Tony the Tiger is the sponsor for the Sun Bowl as college football bowl season continues. Who plays in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl? Here are the details, schedule, TV options, and more for Notre Dame vs Oregon State. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the bowl schedule for more upcoming games.
When is the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in 2023?
The Sun Bowl kicks off o🐼n Friday as Oregon State takes on Notre Dame. Here are the details for the game time and location.
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Who Plays in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl 2023?
9-3 Independent Notre Dame is set to battle 8-4 Oregon State fro🎐m the PAC-12 in thꦏe Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl.
2023 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Odds
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2023 Sun Bowl Matchup: Notre Dame vs Oregon State
Let’s take a look at how the 2023 season went for Notre Dame and Oregon State this season.
Notre Dame (9-3 overall)
The Fighting Irish started the sea⛄son 4-0 before the schedule picked up steam with O♏hio State, Duke, Louisville, and USC. The Fighting Irish went 2-2 during that stretch with a heartbreaking 17-14 loss to Ohio State.
Notre Dame then went 3-1 to finish the season with easy victories over Pitt, Wake Forest, and Stanford. QB Sam Hartman threw 24 touchdown passes and is skipping the bowl game🐲 to focus on the NFL Draft. Running back Audric Estime is following suit after running for 1,341 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Tight end Mitchell Evans had 29 receptions for 422 yards on the year but was knocked out with an ACL injury in October. WR Chris Tyree opted to🌌 transfer to Virginia.
Oregon State (8-4 overall, 5-4 in PAC-12)
The Beavers started 6-1 and were in 🌳a good position to reach the PAC-12 title game. Then, the Beavers lost to Arizona, Washington, and Oregon down the stretch for an 8-4 finish. A close loss to Washington 22-20 and a ꧃31-7 loss to Oregon pushed the Beavers into the Sun Bowl.
DJ Uiagalelei threw 21 touchdown passe🐟s but entered the transfer portal at the end of the season. Running back Damien Martinez ran for 1,185 yards and 9 touchdowns but he is currently suspended and likely out for the bowl game.
Wide rece🍒iver Anthony Gould had over 700 yards receiving and has declared for the NFL Draft. Silas Bolden caught 51 paꦓsses for 718 yards and 5 touchdowns.
History of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl has been held since 1935 in El Paso, Texas. As the second-ol🍌dest bowl game in the nation, it follows only the Rose Bowl in longevity, and alongside the Sugar Bowl and Oran🍷ge Bowl, it holds a special place in college football history. Hosted at the Sun Bowl stadium on the University of Texas at El Paso campus, the game usually takes place near the end of December.
Since 2011, the Sun Bowl has feat🌊ured matchups between teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Pac-12 Conference.
From 2019 to 2022, Kellogg’s sponsored the game, and after its North American cereal division spinoff in October 2023, WK Kellogg Co. took over sponsorship. The game is now officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, named after the iconic mascot of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal.
The Sun Bowl has a rich history, starting as a showdown between Texas high school teams in 1935 before transitioning to college teams in 1936. Over the years, it has undergone venue changes, played at El Paso High School stadium and Kidd Field before moving to its current home in 1963. The game’s tradition includes matchups between the Border Conference champion and at-large opponents in its early years.
While initially played on January 1 or 2, the Sun Bowl shifted to late December in 1958, often landing on or near New Year’s Eve, with occasional games around Christmas Day or Christmas Eve.
Here’s the history of the game.
