History
The origins, traditions and turning points of college football’s bowl games, one bowl at a time. For recent game recaps, visit Bowl Games.
The History of the Rose Bowl: How a Parade Fundraiser Named an Entire Sport's Postseason
College football's postseason begins with a blowout so lopsided that the sport did not return to it for fourteen years. On January 1, 1902, Michigan beat Stanford 49-0…
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The History of the Sugar Bowl: The Game One Newspaperman Talked Into Existence
The Sugar Bowl took the better part of a decade to talk into existence. The idea of a New Year's Day football game in New Orleans was first put forward in 1927 by…
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The History of the Orange Bowl: A Broke City, a Borrowed Idea, and 5,134 Fans
The Orange Bowl exists because Miami was broke. By the early 1930s the city had absorbed one blow after another: the Florida land bust, the devastating hurricane of…
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The History of the Sun Bowl: A Charity Game Between High Schools That Became One of College Football's Oldest Traditions
The Sun Bowl is tied for the second-oldest bowl game in college football, and the first one was played by high schoolers. That is not a technicality anyone hides. It is…
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