| Season |
Date |
Bowl Matchup |
| 2009 | 12/31/2009 | Oklahoma 31-27 Stanford |
| 2008 | 12/31/2008 | Oregon State 3-0 Pittsburgh |
| 2007 | 12/31/2007 | Oregon 56-21 South Florida |
| 2006 | 12/29/2006 | Oregon State 39-38 Missouri |
| 2005 | 12/30/2005 | UCLA 50-38 Northwestern |
| 2004 | 12/31/2004 | Arizona State 27-23 Purdue |
| 2003 | 12/31/2003 | Minnesota 31-30 Oregon |
| 2002 | 12/31/2002 | Purdue 34-24 Washington |
| 2001 | 12/31/2001 | Washington State 33-27 Purdue |
| 2000 | 12/29/2000 | Wisconsin 21-20 UCLA |
| 1999 | 12/31/1999 | Oregon 24-20 Minnesota |
| 1998 | 12/31/1998 | Texas Christian 28-19 Southern California |
| 1997 | 12/31/1997 | Arizona State 17-7 Iowa |
| 1996 | 12/31/1996 | Stanford 38-0 Michigan State |
| 1995 | 12/29/1995 | Iowa 38-18 Washington |
| 1994 | 12/30/1994 | Texas 35-31 North Carolina |
| 1993 | 12/24/1993 | Oklahoma 41-10 Texas Tech |
| 1992 | 12/31/1992 | Baylor 20-15 Arizona |
| 1991 | 12/31/1991 | UCLA 6-3 Illinois |
| 1990 | 12/31/1990 | Michigan State 17-16 Southern California |
| 1989 | 12/30/1989 | Pittsburgh 31-28 Texas A&M |
| 1988 | 12/24/1988 | Alabama 29-28 Army |
| 1987 | 12/25/1987 | Oklahoma State 35-33 West Virginia |
| 1986 | 12/25/1986 | Alabama 28-6 Washington |
| 1985 | 12/28/1985 | Georgia 13-13 Arizona |
| 1984 | 12/22/1984 | Maryland 28-27 Tennessee |
| 1983 | 12/24/1983 | Alabama 28-7 Southern Methodist |
| 1982 | 12/25/1982 | North Carolina 26-10 Texas |
| 1981 | 12/26/1981 | Oklahoma 40-14 Houston |
| 1980 | 12/27/1980 | Nebraska 31-17 Mississippi State |
| 1979 | 12/22/1979 | Washington 14-7 Texas |
| 1978 | 12/23/1978 | Texas 42-0 Maryland |
| 1977 | 12/31/1977 | Stanford 24-14 Louisiana State |
| 1976 | 1/2/1977 | Texas A&M 37-14 Florida |
| 1975 | 12/26/1975 | Pittsburgh 33-19 Kansas |
| 1974 | 12/28/1974 | Mississippi State 26-24 North Carolina |
| 1973 | 12/29/1973 | Missouri 34-17 Auburn |
| 1972 | 12/30/1972 | North Carolina 32-28 Texas Tech |
| 1971 | 12/18/1971 | Louisiana State 33-15 Iowa State |
| 1970 | 12/19/1970 | Georgia Tech 17-9 Texas Tech |
| 1969 | 12/20/1969 | Nebraska 45-6 Georgia |
| 1968 | 12/28/1968 | Auburn 34-10 Arizona |
| 1967 | 12/30/1967 | Texas-El Paso 14-7 Mississippi |
| 1966 | 12/24/1966 | Wyoming 28-20 Florida State |
| 1965 | 12/31/1965 | Texas-El Paso 13-12 Texas Christian |
| 1964 | 12/26/1964 | Georgia 7-0 Texas Tech |
| 1963 | 12/31/1963 | Oregon 21-14 Southern Methodist |
| 1962 | 12/31/1962 | West Texas A&M 15-14 Ohio |
| 1961 | 12/30/1961 | Villanova 17-9 Wichita State |
| 1960 | 12/31/1960 | New Mexico State 20-13 Utah State |
| 1959 | 12/31/1959 | New Mexico State 28-8 North Texas |
| 1958 | 12/31/1958 | Wyoming 14-6 Hardin-Simmons |
| 1957 | 1/1/1958 | Louisville 34-20 Drake |
| 1956 | 1/1/1957 | George Washington 13-0 Texas-El Paso |
| 1955 | 1/2/1956 | Wyoming 21-14 Texas Tech |
| 1954 | 1/1/1955 | Texas-El Paso 47-20 Florida State |
| 1953 | 1/1/1954 | Texas-El Paso 37-14 Southern Mississippi |
| 1952 | 1/1/1953 | Pacific 26-7 Southern Mississippi |
| 1951 | 1/1/1952 | Texas Tech 25-14 Pacific |
| 1950 | 1/1/1951 | West Texas A&M 14-13 Cincinnati |
| 1949 | 1/2/1950 | Texas-El Paso 33-20 Georgetown |
| 1948 | 1/1/1949 | West Virginia 21-12 Texas-El Paso |
| 1947 | 1/1/1948 | Miami (Ohio) 13-12 Texas Tech |
| 1946 | 1/1/1947 | Cincinnati 18-6 Virginia Tech |
| 1945 | 1/1/1946 | New Mexico 34-24 Denver |
| 1942 | 1/1/1943 | Second Air Force (Washington) 13-7 Hardin-Simmons |
| 1941 | 1/1/1942 | Tulsa 6-0 Texas Tech |
| 1940 | 1/1/1941 | Western Reserve 26-13 Arizona State |
| 1939 | 1/1/1940 | Catholic 0-0 Arizona State |
| 1938 | 1/2/1939 | Utah 26-0 New Mexico |
| 1937 | 1/1/1938 | West Virginia 7-6 Texas Tech |
| 1936 | 1/1/1937 | Hardin-Simmons 34-6 Texas-El Paso |
| 1935 | 1/1/1936 | Hardin-Simmons 14-14 New Mexico State |
