Sun Bowl

Sun Bowl
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas, U.S.
Previous stadiums
Operated1935–present
Championship affiliationBowl Coalition
(19921994)
Conference tie-insPac-12, ACC
Previous conference tie-ins
PayoutUS$4.55 million (2019)
Websitesunbowl.org
Sponsors
Former names
  • Sun Bowl (1936–1985)
  • John Hancock Sun Bowl (1986–1988)
  • John Hancock Bowl (1989–1993)
  • Sun Bowl (1994–1995)
  • Norwest Bank Sun Bowl (1996)
  • Norwest Sun Bowl (1997–1998)
  • Wells Fargo Sun Bowl (1999–2003)
  • Vitalis Sun Bowl (2004–2005)
  • Brut Sun Bowl (2006–2009)
  • Hyundai Sun Bowl (2010–2018)
2023 matchup
Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
(Notre Dame 40–8)
2024 matchup
Washington vs. Louisville (Louisville 35–34)

The Sun Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played since 1935 in the southwestern United States at El Paso, Texas. Along with the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl, it is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl. Usually held near the end of December, games are played at the Sun Bowl stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Since 2011, it has featured teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Pac-12 Conference. This arrangement will continue through the 2025 season, with either Pac-12 schools, or Pac-12 "legacy schools" (the 10 schools that have left the conference in 2024 for the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC) fulfilling previous Pac-12 bowl obligations for the next two seasons.

From 2019 to 2022, the game was sponsored by Kellogg's; when Kellogg's spun off its North American cereal division in October 2023, the sponsorship transferred to WK Kellogg Co. The game is officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, after the mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal. Previous sponsors include John Hancock Financial, Norwest Corporation, Wells Fargo, Helen of Troy Limited (using its Vitalis and Brut brands) and Hyundai Motor Company.