2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl History & More

2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl Profiles, History, Best Bowl Moments & More

Georgia (10-2) vs. Hawaii (12-0)

January 3rd, 8:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Sugar Bowl History

2007	LSU 41, Notre Dame 14
2006	West Virginia 38, Georgia 35
2005	Auburn 16, Virginia Tech 13
2004	LSU 21, Oklahoma 14
2003	Georgia 26, Florida State 13
2002	LSU 47, Illinois 34
2001	Miami 37, Florida 20
2000	Florida St 46, Virginia Tech 29
1999	Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14
1998	Florida State 31, Ohio State 14
1997	Florida 52, Florida State 20
1995	Virginia Tech 28, Texas 10
1995	Florida State 23, Florida 17
1994	Florida 41, West Virginia 7
1993	Alabama 34, Miami (Fla.) 13
1992	Notre Dame 39, Florida 28
1991	Tennessee 23, Virginia 22
1990	Miami 33, Alabama 25
1989	Florida State 13, Auburn 7
1988	Auburn 16, Syracuse 16
1987	Nebraska 30, LSU 15
1986	Tennessee 35, Miami 7
1985	Nebraska 28, LSU 10
1984	Auburn 9, Michigan 7
1983	Penn State 27, Georgia 23
1982	Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20
1981	Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10
1980	Alabama 24, Arkansas 9
1979	Alabama 14, Penn State 7
1978	Alabama 35, Ohio State 6
1977	Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3
1975	Alabama 13, Penn State 6
1974	Nebraska 13, Florida 10
1973	Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23
1972	Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22
1972	Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0
1971	Tennessee 34, Air Force 13
1970	Mississippi 27, Arkansas 22
1969	Arkansas 16, Georgia 2
1968	LSU 20, Wyoming 13
1967	Alabama 34, Nebraska 7
1966	Missouri 20, Florida 18
1965	LSU 13, Syracuse 10
1964	Alabama 12, Mississippi 7
1963	Mississippi 17, Arkansas 3
1962	Alabama 10, Arkansas 3
1961	Mississippi 14, Rice 6
1960	Mississippi 21, LSU 0
1959	LSU 7, Clemson 0
1958	Mississippi 39, Texas 7
1957	Baylor 13, Tennessee 7
1956	Georgia Tech 7, Pittsburgh 0
1955	Navy 21, Mississippi 0
1954	Georgia Tech 42, W Virginia 19
1953	Georgia Tech 24, Mississippi 7
1952	Maryland 28, Tennessee 13
1951	Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7
1950	Oklahoma 35, LSU 0
1949	Oklahoma 14, North Carolina 6
1948	Texas 27, Alabama 7
1947	Georgia 20, North Carolina 10
1946	Oklahoma State 33, St Mary's (Colorado) 13
1945	Duke 29, Alabama 26
1944	Georgia Tech 20, Tulsa 18
1943	Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7
1942	Fordham 2, Missouri 0
1941	Boston Coll 19, Tennessee 13
1940	Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13
1939	TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon 7
1938	Santa Clara 6, LSU 0
1937	Santa Clara 21, LSU 14
1936	TCU 3, LSU 2
1935	Tulane 20, Temple 14

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By Richard Cirminiello

Best Warrior Bowl Moment: The 54-48, three-overtime win over Houston in the 2003 Hawaii Bowl may have been more fun, but the 1999 Oahu Bowl had much more meaning.  Just one year removed from an 0-12 season, the Warriors completed the biggest one-year turnaround in NCAA history with a 23-17 win over Oregon State.  It wasn’t particularly pretty, but for Hawaii and first-year coach June Jones, it marked the launching point for a successful run that still endures today.

Best Bulldog Bowl Moment: Georgia has a very rich bowl tradition that includes 41 invites and victories in the Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Gator Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl.  Fueled by freshman sensation Herschel Walker, the Dawgs took a perfect mark into the 1981 Sugar Bowl, where No. 7 Notre Dame awaited.  Walker shook off a dislocated shoulder in the first quarter to score a pair of touchdowns leading Georgia to a 17-10 win and the national title.     

