query: when was the last time duke won a bowl game

pos: Duke Blue Devils football a 38–17 lead at halftime. In 2014, Duke followed up with a nine win season, including a victory over eventual Orange Bowl winner Georgia Tech, and another close bowl loss to 15th-ranked Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. In 2015, the Blue Devils broke through for a 44–41 overtime win over Indiana in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, and followed up with a win over Northern Illinois in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl. The Duke Blue Devils, then known as the Trinity Blue and White, first fielded a football team in 1888, coached by John Franklin Crowell. The first

pos: 1989 California Bowl Fresno State's fourth bowl win in eight years. Ball State wouldn't make a bowl appearance again until 1993 when they won the MAC title. As of 2017, they have never won a bowl game. As for Fresno State, they won the Big West Conference two years later in their final season with the conference, which gave them the right to play in the California Bowl once again, which turned out to be the last held, which they lost. They did not win a bowl game until 1992. 1989 California Bowl The 1989 California Bowl was an American college football bowl

pos: 2006 Rose Bowl last time USC and Texas met in a football game until 2017, which USC won in overtime 27–24. The two teams met again in 2018 in Texas as the second game of a home-and-home series between the two schools. Texas won 37–14 with USC failing to score any points after the first quarter. 2006 Rose Bowl The 2006 Rose Bowl Game, played on January 4, 2006 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was an American college football bowl game that served as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2005 College Football season. It featured the only two unbeaten

pos: Champions Bowl III Champions Bowl III Champions Bowl III was the third title game of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). It was played on June 23, 2017, and won by the Texas Revolution. The four teams (ordered by seeding) that made the postseason in the North Conference were the Sioux City Bandits, Omaha Beef, Bloomington Edge, and Bismarck Bucks. In the South Conference, the playoff teams were the Amarillo Venom, Texas Revolution, Dodge City Law, and Duke City Gladiators. The Gladiators appeared in their first playoffs as a franchise, while the Beef made their first CIF playoff appearance. The Beef last played in the

pos: 1974 Rose Bowl the previous year, the game was tied at halftime, then dominated by the victor in the second half. USC reigned the lead briefly in the third quarter, then Ohio State scored four unanswered touchdowns to Kicker Chris Limahelu's 47-yard field goal was the longest ever by a Trojan, breaking a 64-year-old record. Limahelu, 59, died of prostate cancer on April 7, 2010. This would be the last time Ohio State defeated USC until 2017, when they won that season's Cotton Bowl. USC won the next 7 meeting from 1974-2009, including 3 Rose Bowl victories. This was the second of three

pos: SDCCU Stadium 1984 game is well known for it being the culmination of BYU's championship season, the last championship not won by a member of the current College Football Playoff alliance. On December 22, 2005, a second bowl game came to San Diego when the inaugural Poinsettia Bowl was played at the stadium, with Navy beating Colorado State. The Poinsettia Bowl was organized by the same organizing committee as the Holiday Bowl. It was officially discontinued after the 2016 game, as the organizing committee announced (in January 2017) that it had decided to host only one game, beginning with the 2017 season.

pos: 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic year as coach. Ohio State would go 6-4-1 the following year and fire Bruce. This would be the last time Texas A&M and Ohio State would meet until the 1999 Sugar Bowl, which Ohio State won 24-14. This would be the last Cotton Bowl game to feature a Big Ten team until Michigan State appeared in the 2015 Cotton Bowl against Baylor. In that game, Michigan State trailed 41-21 in the fourth quarter, but scored 21 unanswered points to pull off a stunning comeback, winning 42-41. It is the largest comeback in Cotton Bowl history as of 2017. In 2017,

neg: 1942 Rose Bowl host Duke Blue Devils 20-16 in Wallace Wade Stadium (known as Duke Stadium, at the time) on the Duke University campus. Donald Durdan of Oregon State was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. In 1941, the Beavers football team won the Pacific Coast Conference and a berth in their first Rose Bowl. In 1940, Oregon State had finished 5-3-1 and third in the Pacific Coast Conference, the Beavers' third consecutive third-place finish in the Pacific Coast Conference. They opened with a last minute 13-7 loss at

neg: 1958 Orange Bowl both scored in the fourth quarter and Hobby caught a pass from Baker as Oklahoma scored three times in three minutes on three more Duke turnovers to make it 41–14. McElhaney narrowed the lead on his second touchdown of the game. Duke was given another chance to narrow it again, but the Sooners intercepted George Harris' pass for the second time as Dick Carpenter returned it for a touchdown and sealed the game for Oklahoma, who won their third Orange Bowl in five seasons. This remains Duke's last Orange Bowl appearance; Oklahoma returned the following year and won again. 1958

neg: 1989 All-American Bowl 1989 All-American Bowl The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Duke Blue Devils and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Both teams had bowl win droughts of over 15 years, with Duke not having a bowl game in 28 years and Texas Tech not winning one in 16 years. Duke was (co) champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference with Virginia (the only team to beat Duke in ACC play that year) for the first time since 1962, which was also the last time they had gone to a bowl game. As for Texas Tech, they were

neg: 2009 Baylor Bears football team 1994, when it both won the Southwest Conference and played in the 1994 Alamo Bowl; it has not had a winning season record since 1995. The Bears are currently the only Big 12 team to not have made a bowl game since the Big 12's inception, and the team has gone the longest of any team in a BCS conference without a bowl game appearance (Duke Blue Devils last played in a bowl game two days later in the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl) Many agreed that the difficult schedule of the Bears would likely hurt their chances of reaching

neg: Super Bowl XL the last iteration, the lower-seeded and favored team won. This was also the second time in Super Bowl history when the favorite was a wild card team; the first was before Super Bowl XXXV, when the Ravens were favored. It also marked the first time since that game the favorite won against the spread. Members of the winning team each received a payment of $73,000 for playing in the game, while players on the losing team were paid $38,000. The Green Bay Packers received $15,000 each for winning Super Bowl I in 1967; adjusted for inflation in 2006 dollars, that

