FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Hyundai Sun Bowl
Designated team hotels:
ACC – Marriott Hotel Pac-12 -- Radisson Hotel El Paso Airport
160 Airway Blvd. 1700 Airway Blvd.
El Paso, TX 79925 El Paso, TX 79925
915-772-3333 915-779-3300
Designated media hotel:
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham
6789 Boeing Drive, El Paso, TX 79925, 915-778-2288
Local airport: El Paso International Airport; American, Delta, Southwest, United, US Airways
Local tourism bureau: El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau, 915-534-0603
Prominent area tourist attractions:
International Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Art, Wyler Aerial Tramway, El Paso Insights Science Museum,
Sunland Park Racetrack/Casino, Border Patrol Museum, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, El Paso Centennial Museum/
Chihuahuan Desert Garden, El Paso Holocaust Museum, El Paso Museum of History, Fort Bliss Museum, War Eagles Air
Museum, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, Old Mesilla New Mexico, Alamogordo Space Center, White Sands National
Monument, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park
DIRECTIONS
>From main arrival airport to stadium:
Go south on Airway Blvd. to I-10 West, exit Schuster Avenue/UTEP Exit 18A, OR exit Mesa Street Exit 19A, turn right on Mesa
Street, left on University Avenue or Sun Bowl Drive to reach the stadium.
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:
Hotel is at airport, exit straight out of airport grounds on Airway Blvd., turn left at first traffic light onto Boeing Drive
(approximately 500 yards) and left again into the Hawthorn Inn & Suites parking lot.
>From media hotel to stadium:
Exit hotel on Boeing Drive and turn left on Airway Blvd., go south on Airway Blvd. to I-10 West, exit Schuster Avenue/UTEP Exit
18A, OR exit Mesa Street Exit 19A, turn right on Mesa Street, left on University Avenue or Sun Bowl Drive to reach the stadium.
Other Trivia:
- In 1975, Tony Dorsett rushed for 142 yards for Pittsburgh in a 33-19 win over Kansas. In that game, Pittsburgh set
an all-time NCAA bowl record by having three players rush for over 100 yards in the same game. No bowl team
has done that since that time.
- The 1987 Sun Bowl was dubbed the “Snow Bowl” with an unusual snowy Christmas Day in El Paso, but it didn’t
hamper the offenses as Oklahoma State held on for a 35-33 win over a Major Harris-quarterbacked West Virginia
squad. Harris actually hit tight end Keith Winn with a potential tying two-point conversion pass, but Oklahoma
State’s Shawn Mackey stopped Winn short of the goal line to preserve the Cowboy win.
- In the 1984 regular season, Maryland had the greatest comeback in college football history with a 42-point
second half rally to down Miami 42-40. In the Sun Bowl that year, the Terrapins had a similar performance,
coming back from 21 down at halftime to top Tennessee 28-27.
Major Media in the area:
El Paso Times KVIA-TV 7 (ABC) KTSM-TV 9 (NBC)
Las Cruces Sun-News KDBC-TV 4 (CBS) KFOX-TV 14 (Fox)
Associated Press KROD-AM 600 Radio KINT-TV (Univision)
GAME HISTORY
Date Result Attendance TV Rating
Sun Bowl 1/1/35 El Paso All-Stars 25, Ranger (Texas) 21 3,000
1/1/36 Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14 12,000
1/1/37 Hardin-Simmons 34, UTEP 6 8,000
1/1/38 West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 12,000
1/2/39 Utah 26, New Mexico 0 13,000
1/1/40 Arizona State 0, Catholic 0 (tie) 13,000
1/1/41 Western Reserve 26, Arizona State 13 14,000
1/1/42 Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 14,000
1/1/43 Second Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 18,000
1/1/44 Southwestern 7, New Mexico 0 18,000
1/1/45 Southwestern 35, UNAM 0 13,000
1/1/46 New Mexico 34, Denver 24 15,000
1/1/47 Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 10,000
1/1/48 Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 12 18,000
1/1/49 West Virginia 21, UTEP 12 13,000
1/2/50 UTEP 33, Georgetown 30 15,000
1/1/51 West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 16,000
1/1/52 Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14 17,000
1/1/53 Pacific 26, Southern Miss 7 11,000
1/1/54 UTEP 37, Southern Miss 14 9,500
1/1/55 UTEP 47, Florida State 20 14,000
1/2/56 Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14 14,500
1/1/57 George Washington 13, UTEP 0 13,500
1/1/58 Louisville 34, Drake 20 13,000
12/31/58 Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 13,000
12/31/59 New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8 14,000
12/31/60 New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13 16,000
12/30/61 Villanova 17, Wichita State 9 15,000
12/31/62 West Texas State 15, Ohio 14 16,000
12/31/63 Oregon 21, SMU 14 18,646
12/26/64 Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 23,292 NBC
12/31/65 UTEP 13, TCU 12 24,598 Regional
12/24/66 Wyoming 28, Florida State 20 17,965 NBC
12/30/67 UTEP 14, Mississippi 7 28,630 TBS
12/28/68 Auburn 34, Arizona 10 27,062 7.6 CBS
12/20/69 Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 26,688 7.6 CBS
12/19/70 Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 26,188 11.5 CBS
12/18/71 LSU 33, Iowa State 15 29,377 12.7 CBS
12/30/72 North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 27,877 15.1 CBS
12/29/73 Missouri 34, Auburn 17 26,108 11.8 CBS
12/28/74 Mississippi State 26, North Carolina 24 26,035 11.3 CBS
12/26/75 Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 29,910 10.0 CBS
1/2/77 Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 31,896 13.2 CBS
12/31/77 Stanford 24, LSU 14 30,621 12.4 CBS
12/23/78 Texas 42, Maryland 0 30,604 10.6 CBS
12/22/79 Washington 14, Texas 7 30,124 10.2 CBS
12/27/80 Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17 31,332 10.0 CBS
12/26/81 Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 29,985 12.0 CBS
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