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The first three Sun Bowl games were played at El Paso High School stadium. In 1938, the game was moved to Kidd Field, a 15,000-seat stadium at Texas Western College (now UTEP). The first game played in the new Sun Bowl Stadium was in 1963 when the seating capacity was just over 31,000. An expansion to the eastside stands increased the Sun Bowl seating capacity to over 51,000. The first game played in that expanded stadium was on Christmas Day, 1982. In 2001, hundreds of seats were removed in order to soccer-size the stadium, which gave the Sun Bowl a capacity of 50,426. Following is a list of Sun Bowl attendance figures (from highest to lowest):
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Attendance
|
Result |
Date |
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51,288
|
Arizona State 27, Purdue 23 |
Dec. 31, 2004 |
|
50,612
|
Texas 35, North Carolina 31 |
Dec. 30, 1994 |
|
50,562
|
Michigan State 17, USC 16 |
Dec. 31, 1990 |
|
50,426
|
UCLA 50, Northwestern 38 |
Dec. 30, 2005 |
|
50,203
|
Arizona 13, Georgia 13 |
Dec. 28, 1985 |
|
50,126
|
Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 |
Dec. 22, 1984 |
| 49,867 |
Oregon 56, South Florida 21 |
Dec. 31, 2007 |
|
49,864
|
Minnesota 31, Oregon 30 |
Dec. 31, 2003 |
|
49,116
|
Iowa 38, Washington 18 |
Dec. 29, 1995 |
|
49,104
|
Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 |
Dec. 31, 1997 |
|
49,093
|
Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 |
Dec. 29, 2000 |
|
48,917
|
Purdue 34, Washington 24 |
Dec. 31, 2002 |
|
48,757
|
Oregon 24, Minnesota 20 |
Dec. 31, 1999 |
|
48,732
|
Oregon State 39, Missouri 38 |
Dec. 29, 2006 |
|
48,722
|
Alabama 28, Washington 6 |
Dec. 25, 1986 |
|
47,812
|
Washington State 33, Purdue 27 |
Dec. 31, 2001 |
|
46,612
|
TCU 28, USC 19 |
Dec. 31, 1998 |
|
44,887
|
Pittsburgh 31, Texas 28 |
Dec. 30, 1989 |
|
43,884
|
Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 |
Dec. 31, 1993 |
|
43,661
|
Alabama 29, Army 28 |
Dec. 24, 1988 |
|
43,240
|
Oklahoma St. 35, West Virginia 33 |
Dec. 25, 1987 |
|
42,721
|
Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 |
Dec. 31, 1996 |
|
42,281
|
UCLA 6, Illinois 3 |
Dec. 31, 1991 |
|
41,622
|
Baylor 20, Arizona 15 |
Dec. 31, 1992 |
|
41,412
|
Alabama 28, SMU 7 |
Dec. 24, 1983 |
|
31,896
|
Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 |
Jan. 2, 1977 |
|
31,332
|
Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17 |
Dec. 27, 1980 |
|
30,621
|
Stanford 24, LSU 14 |
Dec. 31, 1977 |
|
30,604
|
Texas 42, Maryland 0 |
Dec. 23, 1978 |
|
30,124
|
Washington 14, Texas 7 |
Dec. 22, 1979 |
|
29,985
|
Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 |
Dec. 26, 1981 |
|
29,910
|
Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 |
Dec. 26, 1975 |
|
29,377
|
LSU 33, Iowa State 15 |
Dec. 18, 1971 |
|
29,055
|
North Carolina 26, Texas 10 |
Dec. 25, 1982 |
|
28,630
|
UTEP 14, Mississippi 7 |
Dec. 24, 1967 |
|
27,877
|
North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 |
Dec. 30, 1972 |
|
27,062
|
Auburn 34, Arizona 10 |
Dec. 30, 1968 |
|
26,668
|
Nebraska 49, Georgia 6 |
Dec. 20, 1969 |
|
26,188
|
Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 |
Dec. 19, 1970 |
|
26,108
|
Missouri 34, Auburn 17 |
Dec. 29, 1973 |
|
26,035
|
Miss. St. 26, No. Carolina 24 |
Dec. 28, 1974 |
|
24,598
|
UTEP 13, TCU 12 |
Dec. 31, 1965 |
|
23,292
|
Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 |
Dec. 26, 1964 |
|
18,646
|
Oregon 21, SMU 14 |
Dec. 31, 1963 |
|
18,000
|
Southwestern 7, New Mexico 0 |
Jan. 1, 1944 |
|
18,000
|
Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 12 |
Jan. 1, 1948 |
|
17,965
|
Wyoming 28, Florida State 20 |
Dec. 24, 1966 |
|
17,000
|
Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14 |
Jan. 1, 1952 |
|
16,000
|
2nd Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 |
Jan. 1, 1943 |
|
16,000
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West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 |
Jan. 1, 1951 |
|
16,000
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New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13 |
Dec. 31, 1960 |
|
16,000
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West Texas State 15, Ohio University 14 |
Dec. 31, 1962 |
|
15,000
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New Mexico 34, Denver 24 |
Jan. 1, 1946 |
|
15,000
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UTEP 33, Georgetown 20 |
Jan. 2, 1950 |
|
15,000
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Villanova 17, Wichita State 9 |
Dec. 30, 1961 |
|
14,500
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Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14 |
Jan. 2, 1956 |
|
14,000
|
Western Reserve 26, Arizona State 13 |
Jan. 1, 1941 |
|
14,000
|
Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 |
Jan. 1, 1942 |
|
14,000
|
UTEP 47, Florida St. 20 |
Jan. 1, 1955 |
|
14,000
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New Mexico State 28, North Texas State 8 |
Dec. 31, 1959 |
|
13,500
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George Washington 13, UTEP 0 |
Jan. 1, 1957 |
|
13,000
|
Utah 26, New Mexico 0 |
Jan. 1, 1939 |
|
13,000
|
Catholic 0, Arizona State 0 |
Jan. 1, 1940 |
|
13,000
|
Southwestern 35, Mexico University 0 |
Jan. 1, 1945 |
|
13,000
|
West Virginia 21, UTEP 12 |
Jan. 1, 1949 |
|
13,000
|
Louisville 34, Drake 20 |
Jan. 1, 1958 |
|
13,000
|
Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 |
Dec. 31, 1958 |
|
12,000
|
West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 |
Jan. 1, 1938 |
|
12,000
|
Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14 |
Jan. 1, 1936 |
|
11,000
|
Pacific 26, Southern Miss 7 |
Jan. 1, 1953 |
|
10,000
|
Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 |
Jan. 1, 1947 |
|
9,500
|
UTEP 37, Southern Mississippi 14 |
Jan. 1, 1954 |
|
8,000
|
Hardin-Simmons 34, UTEP 6 |
Jan. 1, 1937 |
|
3,000
|
El Paso All-Stars 25, Ranger, Texas 21 |
Jan. 1, 1935 |
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