neg: Carolina–Duke rivalry series for the first time since 1989. That year, Duke won its seventh ACC Championship, while UNC has won five times. The 2013 win also gave Duke the outright Coastal Division championship and sent Duke to the Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game for the first time since its 2005 inception and became the first Coastal Division representative other than Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech. Duke is the last university in the North Carolina Triangle region to win an ACC football championship. The two game win streak by Duke was snapped in 2014 on a nationally televised Thursday game when the

neg: 2005 Sugar Bowl lightly regarded Western Michigan—in blowout fashion, 63–0. In its first conference game in the ACC, the Hokies beat Duke, 47–17, to improve to a 2–1 record. Their first win in the ACC was followed by their first loss, however, as the Hokies lost the next week to North Carolina State, 17–16, when Tech kicker Brandon Pace missed a last-second field goal. Following the loss, Virginia Tech was 2–2 on the season, and faced the potential of being ineligible for a postseason bowl game if it did not improve its winning percentage. The Hokies won their next eight games, finishing the

neg: Bo Over the Top stadium. Pat Dye himself was carried off the field on the shoulders of his players. Auburn received a bid in the Tangerine Bowl after the season and defeated Boston College. The Tigers ranked #14 in the final Associated Press and coaches' polls. This was Bear Bryant's last Iron Bowl, last regular season game and his last game loss. He retired shortly after Alabama's win in the Liberty Bowl against Illinois and died almost a month later. After recording their first win in the game since 1972, Auburn won consecutive Iron Bowls for the first time since the 1969-70 games when

neg: 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl Bowl and Music City Bowl, which opted for Arkansas and Kentucky, respectively. The Independence Bowl, with the next-to-last selection, picked Georgia, leaving the PapaJohns.com Bowl with the last available bowl-eligible SEC team, South Carolina. The game was the first meeting between the two schools and the first PapaJohns.com Bowl appearance for each. The game was the 30th anniversary of South Carolina's last postseason game at Legion Field, in the December 1979 Hall of Fame Bowl, and it was the 20th anniversary of head coach Steve Spurrier's last Legion Field bowl game, with Duke in the December 1989 All-American Bowl. The

neg: Duke Blue Devils football and Wake Forest. After dropping their last two regular season games to North Carolina and UCLA, Duke, ranked #11, defeated #7 Arkansas by a score of 7–6 in the Cotton Bowl. The Blue Devils won the ACC Championship that season. After defeating the Razorbacks in Dallas, Texas, it would be over a half century until the Blue Devils won another bowl game. Duke compiled a 7–3 record in 1961. Murray's team began the season with wins over South Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest. The Blue Devils then lost their next two to Georgia Tech and Clemson. The Blue Devils then

neg: 2015 Pinstripe Bowl Bowl. This bowl marks Duke's first bowl victory in 54 years. Although Duke had a streak of 4 in bowl games, they had never won a bowl game until this one. The game featured the Duke Blue Devils against the Indiana Hoosiers. After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Mark Holtzman extended an invitation for the Blue Devils to play in the game, which they accepted. This was the Blue Devils' twelfth bowl game (they were previously 3–8 in bowl games) and their fourth consecutive bowl game (their longest-and only-bowl streak in school history), where they sought their first

neg: 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) 12, 2009, where the Trojans defeated the Buckeyes by a score of 18-15, scoring with 1:05 remaining in the game to go ahead to stay. USC had won the last 7 games in the series, with Ohio State's last win coming in the 1974 Rose Bowl. This is the eighth time that the schools met in a bowl game. The previous seven bowl meetings were all in the Rose Bowl, most recently in 1985—a game the Trojans won, 20–17. The Buckeyes crushed the Trojans 24–7. With the victory, the all-time series between the schools now stands at 13-10-1 in favor

neg: 2018 New Mexico Bowl leading the series, 4–3. The two schools first met in 1996, when North Texas joined Utah State in the Big West Conference; they were conference-mates until 2000. They last played each other in 2004 in Logan, Utah, won by North Texas, 31–23. This was the first time that the two teams met in a bowl game. 2018 New Mexico Bowl The 2018 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. local MST). It was the 13th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and one of

neg: 2009 UCF Knights football team on October 28, 2006 in Houston. The Cougars won the game 51–31. This was the first time in the program's history that the Knights proved victorious over a ranked opponent. UCF is now 20–10 all time on Homecoming weekend. UCF and Tulane last met in 2006 in New Orleans. The Green Wave won the game. UCF and UAB last met on November 29, 2008 in Orlando. The Blazers won the game 15–0. UCF had been bowl eligible for three of the past five seasons. UCF was 0–3 in bowl games until this point. This game marked the first meeting between

neg: Nick Saban the #1 seed for the second time. The Tide was selected to play in the Peach Bowl against the #4 seed Washington Huskies. In the first meeting with the Huskies since the 1986 Sun Bowl, Alabama won 24–7. In a rematch of last season's National Championship game, Alabama fell short to #2 Clemson 35–31 when the Tigers scored on a game-winning touchdown pass with 1 second left on the clock. Alabama failed to recover Clemson's onside kick and time ran out. The loss snapped Alabama's 26-game winning streak and was Saban's first loss in a title game. The Tide finished

neg: 2015 Independence Bowl Frank Beamer took the field one last time to coach the Hokies in the Independence Bowl. Beamer has led the Hokies to 23 straight bowl appearances in 25 seasons as an FBS team (Beamer has coached at VT for a total of 29 seasons). He held a 10–12 career bowl record going into this game. The Hokies won their final game of the season over rival Virginia on a last-second INT, gaining bowl eligibility and extending Beamer's career one more game. This was Tulsa's first bowl appearance since a 31–17 win over Iowa State in the 2012 Liberty Bowl. It

neg: 2010 Miami Hurricanes football team a surprisingly easy 45-17 victory. The 45 points is the second-most points Florida State has scored in the series. Miami and Duke last met in 2009 at Miami in a game won by Miami 34–16. Miami is 6–1 all time against Duke. Miami and North Carolina last met in 2009 at Chapel Hill in a game won by North Carolina 33–24. Miami is 5–8 all time against North Carolina. Miami and Virginia last met in 2009 at Miami in a game won by Miami 52–17. Miami is 5–3 all time against Virginia. Miami and Maryland last met in 2006 at

neg: 1998 Sun Bowl 1998 Sun Bowl The 1998 Norwest Sun Bowl was played by the TCU Horned Frogs and the USC Trojans. This was the 65th Sun Bowl held and the last sponsored by Norwest Corporation due to next year's game being held by Wells Fargo. Paul Hackett was in his first year (of three) with USC, having led them to a bowl game for the first time since the 1995 Rose Bowl. This would be Hackett's only bowl game with USC. TCU hadn't been to a bowl game since the 1994 Independence Bowl nor won one since the 1957 Cotton Bowl Classic.

