Denver, Drake, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Houston, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, North Texas State, Northwestern, Ohio, Ole Miss, South Florida, Tennessee, UNAM, Utah State, Wichita Tied (1): Catholic Notes UTEP's record includes appearances when it was known as Texas Mines and Texas Western. New Mexico State's record includes appearances when it was known as New Mexico A&M. California and Colorado are the only current Pac-12 members that have not appeared in the Sun Bowl. Northern Arizona (now in the FCS) is the only former member of the Border Conference that has not appeared in the Sun Bowl. Appearances by conference Updated through the December 2022 edition (88 games, 176 total appearances). Games marked with an asterisk (*) were played in January of the following calendar year. The first edition of the game, played in January 1935, was contested between high school teams. Records are based on teams' conferences at the time each game was played. Conferences that are defunct or not currently active in FBS are marked in italics. The American Athletic Conference (The American), retains the conference charter of the Big East following the 2013 split of the original Big East along football lines. Big East appearances: South Florida (2007) and Pittsburgh (2008). The Pac-12's record includes appearances by teams when the conference was the Pac-8 and Pac-10. The Mountain States Conferences was popularly known as the Skyline Conference from 1947 through 1962. Independent appearances (30): Army (1988), Catholic (1939*), Cincinnati (1946*), Drake (1957*), Florida State (1954*, 1966), Georgetown (1949*), Georgia Tech (1970), Hardin–Simmons (1935*, 1936*), Louisville (1957*), Mexico (1944*), Miami (OH) (1947*), New Mexico (1943*), Notre Dame (2010), Oregon (1963), Pacific (1951*, 1952*), Pittsburgh (1975, 1989), Second Air Force (1942*), Southern Miss (1952*, 1953*), UTEP (1965, 1967), Villanova (1961), West Texas State (1962), and West Virginia (1937*, 1948*, 1987). Game records Source: Media coverage NBC broadcast the Sun Bowl nationally in 1964 and 1966. From 1968 until the present, the game has been broadcast by CBS Sports. The Sun Bowl's contract with CBS Sports is the longest continuous relationship between a bowl game and one TV network. References External links College football bowls Recurring sporting events established in 1935 1935 establishments in Texas