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

DateWinnerLoserNotes
December 26, 1984Iowa55#19 Texas17[2]
December 30, 1985Washington20Colorado17
December 30, 1986#15 UCLA31BYU10
December 30, 1987Arizona State33Air Force28
December 29, 1988BYU20#20 Colorado17
December 30, 1989Washington34Florida  7
December 29, 1990Colorado State32Oregon31
December 30, 1991#22 Tulsa28San Diego State17
December 29, 1992Fresno State24#23 USC  7
December 30, 1993USC28Utah21
December 27, 1994#12 Utah13#15 Arizona13

Appearances by team

Rank Team Appearances Record Win %
T1 [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] 2 2–0 1.000
T1 [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] 2 1–1 .500
T1 [[USC Trojans football|USC]] 2 1–1 .500
T1 [[Utah Utes football|Utah]] 2 1–1 .500
T1 [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] 2 0–2 .000
T6 [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado State]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] 1 1–0 1.000
T6 [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]] 1 0–1 .000
T6 [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] 1 0–1 .000
T6 [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] 1 0–1 .000
T6 [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] 1 0–1 .000
T6 [[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]] 1 0–1 .000
T6 [[Texas Longhorns football|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.
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