neg: Super Bowl XXXIX 13-3 record, when they beat the Falcons and Vikings in the reverse order that they did in the 2004-05 playoffs. They exacted revenge on New England in Super Bowl LII, edging them 41–33. This is the last time that a team has won back-to-back Super Bowls, with the Patriots losing their second playoff game a year later and then, for the next eight years, every team either losing their first playoff game or missing them altogether. The streak was broken in 2014 when the Seahawks defeated the Panthers and ultimately advanced to the Super Bowl, only to lose to a

neg: 1982 Sugar Bowl 1982 Sugar Bowl The 1982 Sugar Bowl was played on January 1, 1982, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It featured the second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference, the defending national champions, and the eighth-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers. The Panthers won the game and moved up to fourth in the final polls, while the Bulldogs dropped to sixth It has often been called one of the greatest bowl games, and bowl upsets, of all time. It also marks the last time the Pitt Panthers won a major bowl game Junior quarterback Dan Marino, a future first round draft

neg: 2009 Cleveland Browns season defeat the defending Super Bowl champions. With the win, the Browns improved to 2–11, snapped a twelve-game losing streak against the Steelers and won against them for the first time since 2003 when they defeated the team 33–13 in Pittsburgh. The team also won their first home game since an October 2008 victory, against the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. KR Josh Cribbs was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. The Browns headed into Kansas City for their last road game of the year to take on the Chiefs in Week 15. The Browns and Chiefs traded

neg: 2004 Texas Longhorns football team two teams set a college football record for the most games played collectively by two opponents before facing each other for the first time. Texas won the game 38–37 on a last second field goal kick by Longhorn Dusty Mangum in what had been called one of the greatest Rose Bowl games of all time. It was the only time in the history of the Rose Bowl that the game has been decided as time expired off the clock. Vince Young set several Rose Bowl records and also won the Rose Bowl MVP award. In the NFL Draft that followed,

neg: Rose Bowl (stadium) the term "bowl game" for postseason football games, regardless of whether they are played in a bowl-shaped or "Bowl"-named stadium. The Rose Bowl Game is commonly referred to as "The Granddaddy of Them All" because of its stature as the oldest of all the bowl games. Since its opening, the Rose Bowl stadium has hosted the bowl game every year except the 1942 Rose Bowl, when the game was moved to Durham, North Carolina, at the campus of Duke University. Duke, which played in the game on January 1, volunteered to host the contest because of security concerns on the

neg: 1989 Freedom Bowl in the SEC. Washington built a twenty-point lead at halftime and won 34–7. Smith gained only 17 yards on seven carries, as Florida was forced to go to the air in the second half. It was Smith's lowest rushing total since his first game as a freshman, when he was a reserve. This was the last bowl game between the Pac-10 and SEC until the 2010 season, when Auburn met Oregon in the national championship game in Arizona. 1989 Freedom Bowl The 1989 Freedom Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim,

neg: 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic The 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the champions of the ACC, the Duke Blue Devils. Duke defeated Arkansas, 7–6, in front of 70,500 spectators. Arkansas won the SWC in 1960, led by star RB/PR/DB/P Lance Alworth. He led the nation in punt return yardage, and was ninth in the country in kick return yardage. The Hogs defeated #11 Texas and #10 Rice, but lost to #20 Baylor and #2 Ole Miss. Duke won the ACC, and would win it again the next

neg: 1941 Oregon State Beavers football team Duke's defense was the seventh-best in the nation and had not allowed more than 14 points all year. Duke's All-American fullback, Steve Lach, was also the nation's second-best punter. The Blue Devils were averaging a 30-point victory every time they took the field. In each game, Duke won by at least 13 points. The Blue Devils were on an 11-game winning streak, having gone 24-3 (all three losses on the road), and .889 winning percentage, since their 1939 Rose Bowl defeat. Duke's last loss in Durham, North Carolina, was more than four years prior. The Blue Devils were expected to

neg: 1970 Orange Bowl this game. 1970 Orange Bowl The 1970 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Missouri Tigers. This was Penn State's second straight Orange Bowl appearance, after they declined an invitation to play #1 ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. This was Missouri's third Orange Bowl appearance in ten years. Missouri was co champion of the Big Eight Conference for the first time since 1960. This is to date the last time Missouri has won a conference championship. A field goal gave the Nittany Lions an early lead. On the ensuing

neg: 2009 Champs Sports Bowl 2009 Champs Sports Bowl The 2009 Champs Sports Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference and the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, the game started at 8:00 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, and was televised by ESPN. Wisconsin won the game 20-14. The 2009 game marked the last time in the foreseeable future that the Big 10 was represented in the bowl game. A four-year contract was signed so that starting in 2010 the Big East will send

neg: 2015 GoDaddy Bowl (January) the Mid-American Conference against the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference. It was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with Toledo leading the series 2–0 prior to the kickoff. The last time these two teams met was in 1992. After the Rockets finished the regular season with an 8–4 record, they accepted their invitation to play in the game. This was Toledo's second GoDaddy Bowl; the Rockets previously won the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) over the UTEP Miners, 45–13. After the Red Wolves finished the regular season with a

neg: Soccer Bowl '84 Soccer Bowl '84 Soccer Bowl '84, also known as Soccer Bowl Series '84, was the championship of the 1984 NASL season, and the last championship of the original NASL. In a departure from previous years, it was a best-of-three series between the Chicago Sting and the Toronto Blizzard as opposed to a single-game championship. The first game of the series was held on Monday, October 1 at Comiskey Park, in Chicago, Illinois; the Sting won it, 2–1. The second game was played at Varsity Stadium, in Toronto, Ontario on October 3. Chicago won again, this time by a score of