| Date | Winning Team | Losing Team | Attnd. | ||
| 1/1/1935 | El Paso All-Stars | 25 | Ranger (Texas) | 21 | 3,000 |
| 1/1/1936 | Hardin–Simmons | 14 | New Mexico A&M | 14 | 12,000 |
| 1/1/1937 | Hardin–Simmons | 34 | Texas Mines | 6 | 8,000 |
| 1/1/1938 | West Virginia | 7 | Texas Tech | 6 | 12,000 |
| 1/2/1939 | Utah | 26 | New Mexico | 0 | 13,000 |
| 1/1/1940 | Arizona State | 0 | Catholic | 0 | 13,000 |
| 1/1/1941 | Western Reserve | 26 | Arizona State | 13 | 14,000 |
| 1/1/1942 | Tulsa | 6 | Texas Tech | 0 | 14,000 |
| 1/1/1943 | Second Air Force | 13 | Hardin–Simmons | 7 | 18,000 |
| 1/1/1944 | Southwestern | 7 | New Mexico | 0 | 18,000 |
| 1/1/1945 | Southwestern | 35 | UNAM | 0 | 13,000 |
| 1/1/1946 | New Mexico | 34 | Denver | 24 | 15,000 |
| 1/1/1947 | Cincinnati | 18 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 10,000 |
| 1/1/1948 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | Texas Tech | 12 | 18,000 |
| 1/1/1949 | West Virginia | 21 | Texas Mines | 12 | 13,000 |
| 1/2/1950 | Texas Western | 33 | Georgetown | 20 | 15,000 |
| 1/1/1951 | West Texas State | 14 | Cincinnati | 13 | 16,000 |
| 1/1/1952 | Texas Tech | 25 | Pacific | 14 | 17,000 |
| 1/1/1953 | Pacific | 26 | Mississippi Southern | 7 | 11,000 |
| 1/1/1954 | Texas Western | 37 | Mississippi Southern | 14 | 9,500 |
| 1/1/1955 | Texas Western | 47 | Florida State | 20 | 14,000 |
| 1/2/1956 | Wyoming | 21 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14,500 |
| 1/1/1957 | No. 17 George Washington | 13 | Texas Western | 0 | 13,500 |
| 1/1/1958 | Louisville | 34 | Drake | 20 | 13,000 |
| 12/31/1958 | Wyoming | 14 | Hardin–Simmons | 6 | 13,000 |
| 12/31/1959 | New Mexico A&M | 28 | North Texas State | 8 | 14,000 |
| 12/31/1960 | No. 17 New Mexico State | 20 | Utah State | 13 | 16,000 |
| 12/30/1961 | Villanova | 17 | Wichita | 9 | 15,000 |
| 12/31/1962 | West Texas State | 15 | Ohio | 14 | 16,000 |
| 12/31/1963 | Oregon | 21 | SMU | 14 | 18,646 |
| 12/26/1964 | Georgia | 7 | Texas Tech | 0 | 23,292 |
| 12/31/1965 | Texas Western | 13 | TCU | 12 | 24,598 |
| 12/24/1966 | Wyoming | 28 | Florida State | 20 | 17,965 |
| 12/30/1967 | UTEP | 14 | Ole Miss | 7 | 28,630 |
| 12/28/1968 | Auburn | 34 | Arizona | 10 | 27,062 |
| 12/20/1969 | No. 14 Nebraska | 45 | Georgia | 6 | 26,668 |
| 12/19/1970 | No. 13 Georgia Tech | 17 | No. 19 Texas Tech | 9 | 26,188 |
| 12/18/1971 | No. 10 LSU | 33 | No. 17 Iowa State | 15 | 29,377 |
| 12/30/1972 | No. 16 North Carolina | 32 | Texas Tech | 28 | 27,877 |
| 12/29/1973 | Missouri | 34 | Auburn | 17 | 26,108 |
| 12/28/1974 | Mississippi State | 26 | North Carolina | 24 | 26,035 |
| 12/26/1975 | No. 20 Pittsburgh | 33 | No. 19 Kansas | 19 | 30,272 |
| 1/2/1977 | No. 10 Texas A&M | 37 | Florida | 14 | 31,896 |
| 12/31/1977 | Stanford | 24 | LSU | 14 | 30,621 |
| 12/23/1978 | No. 14 Texas | 42 | No. 13 Maryland | 0 | 30,604 |
