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Tampa Bay Bowl Wiki Information
The Outback Bowl
is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The bowl was first called the Hall of Fame Bowl
from 1986 to 1994. The name "Outback" comes from the game's title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse.
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History
The Hall of Fame Bowl was held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977–1985. In the spring of 1986, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame decided to discontinue their association with the bowl and realigned with a new bowl game to begin in Tampa, first at Tampa Stadium (later Houlihan's Stadium) from 1986 until 1998 and then into "The New Sombrero" Raymond James Stadium beginning in 1999. The Birmingham Bowl continued for a few more years as the All American Bowl until folding. The new bowl game in Tampa became the first bowl in the community since the Cigar Bowl from 1947–1954. It was also the first major college bowl ever to be played in Tampa because the Cigar Bowl matched small colleges (a notable participant in that bowl was Florida State, who later became a major college – and ACC – power).
The Bowl is organized by the Tampa Bay Bowl Association and since the 1996 game has contracts with the SEC and the Big Ten Conference. The minimum payout for each participating school is US$3.3 million.
The Outback Bowl currently airs on ESPN as its only New Year's Day bowl game; prior to its move the bowl aired on NBC.
The January 1, 2009 Outback Bowl featured a match-up between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the South Carolina Gamecocks. Iowa won the game, 31–10. The 2009 MVP was Shonn Greene of Iowa.
2007 Outback Bowl
The January 1, 2007 Outback Bowl featured Penn State of the Big Ten winning 20–10 against Tennessee of the SEC. The game was televised by ESPN on New Year's Day. Penn State last participated in the game in 1999, when they defeated Kentucky by the score of 26–14. Tennessee last played in Tampa in the 1993 Hall of Fame Bowl, defeating Boston College 38–23.
Previous results
Season
| Date Played
| Winning Team
| Losing Team
| Notes
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1986
| December 23, 1986
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| 27
| Georgia
| 24
| notes
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1987
| January 2, 1988
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| 28
| Alabama
| 24
| notes
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1988
| January 2, 1989
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| 23
| LSU
| 10
| notes
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1989
| January 1, 1990
| Auburn
| 31
| Ohio State
| 14
| notes
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1990
| January 1, 1991
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| 30
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| 0
| notes
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1991
| January 1, 1992
| Syracuse
| 24
| Ohio State
| 17
| notes
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1992
| January 1, 1993
| Tennessee
| 38
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| 23
| notes
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1993
| January 1, 1994
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| 42
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| 7
| notes
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1994
| January 2, 1995
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| 34
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| 20
| notes
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1995
| January 1, 1996
| Penn State
| 43
| Auburn
| 14
| notes
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1996
| January 1, 1997
| Alabama
| 17
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| 14
| notes
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1997
| January 1, 1998
| Georgia
| 33
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| 6
| notes
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1998
| January 1, 1999
| Penn State
| 26
| Kentucky
| 14
| notes
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1999
| January 1, 2000
| Georgia
| 28
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| 25 (OT)
| notes
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2000
| January 1, 2001
| South Carolina
| 24
| Ohio State
| 7
| notes
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2001
| January 1, 2002
| South Carolina
| 31
| Ohio State
| 28
| notes
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2002
| January 1, 2003
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| 38
| Florida
| 30
| notes
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2003
| January 1, 2004
| Iowa
| 37
| Florida
| 17
| notes
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2004
| January 1, 2005
| Georgia
| 24
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| 21
| notes
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2005
| January 2, 2006
| Florida
| 31
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| 24
| notes
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2006
| January 1, 2007
| Penn State
| 20
| Tennessee
| 10
| notes
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2007
| January 1, 2008
| Tennessee
| 21
| Wisconsin
| 17
| notes
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2008
| January 1, 2009
| Iowa
| 31
| South Carolina
| 10
| notes
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MVPs
Date
| MVP(s)
| Team
| Position
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December 23, 1986
| James Jackson
| Georgia
| QB
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Garry Moss
| Georgia
| CB
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January 2, 1988
| Jamie Morris
| Michigan
| TB
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January 2, 1989
| Robert Drummond
| Syracuse
| RB
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January 1, 1990
| Reggie Slack
| Auburn
| QB
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January 1, 1991
| DeChane Cameron
| Clemson
| QB
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January 1, 1992
| Marvin Graves
| Syracuse
| QB
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January 1, 1993
| Heath Shuler
| Tennessee
| QB
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January 1, 1994
| Tyrone Wheatley
| Michigan
| RB
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January 2, 1995
| Terrell Fletcher
| Wisconsin
| RB
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January 1, 1996
| Bobby Engram
| Penn State
| WR
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January 1, 1997
| Dwayne Rudd
| Alabama
| LB
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January 1, 1998
| Mike Bobo
| Georgia
| QB
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January 1, 1999
| Courtney Brown
| Penn State
| DE
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January 1, 2000
| Drew Brees
| Purdue
| QB
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January 1, 2001
| Ryan Brewer
| South Carolina
| RB
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January 1, 2002
| Phil Petty
| South Carolina
| QB
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January 1, 2003
| Chris Perry
| Michigan
| TB
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January 1, 2004
| Fred Russell
| Iowa
| RB
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January 1, 2005
| David Pollack
| Georgia
| DE
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January 2, 2006
| Dallas Baker
| Florida
| WR
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January 1, 2007
| Tony Hunt
| Penn State
| RB
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January 1, 2008
| Erik Ainge
| Tennessee
| QB
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January 1, 2009
| Shonn Greene
| Iowa
| RB
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Most Appearances
Rank
| Team
| Appearances
| Record
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T1
| Georgia
| 4
| 3-1
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T1
| Michigan
| 4
| 3-1
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T1
| Wisconsin
| 4
| 1-3
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T1
| Ohio State
| 4
| 0-4
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T5
| Penn State
| 3
| 3-0
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T5
| Iowa
| 3
| 2-1
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T5
| South Carolina
| 3
| 2-1
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T5
| Tennessee
| 3
| 2-1
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T5
| Florida
| 3
| 1-2
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T10
| Syracuse
| 2
| 2-0
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T10
| Alabama
| 2
| 1-1
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T10
| Auburn
| 2
| 1-1
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T10
| Boston College
| 2
| 1-1
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T14
| Clemson
| 1
| 1-0
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T14
| Duke
| 1
| 0-1
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T14
| Illinois
| 1
| 0-1
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T14
| Kentucky
| 1
| 0-1
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T14
| LSU
| 1
| 0-1
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T14
| NC State
| 1
| 0-1
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T14
| Purdue
| 1
| 0-1
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See also
- Outback Bowl broadcasters
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