neg: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season season game against Michigan undefeated and ranked #2. Had they finished the season #2 the Bowl Alliance would have been unable to pit #1 vs. #2 as the Big Ten champ was tied to the Rose Bowl. However, Michigan upset Ohio State. Buckeye running back Eddie George still won the Heisman Trophy. Things were lively in the state of Florida, where the Florida Gators won their third straight SEC championship. Florida State started the season #1, but lost an ACC game for the first time ever when Virginia stopped a last-minute drive a few inches from the end zone, knocking

neg: 2009 Champs Sports Bowl a team to the bowl instead. Miami made its third appearance in the bowl, they last played in the game in 1998 where they easily defeated North Carolina State 46–23. The Canes won their two previous appearances. Meanwhile, Wisconsin made its second appearance in as many years. They were defeated in the 2008 game by Florida State 42–13. The bowl game marked the fourth time that the two schools have faced each other and the first time in the post-season. Miami previously held a 2–1 series advantage (now 2-2) with the last meeting being a 51–3 thrashing by the Hurricanes

neg: 1974 Liberty Bowl 1974 Liberty Bowl The 1974 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Maryland Terrapins and the Tennessee Volunteers. Maryland won eight games for the second straight year, but this time they were champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Losses to #3 Alabama and Florida dropped them out of the rankings to start the season, but they won the next five games to rise back to #15 heading into a game with #10 Penn State. A 24-17 loss was their last loss of the regular season as they won the next three games to finish with

neg: Texas Tech Red Raiders football Raiders won, 34–31, against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The last time the two teams had met was during the 2006 Insight Bowl, in which Texas Tech completed the biggest comeback in bowl history. After falling behind 38-7 with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter, rallied to score 31 unanswered points to send the game to overtime. In the 2006 game, the Gophers scored a field goal in overtime, but the Red Raiders responded with a touchdown to win. Texas Tech's most recent bowl game win, the 2013 National University Holiday Bowl, occurred on December 30, 2013. The Red Raiders won,

neg: Rick McIvor earned the starting job for the Houston game, which they won 15-13, but sat out the next two weeks due to an injury. He returned to share quarterback duties with Little for the losses to Baylor and Texas A&M to end the season. When Little was injured during the last game of the season, McIvor was again named the starting quarterback for the bowl game, which they again lost, this time to North Carolina in the Bluebonnet Bowl. That year, he was the Southwest Conferences highest rated quarterback with a 121.8 rating. During the off-season, Little volunteered to move to

neg: 2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team last participated in the game in 1999, when they won over the Kentucky Wildcats by the score of 26–14. Tennessee last played in Tampa in the 1993 Hall of Fame Bowl, defeating the Boston College Eagles 38–23. Before this game, Penn State's last game versus Tennessee was the 1994 Florida Citrus Bowl where they crushed the heavily favored Volunteers in an easy 31–13 victory. Penn State defeated the favored Tennessee 20–10 for Joe Paterno's record 22nd bowl win. Tony Hunt led the PSU offense running for 158 yards on 31 carries. Tony Davis returned a fumble 88 yards for the

neg: 2015 Arkansas Razorbacks football team Jan. 2. Thanks to three touchdowns and 185 yards from running back Alex Collins, the Razorbacks defeated the Wildcats, 45-23. It was the first time Arkansas had won back-to-back bowl games in consecutive seasons in program history, and the 45 points was the most ever in a bowl game. The Razorbacks have won each of their last three bowl games, counting back to the 2012 Cotton Bowl. The seven regular season wins, including five in SEC play, were the most for Arkansas since Bobby Petrino's final season in 2011. That season also ended with a bowl game victory against Kansas

neg: 2015 Music City Bowl The game is the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with Texas A&M leading the series 3–0 going into the game. The last time these two teams met was in 1994 with Texas A&M beating Louisville with the score of 26–10. This is the first time the two teams have met as members of the SEC and ACC; their last meeting came when Texas A&M was a member of the Southwest Conference and Louisville was an independent. Source: 2015 Music City Bowl The 2015 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015

neg: German Bowl reach the final, and the last time until 2011, that a team from the South would win the championship. The "Bundesliga" and the German Bowl were from then on dominated by the North. In 1994 and 1995, the Düsseldorf Panther once more won the German Bowl, with the second title won against a new force in the game in Germany, the Hamburg Blue Devils. In 1996, the Blue Devils then reversed the fortunes and defeated the Panthers in the final. The most dominant era of any team in the sport in Germany begun in 1997, when the Braunschweig Lions reached

neg: 1995 Carquest Bowl (December) 1995 Carquest Bowl (December) The 1995 Carquest Bowl (December) was a college football postseason bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Arkansas finished first in the Western Division of the SEC, getting the chance to play Florida in the SEC Championship Game, though they would lose 34-3. This was their first bowl game since 1991. They had lost the last five bowl games they played in. The Tar Heels finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with wins over Duke and NC State making them bowl eligible. They were in a bowl for the fourth

neg: Victory Bell (North Carolina–Duke) old railroad train. North Carolina won possession of the first ever Victory Bell game with a 20–0 shutout victory at Kenan Memorial Stadium in 1948. At one time, the series was every bit as heated as the basketball rivalry between the two schools. However, this rivalry has been revived in recent years as Duke has dominated the rivalry since 2012. After a period where Duke won only one game between 1990 and 2011, the Victory Bell has resided in Durham for five of the last seven years. Duke victories in the 2012 and 2013 games marked the first time Duke

neg: 2007 Poinsettia Bowl Boston College for the most consecutive bowl-game wins in NCAA history. Two weeks later, Boston College won the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, its eighth consecutive bowl game win. The 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was the last time the bowl would feature a matchup between an at-large team and the second-place Mountain West Conference team. Prior to the game, Poinsettia Bowl officials announced that the at-large half of the matchup would be replaced by the Pacific-10 Conference's seventh-place team in 2008. In 2009, the Pac-10's sixth-place team would be granted a bid to the Poinsettia Bowl. 2007 Poinsettia Bowl The 2007 Poinsettia