| 12/22/1979 | No. 13 Washington | 14 | No. 11 Texas | 7 | 30,124 |
| 12/27/1980 | No. 8 Nebraska | 31 | No. 17 Mississippi State | 17 | 31,332 |
| 12/26/1981 | Oklahoma | 40 | Houston | 14 | 29,985 |
| 12/25/1982 | North Carolina | 26 | No. 8 Texas | 10 | 29,055 |
| 12/24/1983 | Alabama | 28 | No. 6 SMU | 7 | 41,412 |
| 12/22/1984 | No. 12 Maryland | 28 | Tennessee | 27 | 50,126 |
| 12/28/1985 | Arizona | 13 | Georgia | 13 | 50,203 |
| 12/25/1986 | No. 13 Alabama | 28 | No. 12 Washington | 6 | 48,722 |
| 12/25/1987 | No. 11 Oklahoma State | 35 | West Virginia | 33 | 43,240 |
| 12/24/1988 | No. 20 Alabama | 29 | Army | 28 | 43,661 |
| 12/30/1989 | No. 24 Pittsburgh | 31 | No. 16 Texas A&M | 28 | 44,887 |
| 12/31/1990 | No. 22 Michigan State | 17 | No. 21 USC | 16 | 50,562 |
| 12/31/1991 | No. 22 UCLA | 6 | Illinois | 3 | 42,281 |
| 12/31/1992 | Baylor | 20 | No. 22 Arizona | 15 | 41,622 |
| 12/24/1993 | No. 19 Oklahoma | 41 | Texas Tech | 10 | 43,684 |
| 12/30/1994 | Texas | 35 | No. 19 North Carolina | 31 | 50,612 |
| 12/29/1995 | Iowa | 38 | No. 20 Washington | 18 | 49,116 |
| 12/31/1996 | Stanford | 38 | Michigan State | 0 | 42,721 |
| 12/31/1997 | No. 16 Arizona State | 17 | Iowa | 7 | 49,104 |
| 12/31/1998 | TCU | 28 | USC | 19 | 46,612 |
| 12/31/1999 | Oregon | 24 | No. 12 Minnesota | 20 | 48,757 |
| 12/29/2000 | Wisconsin | 21 | UCLA | 20 | 49,093 |
| 12/31/2001 | No. 13 Washington State | 33 | Purdue | 27 | 47,812 |
| 12/31/2002 | Purdue | 34 | Washington | 24 | 48,917 |
| 12/31/2003 | No. 24 Minnesota | 31 | Oregon | 30 | 49,864 |
| 12/31/2004 | No. 21 Arizona State | 27 | Purdue | 23 | 51,288 |
| 12/30/2005 | No. 17 UCLA | 50 | Northwestern | 38 | 50,426 |
| 12/29/2006 | No. 24 Oregon State | 39 | Missouri | 38 | 48,732 |
| 12/31/2007 | Oregon | 56 | No. 23 South Florida | 21 | 49,867 |
| 12/31/2008 | No. 24 Oregon State | 3 | No. 18 Pittsburgh | 0 | 49,037 |
| 12/31/2009 | Oklahoma | 31 | No. 19 Stanford | 27 | 53,713 |
| 12/31/2010 | Notre Dame | 33 | Miami (Florida) | 17 | 54,021 |
| 12/31/2011 | Utah | 30 | Georgia Tech | 27 (OT) | 48,123 |
| 12/31/2012 | Georgia Tech | 21 | USC | 7 | 47,922 |
| 12/31/2013 | No. 17 UCLA | 42 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 47,912 |
| 12/27/2014 | No. 15 Arizona State | 36 | Duke | 31 | 47,809 |
| 12/26/2015 | Washington State | 20 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 41,180 |
| 12/30/2016 | No. 16 Stanford | 25 | North Carolina | 23 | 42,166 |
| 12/29/2017 | NC State | 52 | Arizona State | 31 | 39,897 |
| 12/31/2018 | Stanford | 14 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 40,680 |
| 12/31/2019 | Arizona State | 20 | Florida State | 14 | 42,212 |
| 12/31/2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | — | |||
| 12/31/2021 | Central Michigan | 24 | Washington State | 21 | 34,540 |
| 12/30/2022 | Pittsburgh | 37 | No. 18 UCLA | 35 | 41,104 |
