Sugar Bowl
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The Allstate Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played on New Year's Day in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played since annually 1935. Along with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl (also played annually since 1935), the Sugar Bowl is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl (played annually since 1902). The Sugar Bowl is also a member of the Bowl Championship Series.
The Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game in 2000 and 2004. However, since the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game has been a stand-alone event one week following the New Year's Day bowl games (including the Sugar Bowl). In other words, under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl will not host the BCS National Championship Game, although the Louisiana Superdome will continue to be one of the stadiums used to host the BCS National Championship Game a week after the Sugar Bowl.
Under the current BCS alignment the Sugar Bowl will host the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion unless they are involved in the national championship game.
The payout for the 2005-2006 game was $14-17 million per participating team.
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[edit] History
In 1890, Pasadena, California held its first Tournament of Roses Parade to showcase the city's mild weather compared to the harsh winters in northern cities. As one of the organizers said: "In New York, people are buried in snow. Here, our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise." In 1902, the annual festival was enhanced by adding a football game.[1]
In 1926, leaders in Miami, Florida decided to do the same with a "Fiesta of the American Tropics" that was centered around a New Year's Day football game. Although a second "Fiesta" was never held, Miami leaders later revived the idea with the "Palm Festival" (with the slogan "Have a Green Christmas in Miami"). The football game and associated festivities of the Palm Festival were soon named the "Orange Bowl."[2]
In New Orleans, the idea of a New Year's Day football game was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby. Every year thereafter, Digby repeated called for action, and even came up with the name "Sugar Bowl" for his proposed football game.[3]
By 1935, enough support had been garnered for the first Sugar Bowl. The game was played in Tulane Stadium, which had been built in 1926 on Tulane University's campus (before 1871, Tulane's campus was Paul Foucher's Plantation, where Foucher's father-in-law, Etienne de Bore, had first granulated sugar from cane syrup).
Tulane Stadium hosted the game from 1935 through 1974. It has been played in the Louisiana Superdome since. The Sugar Bowl's corporate title sponsor was USF&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995 and Nokia cellular telephones of Finland from 1995 to 2006. In March 2006 Allstate Insurance was announced as the new title sponsor. ABC Sports has televised the game since 1969, however beginning in 2007 FOX Sports will televise the game.
The 2006 Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia due to the extensive damage the Louisiana Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Sugar Bowl has since returned to the refurbished Superdome.
Prior to the BCS, the game traditionally hosted the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion against a top-tier at-large opponent. Under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl continues to host the SEC champion against a top-tier at-large opponent, unless the SEC champion goes to the BCS National Championship Game.[4]
[edit] Previous results
Italics denote a tie game.
* - Denotes BCS Championship Games
† - Played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia
- ^ Tournament of Roses History. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ History of the Orange Bowl. FedEx Orange Bowl. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ Sugar Bowl History. Allstate Sugar Bowl. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ = 27 November Selection Procedures. BCS.
[edit] MVPs
| Year played | MVP | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Bobby Layne | Texas | QB |
| 1949 | Jack Mitchell | Oklahoma | QB |
| 1950 | Leon Heath | Oklahoma | FB |
| 1951 | Walt Yowarsky | Kentucky | T |
| 1952 | Ed Modzelewski | Maryland | FB |
| 1953 | Leon Hardemann | Georgia Tech. | HB |
| 1954 | Pepper Rodgers | Georgia Tech. | QB |
| 1955 | Joe Gattuso | Navy | FB |
| 1956 | Franklin Brooks | Georgia Tech. | G |
| 1957 | Del Shofner | Baylor | HB |
| 1958 | Raymond Brown | Mississippi | QB |
| 1959 | Billy Cannon | LSU | HB |
| 1960 | Bobby Franklin | Mississippi | QB |
| 1961 | Jake Gibbs | Mississippi | QB |
| 1962 | Mike Fracchia | Alabama | FB |
| 1963 | Glynn Griffin | Mississippi | QB |
| 1964 | Tim Davis | Alabama | K |
| 1965 | Doug Moreau | LSU | FL |
| 1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | QB |
| 1967 | Glenn Smith | LSU | HB |
| 1968 | Chuck Dicus | Arkansas | FL |
| 1969 | Archie Manning | Mississippi | QB |
| 1970 | Bobby Scott | Tennessee | QB |
| 1971 | Jack Mildren | Oklahoma | QB |
| 1972 | Tinker Owens | Oklahoma | FL |
| 1973 | Tom Clements | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1974 | Tony Davis | Nebraska | FB |
| 1975 | Richard Todd | Alabama | QB |
| 1976 | Matt Cavanaugh | Pittsburgh | QB |
| 1977 | Jeff Rutledge | Alabama | QB |
| 1978 | Barry Krauss | Alabama | LB |
| 1979 | Major Ogilvie | Alabama | RB |
| 1980 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB |
| 1981 | Dan Marino | Pittsburgh | QB |
| 1982 | Todd Blackledge | Penn State | QB |
| 1983 | Bo Jackson | Auburn | RB |
| 1984 | Craig Sundberg | Nebraska | QB |
| 1985 | Daryl Dickey | Tennessee | QB |
| 1986 | Steve Taylor | Nebraska | QB |
| 1987 | Don McPherson | Syracuse | QB |
| 1988 | Sammie Smith | Florida State | RB |
| 1989 | Craig Erickson | Miami (Fla.) | QB |
| 1990 | Andy Kelly | Tennessee | QB |
| 1991 | Jerome Bettis | Notre Dame | FB |
| 1992 | Derrick Lassic | Alabama | RB |
| 1993 | Errict Rhett | Florida | RB |
| 1994 | Warrick Dunn | Florida State | RB |
| 1995 | Bryan Still | Virginia Tech | WR |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB |
| 1997 | E.G. Green | Florida State | WR |
| 1998 | David Boston | Ohio State | WR |
| 1999 | Peter Warrick | Florida State | WR |
| 2000 | Ken Dorsey | Miami (Fla.) | QB |
| 2001 | Rohan Davey | LSU | QB |
| 2002 | Musa Smith | Georgia | TB |
| 2003 | Justin Vincent | LSU | RB |
| 2004 | Jason Campbell | Auburn | QB |
| 2005 | Steve Slaton | West Virginia | RB |
[edit] Previous logos
 Nokia Sugar Bowl logo |
 2004 National Championship game logo |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Tournament of Roses History. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ History of the Orange Bowl. FedEx Orange Bowl. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ Sugar Bowl History. Allstate Sugar Bowl. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ = 27 November Selection Procedures. BCS.
[edit] External links
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