neg: 1990 John Hancock Bowl 1990 John Hancock Bowl The 1990 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Michigan State Spartans and the USC Trojans. This was the second game in the sponsorship contract with John Hancock Insurance for the game formerly known as the Sun Bowl. The Spartans were co-champions (with Iowa, Michigan & Illinois) of the Big Ten Conference for the second time in four seasons, with this being their fourth straight bowl appearance. Michigan State won their last five games after starting 2-3-1, led by a punishing defense (2nd in the Big Ten with 313.1 yards allowed) and

neg: 2010 Fiesta Bowl the business of doing things that are on behalf of our bowl game and we don't do the bidding of someone else to our detriment." This was a rematch of the Poinsettia Bowl from last season. In the weeks prior to the game, a different controversy arose when past and present employees made public allegations that the Fiesta Bowl had made illegal campaign contributions. WWE personality John Cena was the Grand Marshal and the coin tosser for the event. The Broncos won the game by a score of 17 points to 10. The key play of the game came in

neg: 1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team 1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team The 1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin won consecutive postseason bowl games for the first time ever with a 34–20 win over Duke in the Hall of Fame Bowl. Wisconsin's 31–19 win over Michigan in 1994 was the last time Wisconsin won in the confines of Michigan Stadium, until the

neg: 2018 Cure Bowl Orleans, when Tulane defeated then Louisiana-Lafayette, 41–39. This game was the second time that the two teams met in a bowl game, the first being the 2013 New Orleans Bowl, won by the Ragin' Cajuns. 2018 Cure Bowl The 2018 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. EST. It was the fourth edition of the Cure Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl. The game was

neg: 2008 Orange Bowl to put 4th-ranked Oklahoma against Virginia Tech. The deal was vetoed by BCS commissioners, and the selection of Kansas was upheld. The game marked the first time the Jayhawks had been to the Orange Bowl since the 1969 Orange Bowl and was their first bowl game since the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl, when they defeated Houston 41–13. Virginia Tech last played in the Orange Bowl game in December 1996, losing to Nebraska 21–41. The 2008 Orange Bowl was Virginia Tech's 15th consecutive season with a bowl game, a streak dating to the 1993 Independence Bowl. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing completed

neg: 1964 Orange Bowl 13-7 on his 13 yard touchdown run. In the closing seconds, Auburn was driving down the field for the potential win, when linebacker John Kirby batted a Tiger pass away, as the Cornhuskers won their first ever Orange Bowl. Claridge ran for 108 yards on the day. This was the last year without an MVP award honored to the best player. Nebraska returned to the Orange Bowl two years later, in 1966. Auburn has not returned to the Orange Bowl since this game. 1964 Orange Bowl The 1964 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Auburn

neg: 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team quarter. The final count, Ole Miss 17 Auburn 7 Ole Miss shutout Louisiana Monroe 59–0 to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2003. In this 97th meeting of Ole Miss and LSU, the first time referred to as the Magnolia Bowl, Ole Miss snapped a six-game losing streak against LSU, beating the defending national champions 31–13. Ole Miss' last win against LSU was in 2001. Ole Miss won the most lopsided Egg Bowl since the Rebels won 48–0 in 1971, by beating Mississippi State 45–0. Only once in this game did the Mississippi State offense cross the 50-yard

neg: 1955 Sugar Bowl the Midshipmen managed to remain in the polls, ending the week at number nineteen. Navy's next game was against eleventh-ranked Duke in the eighth annual Oyster Bowl, a special contest organized by several Shrine groups, where proceeds help disabled children. Navy easily defeated Duke by a score of 40-7, which included twice scoring touchdowns with their backup offense. The Midshipmen's penultimate game was against a poor-quality Columbia team which had won only a single game against a weak schedule. Navy, now ranked tenth, had no trouble with them, winning 51-7. Going into their final game, the Midshipmen were ranked sixth,

neg: 1970 Orange Bowl 1970 Orange Bowl The 1970 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Missouri Tigers. This was Penn State's second straight Orange Bowl appearance, after they declined an invitation to play #1 ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. This was Missouri's third Orange Bowl appearance in ten years. Missouri was co champion of the Big Eight Conference for the first time since 1960. This is to date the last time Missouri has won a conference championship. A field goal gave the Nittany Lions an early lead. On the ensuing kickoff, the

neg: 2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team ground and 257 yards through the air. Georgia Tech enjoyed a strong start to the game offensively, taking a 28–7 lead at halftime against the visiting the Duke Blue Devils from Durham, North Carolina, a team who had defeated Georgia Tech over the last two seasons, in 2014 and 2015. Georgia Tech won the Orange Bowl in 2014 and only lost three games, one of them being at hands of Duke. At the beginning of the Second half, Georgia Tech suffered two crucial turnovers which Duke turned into instant touchdowns, cutting the lead to 28–21. A Field Goal by Harrison

neg: 2011 TicketCity Bowl Missouri. They were on a two-game winning streak leading into the bowl game. Tech was ranked #24 in Jeff Sagarin's BCS computer ranking heading into the bowl matchup. This was the Raiders' eleventh-straight bowl game. They have gone 6–2 in their last eight bowl games, including defeating Michigan State in last year's Alamo Bowl 41–31. Northwestern made its first appearance in a bowl game at the Cotton Bowl, while Texas Tech playing in its fifth bowl at the Stadium. The two teams had never played each other in the history of their programs. With the win, Tech won their first

neg: Super Bowl XLIX repeat winner (with the last one being the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX). In a poll conducted by NFL.com a couple of months after the game, Super Bowl XLIX was voted by its readers as the "greatest Super Bowl game" of all time. The article does report that the voting was structured to try to account for "recency bias" in relation to the game at the time when the poll was conducted, but voters still "pushed it through the competition". Most lists of greatest Super Bowls continue to list it in the top few games. After the game, Seattle faced

neg: 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (December) points per game. This was the Illini's first bowl game since 2011. Louisiana Tech entered the bowl game as the C-USA West Division champs. The Bulldogs won six of their last eight games giving up an average of 20.5 points per game during that stretch. 3 of the Bulldogs five losses come to Top 25 teams. With the win, the Bulldogs won their first bowl game since 2008. Source: 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (December) The 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2014 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park

