (0)
Oregon State (2) | vs. Missouri (2)
vs. Alabama (3)
vs. Missouri (1) | 1973
1983
2006 | Fewest Yards, Team | 0 | SMU | vs. Alabama | 1983 | | Fewest Yards, Combined | 25 | SMU (0) | vs. Alabama (25) | 1983 |
| SCORING | | | | | Most Points Game, Team | 50 | UCLA | vs. Northwestern | 2005 | Most Points Game, Combined | 88 | UCLA (50) | vs. Northwestern (38) | 2005 | First Quarter Points, Team | 22 | Northwestern | vs. UCLA | 2005 | | First Quarter Points, Combined | 29 | Northwestern (22) | vs. UCLA (7) | 2005 | Second Quarter Points, Team | 28 | Missouri | vs. Auburn | 1973 | Second Quarter Points, Combined | 28 | Missouri (28) | vs. Auburn (0) | 1973 | Third Quarter Points, Team | 22 | Maryland | vs. Tennessee | 1984 | | Third Quarter Points, Combined | 28 | Maryland (22) | vs. Tennessee (6) | 1984 | | Fourth Quarter Points, Team | 30 | Oklahoma | vs. Houston | 1981 | | Fourth Quarter Points, Combined | 37 | Oklahoma (30) | vs. Houston (7) | 1981 | | First Half Points, Team | 34 | UTEP | vs. Florida State | 1955 | | First Half Points, Combined | 51 | UCLA (29) | vs. Northwestern (22) | 1955 | | Second Half Points, Team | 33 | Oklahoma | vs. Houston | 1981 | | Second Half Points, Combined | 45 | Arizona State (24) | vs. Purdue (21) | 2004 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | | | | | Most Field Goals | 5 | Iowa | vs. Washington | 1995 | Biggest Halftime Lead | 28 | Texas (28)
Alabama (28) | vs. Maryland (0)
vs. SMU (0) | 1978
1983 | Biggest Comeback | 22
21 | Northwestern (22)
Maryland (21) | vs. UCLA (0)
vs. Tennessee (0) | 2006
1984 | | Biggest Attendance | 51,288 | Arizona State | vs. Purdue | 2004 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 17 September 2007 )
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