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Sun Bowl 2006 Game Details

Location: El Paso, Texas
Date: 29 December 2006, 2:00 PM EST
Teams: Oregon State vs. Missouri
Televised on: CBS

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For sheer excitement, few games could top the 2005 edition of the Sun Bowl. Imagine recovering an onside kick and running it back for a touchdown to seal a victory. Now imagine doing it twice.

That’s how the 2005 Sun Bowl ended, with UCLA’s Brandon Breazell turning the trick with two minutes left the 50-38 barnburner between the Bruins and Northwestern. It had the potential to be the highest scoring of the bowl season and it didn’t disappoint.

Despite a porous defence, the Wildcats were always competitive because quarterback Brett Basanez led an explosive offense that guided the team to a 7-4 record. The Bruins had the makings of a special season, winning their first eight games before losses to Arizona and USC dropped their record to 9-2. UCLA's 38.1 points per game ranked seventh nationally.

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About the Sun Bowl 2006

The Sun Bowl is a post-season college football game that is played in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest continually running football bowl games, held annually since 1936.

The 2005 Sun Bowl was played on Dec. 30, 2005 at the 50,426-seat Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. Northwestern University of NCAA football's Big 10 Conference and UCLA of the Pacific-10 Conference accepted invitations to play in last year's Sun Bowl Game and it lived up to its billing as a potential scoring festival.

UCLA ranked seventh nationally in scoring, averaging 38.1 points. Northwestern ranked eighth in the country in total offense, with an average of 492.7 yards. When they were done, they had combined for 88 points in a wild 50-38 victory by UCLA that featured three touchdowns in the final two and a half minutes.

Sun Bowl Prior Results

Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
30 Dec. 2005 UCLA 50 Northwestern 38
31 Dec. 2004 Arizona State 27 Purdue 23
31 Dec. 2003 Minnesota 31 Oregon 30
31 Dec. 2002 Purdue 34 Washington 24
31 Dec. 2001 Washington State 33 Purdue 27
29 Dec. 2000 Wisconsin 21 UCLA 20
31 Dec. 1999 Oregon 24 Minnesota 20
31 Dec. 1998 TCU 28 Southern California 19
31 Dec. 1997 Arizona State 17 Iowa 0
31 Dec. 1996 Stanford 38 Michigan State 0
29 Dec. 1995 Iowa 38 Washington 18
30 Dec. 1994 Texas 35 North Carolina 31
24 Dec. 1993 Oklahoma 41 Texas Tech 10
31 Dec. 1992 Baylor 20 Arizona 15
31 Dec. 1991 UCLA 6 Illinois 3
31 Dec. 1990 Michigan State 17 Southern California 16
30 Dec. 1989 Pittsburgh 31 Texas A&M 28
24 Dec. 1988 Alabama 29 Army 28
25 Dec. 1987 Oklahoma State 35 West Virginia 33
25 Dec. 1986 Alabama 28 Washington 6
28 Dec. 1985 Arizona 13 Georgia 13
22 Dec. 1984 Maryland 28 Tennessee 27
24 Dec. 1983 Alabama 28 SMU 7
25 Dec. 1982 North Carolina 26 Texas 10
26 Dec. 1981 Oklahoma 40 Houston 14
27 Dec. 1980 Nebraska 31 Mississippi State 17
22 Dec. 1979 Washington 14 Texas 7
23 Dec. 1978 Texas 42 Maryland 0
31 Dec. 1977 Stanford 24 LSU 14
2 Jan. 1977 Texas A&M 37 Florida 14
26 Dec. 1975 Pittsburgh 33 Kansas 19
28 Dec. 1974 Mississippi State 26 North Carolina 24
29 Dec. 1973 Missouri 34 Auburn 17
30 Dec. 1972 North Carolina 32 Texas Tech 28
18 Dec. 1971 LSU 33 Iowa State 15
19 Dec. 1970 Georgia Tech 17 Texas Tech 9
20 Dec. 1969 Nebraska 45 Georgia 6
28 Dec. 1968 Auburn 34 Arizona 10
30 Dec. 1967 UTEP 14 Mississippi 7
24 Dec. 1966 Wyoming 28 Florida State 20
31 Dec. 1965 Texas Western 13 TCU 12
26 Dec. 1964 Georgia 7 Texas Tech 0
31 Dec. 1963 Oregon 21 SMU 14
31 Dec. 1962 West Texas 15 Ohio 14
30 Dec. 1961 Villanova 17 Wichita State 9
31 Dec. 1960 New Mexico State 20 Utah State 13
31 Dec. 1959 New Mexico State 28 North Texas 8
31 Dec. 1958 Wyoming 14 Hardin-Simmons 6
1 Jan. 1958 Louisville 34 Drake 20
1 Jan. 1957 George Washington 13 Texas Western 0
2 Jan. 1956 Wyoming 21 Texas Tech 14
1 Jan. 1955 Texas Western 47 Florida State 20
1 Jan. 1954 Texas Western 37 Southern Mississippi 14
1 Jan. 1953 Pacific 26 Southern Mississippi 7
1 Jan. 1952 Texas Tech 25 Pacific 14
1 Jan. 1951 West Texas 14 Cincinnati 13
2 Jan. 1950 Texas Western 33 Georgetown 30
1 Jan. 1949 West Virginia 21 Texas Mines 12
1 Jan. 1948 Miami (Ohio) 13 Texas Tech 12
1 Jan. 1947 Cincinnati 18 Virginia Tech 6
1 Jan. 1946 New Mexico 34 Denver 24
1 Jan. 1945 Southwestern 35 Mexico 0
1 Jan. 1944 Southwestern 7 New Mexico 0
1 Jan. 1943 Second Air Force 13 Hardin-Simmons 7
1 Jan. 1942 Tulsa 6 Texas Tech 0
1 Jan. 1941 Western Reserve 26 Arizona State 13
1 Jan. 1940 Arizona State 0 Catholic 0
2 Jan. 1939 Utah 26 New Mexico 0
1 Jan. 1938 West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6
1 Jan. 1937 Hardin-Simmons 34 Texas Mines 6
1 Jan. 1936 Hardin-Simmons 14 New Mexico 14