neg: 1940 Orange Bowl 1940 Orange Bowl The 1940 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Missouri Tigers. The Yellow Jackets tied for first in the Southeastern Conference, their first conference title since winning the Southern Conference in 1928, which was also their last bowl appearance. Missouri won the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association title for the first time since 1927. This was Missouri's first bowl game since 1924 Paul Christman gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead on his touchdown plunge, but Howard Ector responded with a touchdown run of his own to culminate

neg: 2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January) and Pittsburgh, with the series tied 1–1 entering the game. The last time the two teams had met was in 1997. After finishing their regular season with a 7–5 record, the Cougars accepted their invitation to play in the game. The game was Houston's fourth Armed Forces Bowl, tying them with the Air Force Falcons for the most appearances in the game. The Cougars were 1–2 in the game before 2015, having lost the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl to the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 42–13, then having won the 2008 game over the 2008 Air Force Falcons by

neg: 1991 Holiday Bowl return yards, and 27:37 time of possession. Ty Detmer went 29-of-44 for 250 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Josh Arnold had eight tackles (with three being for losses, which totaled to 33 yards lost by Iowa) while being named defensive MVP. It was the first tie ever in the Holiday Bowl, and it was also the lowest scoring Holiday Bowl. It was the final college game for Detmer, who won the Heisman Trophy the previous season. This is also the last tie football game in major college football bowl history. 1991 Holiday Bowl The 1991 Holiday Bowl was a

neg: 1971 Peach Bowl 11 carries. Greg Ainsworth rushed for 119 yards on 28 carries. As it turned out, this was the last bowl season for the Rebels until 1983. Georgia Tech reached a bowl the following year and reached the Peach Bowl until 1978. They have never won a Peach Bowl. 1971 Peach Bowl The 1971 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Ole Miss Rebels. The Yellow Jackets were playing their last game under coach Bud Carson, while competing in their second straight bowl game. This was the 15th straight season of postseason

neg: Derek Dooley (American football) the worst in school history. With few scholarship players and a very young team, Tennessee started the season 2–6. However, they won their last four regular season games to finish the season 6–6 and become bowl eligible. Tennessee went on to lose the Music City Bowl to North Carolina on the last play of the game. In 2011, the team finished a disappointing 5–7, dropping the last game of the season to Kentucky, which ended a 26-game winning streak against the Wildcats. Combined with the 6–7 record of 2010, it was the first time since 1910–1911, that the Vols had

neg: 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Silicon Valley Bowl) A Derrick Coleman fumble in the redzone in the fourth quarter took away the Bruins' hope of keeping the Bulldogs from winning a game in the Rose Bowl stadium. Fresno State won its first game there by five points, taking control of the final 8 minutes and 55 seconds and not allowing a UCLA comeback. 20-19-1 all time, 7-9 as WAC members. Last year 30-37 in Honolulu 6-4 all time, 3-0 as WAC members. Last year 37-24 in Moscow 12-10-1 all time, 2-1 as WAC members. Last year 38-27 in Fresno 7-2 all time, 5-2 as WAC

neg: 2008 Music City Bowl time as possible to drive for a potential winning score. The Eagles would get the ball back after an Upson punt at their own 20 with 2:01 left and no timeouts. After an incompletion and a 16-yard pass play, Davis was intercepted for the second time in the game, this time by Myron Lewis, with 1:36 left. Lewis had been beaten by Larmond on BC's previous touchdown play. With the Eagles out of timeouts, the Commodores ran out the clock for the win. Vanderbilt won a bowl game for the first time in exactly 53 years, with their last bowl

neg: 2012 Alamo Bowl out Oregon State, 35–0; in the second meeting, Texas won 61–16. The bowl game will be Oregon State's 15th bowl game, with their last being a 20–44 loss to the BYU Cougars in the 2009 Las Vegas Bowl. The game will be Texas' 51st bowl appearance, which is second-most in the nation. Texas has played in the Alamo Bowl once before, when they defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 26–24 in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. Entering 2012, the Texas Longhorns had finished an 8–5 season in 2011, where they finished ranked 6th in the Big 12 Conference, but finished unranked nationally in

neg: 1966 Sun Bowl won three consecutive conference titles (1966, 1967, and 1968), he was fired four years later. They Cowboys struggled in his last sixteen games: they went in the final six games of the 1969 and through the 1970 season, after getting rid of 14 players for wanting to wear armbands in protest. The Seminoles have also not returned to the Sun Bowl since this game, but have had better success in the time since. 1966 Sun Bowl The 1966 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Wyoming Cowboys and the Florida State Seminoles, played on December 24

neg: 1982 Gator Bowl kicked two field goals. The Mountaineers went to five more bowl games in the decade, including another Gator Bowl in 1989. They have returned five more times, though they've won only once, in 2007. Florida State has gone to a bowl game in every season since 1982, including four Gator Bowls, the latter being Bowden's last game. 1982 Gator Bowl The Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 1982 at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the Florida State Seminoles and the West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia won their first three

neg: 1945 Sugar Bowl 1945 Sugar Bowl The 1945 Sugar Bowl, part of the 1944 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1945, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Duke Blue Devils, representing the Southern Conference (SoCon). Duke won the game 29–26. The 1942 Alabama squad finished the regular season 5–1–2 with its loss coming to the Georgia Bulldogs and the two ties coming against the LSU Tigers and the Tennessee Volunteers. With most of America's youth still serving in the armed forces, Frank Thomas scrambled to

neg: 2009 Rose Bowl any team in the country. Quarterback Mark Sanchez scored five touchdowns, one rushing and four passing. Prior to the game, the Pac-10 conference had a 4-0 record in bowl games this season with wins by Arizona, Cal, Oregon, and Oregon State. The Trojan win gave the Pac-10 a perfect five out of five games, which was the only perfect conference bowl record of the season. The Big Ten conference had last won a Rose Bowl game in the 1999 season; this streak ended when Ohio State beat Oregon in the 2010 Rose Bowl. The teams participating in the Rose Bowl

neg: 1970 Liberty Bowl 1970 Liberty Bowl The 1970 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1970 bowl game season, took place on December 12, 1970, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams were the Tulane Green Wave, competing as an independent and the Colorado Buffaloes, representing the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). Tulane won the game 17–3. It would be the last Liberty Bowl to be played on a Saturday until 1978, when another Big 8 representative, Missouri was involved. Entering the 1970 bowl season, Tulane finished the regular season with a record of 7–4. Following a 26–14 defeat to the rival

