Year-by-Year Results
| Date/Chairman |
Teams |
Score |
Att. |
Payout |
| Dec. 13, 1976 |
McNeese State |
20 |
19,164 |
$50,000 |
| Lee Bryant |
Tulsa |
16
|
|
|
| Dec. 17, 1977 |
Louisiana Tech |
24 |
22,223 |
$75,000 |
| Ed Powell |
Louisville |
14
|
|
|
| Dec. 16, 1978 |
East Carolina |
35 |
31,054 |
$100,000 |
| Bill Brandon |
Louisiana Tech |
13
|
|
|
| Dec. 15, 1979 |
Syracuse |
31 |
27,234 |
$150,000 |
| Skippy Shirley |
McNeese State |
7
|
|
|
| Dec. 13, 1980 |
Southern Miss |
16 |
42,600 |
$400,000 |
| Milton Chapman |
McNeese State |
14
|
|
|
| Dec. 12, 1981 |
Texas A&M |
33 |
48,600 |
$600,000 |
| Milton Chapman |
Oklahoma State |
16
|
|
|
| Dec. 11, 1982 |
Wisconsin |
14 |
46,244 |
$600,000 |
| Ken Hanna |
Kansas State |
3
|
|
|
| Dec. 10, 1983 |
Air Force |
9 |
41,274 |
$800,000 |
| Tracy Jackson |
Ole Miss |
3
|
|
|
| Dec. 15, 1984 |
Air Force |
23 |
45,034 |
$800,000 |
| Cecil Lloyd |
Virginia Tech |
7
|
|
|
| Dec. 21, 1985 |
Minnesota |
20 |
42,845 |
$800,000 |
| Cecil Lloyd |
Clemson |
13
|
|
|
| Dec. 20, 1986 |
Ole Miss |
20 |
46,369 |
$1,000,000 |
| Jim Thompson |
Texas Tech |
17
|
|
|
| Dec. 19, 1987 |
Washington |
24 |
44,683 |
$1,000,000 |
| Smokey Hyde |
Tulane |
12
|
|
|
| Dec. 23, 1988 |
Southern Miss |
38 |
20,242 |
$1,000,000 |
| Mike Collier |
Texas-El Paso |
18
|
|
|
| Dec. 16, 1989 |
Oregon |
27 |
44,621 |
$1,000,000 |
| John Frazier |
Tulsa |
24
|
|
|
| Dec. 15, 1990 |
Louisiana Tech |
34 |
48,325 |
$1,200,000 |
| Brant Goyne |
Maryland |
34
|
|
|
| Dec. 29, 1991 |
Georgia |
24 |
46,932 |
$1,300,000 |
| Orvis Sigler |
Arkansas |
15
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 1992 |
Wake Forest |
39 |
31,337 |
$1,300,000 |
| Orvis Sigler |
Oregon |
35
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 1993 |
Virginia Tech |
45 |
33,819 |
$1,400,000 |
| Mike McCarthy |
Indiana |
20
|
|
|
| Dec. 28, 1994 |
Virginia |
20 |
36,192 |
$1,500,000 |
| Bob Brown |
Texas Christian |
14
|
|
|
| Dec. 29, 1995 |
LSU |
45 |
48,835 |
$1,546,780 |
| Carl Mikovich |
Michigan State |
26
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 1996 |
Auburn |
32 |
41,366 |
$1,650,000 |
| Rick Holland |
Army |
29
|
|
|
| Dec. 28, 1997 |
LSU |
27 |
50,459 |
$1,826,000 |
| Ken Antee |
Notre Dame |
9
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 1998 |
Ole Miss |
35 |
46,862 |
$2,114,000 |
| Richard Caldwell |
Texas Tech |
18
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 1999 |
Ole Miss |
27 |
49,873 |
$2,239,896 |
| Sandy Cimino |
Oklahoma |
25
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 2000 |
Mississippi State |
43 |
36,974 |
$2,112,000 |
| Pesky Hill |
Texas A&M |
41
|
|
|
| Dec. 27, 2001 |
Alabama |
14 |
45,627 |
$2,344,214 |
| Lindy Broderick |
Iowa State |
13
|
|
|
| Dec. 27, 2002 |
Ole Miss |
27 |
46,096 |
$2,521,940 |
| Randy James |
Nebraska |
23
|
|
|
| Dec. 31, 2003 |
Arkansas |
27 |
49,625 |
$2,504,112 |
| Don Jagot |
Missouri |
14
|
|
|
| Dec. 28, 2004 |
Iowa State |
17 |
43,076 |
$2,400,000 |
| Jack Lee |
Miami University |
13
|
|
|
| Dec. 30, 2005 |
Missouri |
38 |
41,332 |
$2,400,000 |
| David Nichols |
South Carolina |
31
|
|
|
| Dec. 28, 2006 |
Oklahoma State |
34 |
45,054 |
$2,200,000 |
| Markey Pierre |
Alabama |
31
|
|
|
| Dec. 30, 2007 |
Alabama |
30 |
47,043 |
$2,200,000 |
| Joe Darwin |
Colorado |
24
|
|
|
| Dec. 28, 2008 |
Louisiana Tech |
17 |
41,567 |
$1,650,000 |
| Keith Bergeron |
Northern Illinois |
10
|
|
|
| Dec. 27, 2009 |
Georgia |
44 |
49,654 |
$2,200,000 |
| Toni Goodin |
Texas A&M |
20
|
|
|
| Dec. 27, 2010 |
Air Force |
14 |
39,632 |
$2,300,000 |
| Jim Hagan |
Georgia Tech |
7 |
|
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