Freedom Bowl
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.<ref>Foldesy, Jody. "Bowls burgeon as big business", The Washington Times. December 21, 1997. Page A1.</ref>
Game resultsEdit
| Date | Winner | Loser | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1984 | Iowa | 55 | #19 Texas | 17 | <ref name="1984 Freedom">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 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 | Template:Spaces7 | |
| 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 | Template:Spaces7 | |
| December 30, 1993 | USC | 28 | Utah | 21 | |
| December 27, 1994 | #12 Utah | 16 | #15 Arizona | 13 | |
Appearances by teamEdit
| Rank | Team | Appearances | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Washington Huskies football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Washington]] | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 |
| T1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[BYU Cougars football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">BYU]] | 2 | 1–1 | .500 |
| T1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[USC Trojans football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">USC]] | 2 | 1–1 | .500 |
| T1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Utah Utes football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Utah]] | 2 | 1–1 | .500 |
| T1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Colorado]] | 2 | 0–2 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Arizona State]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Colorado State Rams football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Colorado State]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Fresno State]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Iowa]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Tulsa]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[UCLA Bruins football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">UCLA]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Air Force Falcons football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Air Force]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA secondary color cell|[[Arizona Wildcats football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Arizona]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Florida Gators football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Florida]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Oregon Ducks football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Oregon]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[San Diego State Aztecs football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">San Diego State]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| T6 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Texas Longhorns football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Texas]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
Appearances by conferenceEdit
| Rank | Conference | Appearances | Record | Win % | # of Teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Pac-10 | 8 | 5–3 | .625 | 6 | Washington (2–0) USC (1–1) |
| T1 | WAC | 8 | 4–4 | .500 | 6 | BYU (1–1) Utah (1–1) |
| 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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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