neg: World Bowl XI World Bowl XI World Bowl XI was NFL Europe's 2003 championship game. It was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on June 14, 2003. The game was between the 6-4 Rhein Fire and the 6-4 Frankfurt Galaxy. The Fire was hoping to avenge last year's loss to Berlin, while the Galaxy was looking for their first World Bowl title since 1999. 28,138 fans were in attendance, as the Galaxy easily won 35-16 over the Fire. Galaxy running back Jonas Lewis earned Most Valuable Player honors, when he ran 16 times for 126 yards (World Bowl record) and a touchdown,

neg: 2015 Holiday Bowl before this game. The last time these two teams met was in 1966 when #5 USC defeated the unranked Badgers 38-3 in a regular season non-conference game. Source: 2015 Holiday Bowl The 2015 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 38th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game started at 7:40 p.m. PST and was telecast

neg: 1920 Rose Bowl 1920 Rose Bowl The 1920 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game in Pasadena, California, played on January 1, 1920. In the sixth Rose Bowl, the once-tied Harvard Crimson met the once-defeated Oregon Webfoots at Tournament Park; Harvard won with all of the scoring in the second quarter. Crimson halfback Edward Casey was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. It was the first Rose Bowl game following World War I in which college football returned

neg: Sports-related curses Lions' streak is longer). The Lions postseason record in this time was 1–10 in ten appearances, their lone playoff win coming against Dallas following the 1991 season. In the last year of the supposed curse, in 2008, Detroit finished 0–16, the first team to lose every game of a 16-game season. When the Pittsburgh Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl championship in 2006, they won it at Ford Field, the Lions' current home. Prior to 1999, every annual installment of the "Madden NFL" video game franchise primarily featured John Madden on its cover. In 1999, Electronic Arts selected San Francisco

neg: Joe Krivak for a head coaching position during his tenure at both Syracuse and Navy, and in 1982 when Maryland hired Ross. As head coach, Krivak accumulated a 20–34–2 record and one minor bowl game appearance, the 1991 Independence Bowl, in which Maryland tied Louisiana Tech, 34–34. One of Krivak's most notable accomplishments at Maryland was a tie game. In 1989, Maryland tied Penn State, 13–13, with a last-minute field goal. When the game was last played in 1993, the all-time series record stood at 35 Maryland losses, one win, and one tie. The tie game broke the Terrapins' 24-game losing streak

neg: 2015 Miami Beach Bowl these two teams, with South Florida leading the series 4–2 before this game. The last meeting between these two teams was in 2010, when the Bulls beat the Hilltoppers 24–12 in Tampa. Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Bulls had officially been invited to the game and accepted. This was the Bulls' seventh bowl game (they were previously 4–2 all-time in bowl games) and their first since winning the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl over Clemson by a score of 31–26. It was also the Bulls' first bowl game in Florida since winning the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl

neg: 2015 Rose Bowl the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with the kickoff time set for 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. local time). The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association organized the game. The Northwestern Mutual financial services organization sponsored the game. On the match day, the 126th edition of the annual Rose Parade took place at 8 am Pacific Time with a theme of "Inspiring Stories". Oregon won the game, beating Florida State, the last undefeated team of the season, by

neg: 1965 American Football League Championship Game same calendar year as regular season games (the 1965 NFL Championship Game was played on January 2, 1966). The following season would conclude with the first Super Bowl played in January 1967. This is the last professional American football championship game to have been won by a team from Buffalo, New York, as well as the last of any major league team from the city. Indeed, the fortunes of both teams, and for that matter both cities, would go southward since then. The Bills would not appear in another championship game until Super Bowl XXV when the infamous Wide Right

neg: 1943 Rose Bowl would not return to the Rose Bowl game until January 1, 2018--an absence of 75 years. University of Georgia Library Film Archives 1943 Rose Bowl The 1943 Rose Bowl game, played on January 1, 1943, was the 29th Rose Bowl game. The University of Georgia Bulldogs defeated the UCLA Bruins 9-0. The game returned to the Rose Bowl stadium after being played at Duke Stadium the year before. Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. After the 1942 Allied victory in the

neg: 1981 Rose Bowl in Rose Bowls and never won a national championship in his 21 seasons as head coach.). It was Michigan's first bowl win in sixteen years, since January 1965. The win broke the Pac-10's six-game winning streak in the Rose Bowl; it was only the second win for the Big Ten in the last twelve, and the Pac-10 won the next six. 1981 Rose Bowl The 1981 Rose Bowl was the 67th Rose Bowl game and was played on January 1, 1981, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The game featured the Michigan Wolverines beating the Washington Huskies by

neg: 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season in the AFC championship game. Finally defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in Super Bowl XIV. With the win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates win in the 1979 World Series, Pittsburgh would be the last city to claim Super Bowl and World Series wins in the same year until 1986 when the New York Mets won the World Series in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI 39–20 over the Denver Broncos. In that game. Franco Harris became the 5th man to rush for 8,000 career rushing yards, and it was also

neg: 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team tackles in racing 83 yards for the winning score. Insult was added to injury when Nick Temple stripped the ball from Duke QB Sean Renfree and dashed 55 yards with the stolen loaf for a score as time expired. The 48 points is the most points scored by the Bearcats in a bowl game, their largest margin of victory in a bowl game since 1997 and to date their most recent bowl win. The win gave the Bearcats their 4th 10 win season in the past five years. 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team The 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented

neg: Duke Blue Devils football Blue Devils football program would have for another two decades. Bill Murray would be the last Duke head football coach to leave the Blue Devils with a winning record until Steve Spurrier, and the last to leave Duke after having won multiple conference championships. After Murray's retirement following the 1965 season, Duke's football program would steadily decline into becoming the ACC's "cellar-dweller". Murray led Duke to its last bowl appearance and conference championships, shared or outright, until 1989. Murray's final record at Duke was 91–51–9 in fifteen seasons. Murray led the Blue Devils to a 5–4–1 record in his first

