Freedom Bowl

Freedom Bowl (defunct)
StadiumAnaheim Stadium
LocationAnaheim, California
Operated1984–1994

The Freedom Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, from 1984 to 1994.

The bowl frequently invited a team from the Western Athletic Conference to compete against an at-large opponent, provided that the conference had enough bowl-eligible teams.

After the 1994 season, the Freedom Bowl was discontinued as the WAC’s automatic bowl bids were reduced to one with the Holiday Bowl and Cotton Bowl Classic having choice of the conference champion.[1]

Game results

Date Winner Loser Notes
December 26, 1984 Iowa 55 #19 Texas 17 [2]
December 30, 1985 Washington 20 Colorado 17
December 30, 1986 #15 UCLA 31 BYU 10
December 30, 1987 Arizona State 33 Air Force 28
December 29, 1988 BYU 20 #20 Colorado 17
December 30, 1989 Washington 34 Florida   7
December 29, 1990 Colorado State 32 Oregon 31
December 30, 1991 #22 Tulsa 28 San Diego State 17
December 29, 1992 Fresno State 24 #23 USC   7
December 30, 1993 USC 28 Utah 21
December 27, 1994 #12 Utah 13 #15 Arizona 13

Appearances by team

Rank Team Appearances Record Win %
T1 Washington 2 2–0 1.000
T1 BYU 2 1–1 .500
T1 USC 2 1–1 .500
T1 Utah 2 1–1 .500
T1 Colorado 2 0–2 .000
T6 Arizona State 1 1–0 1.000
T6 Colorado State 1 1–0 1.000
T6 Fresno State 1 1–0 1.000
T6 Iowa 1 1–0 1.000
T6 Tulsa 1 1–0 1.000
T6 UCLA 1 1–0 1.000
T6 Air Force 1 0–1 .000
T6 Arizona 1 0–1 .000
T6 Florida 1 0–1 .000
T6 Oregon 1 0–1 .000
T6 San Diego State 1 0–1 .000
T6 Texas 1 0–1 .000

Appearances by conference

Rank Conference Appearances Record Win % # of Teams Teams
T1 Pac-10 8 5–3 .625 6 Washington (2–0)

USC (1–1)
Arizona State (1–0)
UCLA (1–0)
Arizona (0–1)
Oregon (0–1)

T1 WAC 8 4–4 .500 6 BYU (1–1)

Utah (1–1)
Colorado State (1–0)
Fresno State (1–0)
Air Force (0–1)
San Diego State (0–1)

3 Big Eight 2 0–2 .000 1 Colorado (0–2)
T4 Big Ten 1 1–0 1.000 1 Iowa (1–0)
T4 Independent 1 1–0 1.000 1 Tulsa (1–0)
T4 SEC 1 0–1 .000 1 Florida (0–1)
T4 SWC 1 0–1 .000 1 Texas (0–1)

See also

References

  1. ^ Foldesy, Jody. "Bowls burgeon as big business", The Washington Times. December 21, 1997. Page A1.
  2. ^ "1984 Freedom Bowl: Iowa 55, Texas 17". Archived from the original on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2006-12-30.