 

History of the Sun Bowl

The Sun Bowl usually features teams from the NCAA's Big 10 and Pac-10 Conferences. For the 2006 game, the Big 12 will take one of the spots in the game.

Known as the John Hancock Bowl from 1989 to 1993, the matchup is currently sponsored by Vitalis and is officially known as the Vitalis Sun Bowl.

In 2001, Purdue scored 20 straight points in the first half, but could not hold off Washington State after the break. The Cougars took over, but got a scare from Purdue when QB Kyle Orton through a late TD pass and marched the Boilermakers to the 22-yard line after recovering an onside kick. The 2001 Sun Bowl ended 33-27.

Purdue avenged their 2001 Sun Bowl defeat by winning the 2002 Sun Bowl 34-24 over Washington. The Big Ten’s Boilermakers would make it back to the Sun Bowl for the 2004 edition when they would lose again.

The 2003 Sun Bowl pitted Minnesota from the Big Ten against the Pac 10’s Oregon. The Golden Gophers emerged with a 31-30 win and the Sun Bowl title.

In 2004, Purdue scored late to take a lead on Arizona State. But the Sun Devils scored 30 seconds later on a 19-yard pass with just 44 seconds left. Final score was 27-23 for Arizona State, who finished 9-3 a year after a woeful 5-7 campaign.

The 2005 Sun Bowl was a wild affair with Northwestern running out to a 24-0 lead on the No. 16 ranked UCLA Bruins. But then UCLA got things moving and took a 28-24 halftime lead.

The game appeared sealed with two minutes remaining when Northwestern’s attempt at recovering an onside kick – which would have allowed them to try to tie the game – was grabbed by UCLA and returned for a score. Undaunted, Northwestern’s Brett Basanez marched the team to a score with 23 seconds left and tried another onside kick.

This was recovered by the same player – Brandon Breazell – who returned that recovery for another touchdown.

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