neg: Poi Bowl one game on January 8, 1945 between a Navy team and an Army Air Force team. By that time, the Poi Bowl of the 1930s had already become the Pineapple Bowl. The Navy team won the game, 14–0. Poi Bowl The Poi Bowl is a now-defunct college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Honolulu Stadium. Played in early January from 1936 to 1939, the Poi Bowl was renamed the Pineapple Bowl in 1940. The University of Hawaii at Manoa invited teams from the Pacific Coast Conference to participate in the Poi Bowl every year except for 1937, when

neg: 2000 Motor City Bowl 2000 Motor City Bowl The 2000 Motor City Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game in which the Marshall Thundering Herd of the MAC defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Conference USA 25–14. It was played on December 27, 2000 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The Bearcats were C-USA runners-up fresh off the wins from five of their last six games, which included Syracuse and #20 Southern Mississippi. Marshall however was the four-time MAC champion who had also won five of their last six games, one of which was against Western Michigan, who had defeated them

neg: Super Bowl XXX XXX was also the last Super Bowl to have a team wear jerseys with screen printed numbers as was the case with the Cowboys. The Cowboys entered the 1995 regular season attempting to become the first team in NFL history to win three out of the last four Super Bowls. They had previously won Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII but their chance of a "three-peat" (winning three consecutive championships) was thwarted when they lost the NFC Championship Game to the San Francisco 49ers, the eventual Super Bowl XXIX champions. This was the Cowboys’ eighth appearance in the Super Bowl, the

neg: 1989 All-American Bowl 4th place in the Southwest Conference, in their first bowl game since 1986. James Gray ran for 280 yards on 33 carries. Spurrier left for his alma mater of Florida after the game. The Blue Devils did not reach a bowl game again until 1995. Texas Tech was not invited to a bowl again until 1993. 1989 All-American Bowl The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Duke Blue Devils and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Both teams had bowl win droughts of over 15 years, with Duke not having a bowl game in 28 years

neg: 1917 Rose Bowl 1917 Rose Bowl The 1917 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game on Monday, It was the third Rose Bowl Game, and matched the Oregon Webfoots and the Penn Quakers. It was played at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles. Scoreless at halftime, Oregon scored a touchdown in each of the final two quarters and won 14–0. Oregon team captain John Beckett was named the Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953, with selections made retroactively. This shutout win was

neg: 2008 Oregon Ducks football team Autzen Stadium "blackout" theme for the game. Beavers won at Oregon for the first time since 1993 last year, ending a ten-year run of the home team winning in the series. This season the game is in Corvallis, a place the Ducks have not won at since 1996. The stakes for this game were recently raised – if the Ducks win, they will place second in the PAC-10 and will more than likely receive a Holiday Bowl berth. If the Beavers won, they would receive their first Rose Bowl berth since 1964, by virtue of their earlier win over Southern

neg: 1917 Rose Bowl put up temporary grandstand seating. 1917 Rose Bowl The 1917 Rose Bowl, known at the time as the Tournament East-West Football Game, was a college football bowl game on Monday, It was the third Rose Bowl Game, and matched the Oregon Webfoots and the Penn Quakers. It was played at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles. Scoreless at halftime, Oregon scored a touchdown in each of the final two quarters and won 14–0. Oregon team captain John Beckett was named the Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953, with selections made

neg: 2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to settle for field goals in the red zone, putting the outcome of the game somewhat in doubt until the Irish's spectacular goal line stand. The game was watched by 16.1 million viewers on television. Notre Dame's first time playing for the national championship since the 1988 season, when the Irish defeated West Virginia 34–21 at the Fiesta Bowl. Notre Dame was 5–1 all time vs. Alabama entering the game, while Alabama under Nick Saban had won two of the last three national championships. The Fighting Irish lost, 42–14. In 2018, the NCAA launched its own investigation and saw that

neg: 1976 Liberty Bowl 28 days after coaching his last game. UCLA has yet to return to the Liberty Bowl. The Pacific-8 Conference, which became the Pacific-10 in 1978 with the addition of Arizona and Arizona State, did not send another team to the Liberty Bowl until 1995, when Stanford lost to East Carolina. Alabama and UCLA played a home-and-home series in 2000 at the Rose Bowl and 2001 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Bruins won both contests. 1976 Liberty Bowl The 1976 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1976 bowl game season, took place on December 20, 1976, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.

neg: 1999 Alamo Bowl preseason polls, the team won their first nine games, including victories at #8 Miami and when hosting #4 Arizona. However, the Nittany Lions then lost their last three games by a combined 12 points, dropping them to fourth place in the Big Ten Conference. This was the only shutout bowl victory during Joe Paterno's tenure as head coach of Penn State. The only other bowl shutout for Penn State was a 7–0 defeat of Alabama in the 1959 Liberty Bowl. The game was Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky's last. It is also alleged that Sandusky engaged in sexual misconduct

neg: Maryland–Virginia football rivalry had lost the last three meetings against Maryland by an average of 38 points. With a win against Virginia, the Terps would secure the ACC title and a trip to the Gator Bowl. After Maryland scored for an early lead, Virginia quarterback Gary Cuozzo tossed three short touchdown passes to third-string receiver John Hepler. Defensive back Ted Rzempoluch returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown, and sealed the Terps' fate to go bowl-less. The other three-loss team in the ACC, Duke, won the conference. Virginia 24, Maryland 23 In the final minutes of the game, with the Terps trailing

neg: 2010 Chicago Bears season appearance since the Super Bowl season of 2006, winning the NFC North division and earning a bye as the NFC's second seed. The Bears won their first game in the Divisional round of the playoffs, defeating the Seattle Seahawks on January 16, 2011, to advance to the NFC Championship game. The Chicago Bears's 2010 season came to an end January 23, 2011 with a 21–14 loss to their longtime rivals and eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game. This was the last time the Bears won the NFC North and appeared in the postseason until

neg: 2005 Capital One Bowl 2005 Capital One Bowl The 2005 Capital One Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2005, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Spread bettors favored LSU by seven points, but Iowa won, 30–25, when quarterback Drew Tate completed a 56-yard pass to wide receiver Warren Holloway for a touchdown as time expired. The game was part of the 2004 college football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. Prior to the game, LSU head coach Nick Saban announced that he was leaving