Hawaii's best win ... Hawaii 39 ... Boise State 27
Colt Brennan took advantage of a banged up Boise State secondary to hit Jason Rivers from seven yards out and C.J. Hawthorne on a brilliant 38-yard throw to push the Warriors ahead in the third quarter on the way to the WAC title. Boise State started off the scoring with a 50-yard Ian Johnson run, answered a Brennan one-yard touchdown run with a Johnson one-yard touchdown, and got a six-yard scoring catch from Richie Brockel, but couldn't get the offense going in the fourth quarter. Davone Bess caught 15 passes for the Warriors with touchdown catches from 23 and 22 yards out. Solomon Elimimian made 14 tackles for Hawaii with ten solo stops.
Player of the game: Hawaii QB Colt Brennan completed 40 of 53 passes for 495 yards and five touchdowns with two interceptions, and ran nine times for 18 yards and a touchdown. Davone Bess caught 15 passes for 181 yards and a two scores
Stat Leaders: Boise State - Passing: Taylor Tharp, 22-36, 231 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Ian Johnson, 22-86, 2 TD. Receiving: Jeremy Childs, 8-102
Hawaii - Passing: Colt Brennan, 40-53, 495 yds, 5 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Kealoha Pilares, 9-48. Receiving: Davone Bess, 15-181, 2 TD

Hawaii's worst performance ... Hawaii 45 ... Louisiana Tech 44 OT
Louisiana Tech answered a Hawaii overtime touchdown with a two-yard touchdown catch from Dustin Mitchell, but the two-point conversion attempt for the win was broken up and the Warriors hung on. Colt Brennan threw four touchdown passes for Hawaii with third quarter strikes from 64 and 17 yards out to Ryan Grice-Mullin, a 19-yard play to Davone Bess in the fourth, and a six-yard strike to Jason Rivers in overtime. Louisiana Tech's offense kept up the pace with Patrick Jackson running for two scores and Zac Champion hitting josh Wheeler with a three-yard scoring pass, but Hawaii kept coming back, eventually sending it into overtime on a 34-yard Dan Kelly field goal.
Player of the game ... Hawaii QB Colt Brennan completed 34 of 40 passes for 416 yards and six touchdowns and led the Warriors with 23 yards on three carries
Stat Leaders: Louisiana Tech - Passing: Zac Champion, 23-36, 187 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Patrick Jackson, 23-98, 2 TD  Receiving: Philip Beck, 5-40
Hawaii - Passing: Colt Brennan, 43-61, 548 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Leon Wright-Jackson, 6-53, 1 TD  Receiving: Jason Rivers, 14-176, 1 TD

Georgia's best win ... Georgia 42 ... Florida 30
Georgia showed off its attitude early on, as the entire team came out to celebrate a one-yard Knowshon Moreno touchdown run to establish the tenor of the game. Florida responded with a 40-yard Louis Murphy touchdown catch, but Georgia answered right back with an 84-yard Mo Massaquoi touchdown catch. The Bulldogs overcame an interception returned for a score by Wondy Pierre-Louis to get relative control of the game for the final 35 minutes, with Moreno running for a 10-yard score at the end of the first half, and sealing the game with a three-yard scoring run after Florida got Tim Tebow's second touchdown run of the game. Stafford threw three touchdown passes highlighted by a great throw to Mikey Henderson, who made a tough catch, for a 53-yard touchdown.
Player of the game: Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno ran 33 times for 188 yards and three touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Georgia - Passing: Matthew Stafford, 11-18, 217 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Knowshon Moreno, 33-188, 3 TD. Receiving: Sean Bailey, 3-44
Florida - Passing: Tim Tebow, 14-22, 236 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Percy Harvin, 10-97. Receiving: Andre Caldwell, 4-56

Georgia's worst loss ... South Carolina 16 ... Georgia 12
South Carolina got Ryan Succop field goals from 41, 35 and 34 yards out after starting off the scoring with a nine-yard Cory Boyd touchdown run, and then hung on late as a last gasp Georgia pass was kicked into the hands of Jasper Brinkley. The Bulldogs got four Brandon Coutu field goals and outgained the Gamecocks 341 yards to 314, but Coutu missed an early 48-yarder and the offense failed to go on any long drives after the second-quarter march to set up Coutu's first field goal. The two teams combined to convert four of 29 third down chances.
Player of the game: South Carolina K/P Ryan Succop scored 10 of his team’s 16 points, going 3-of-3 on field goals, and averaged 40.7 yards a punt, landing two inside the 20.
Stat Leaders: South Carolina - Passing: Blake Mitchell, 20-31, 174 yds
Rushing: Cory Boyd, 14-76, 1 TD. Receiving: Kenny McKinley, 7-102
Georgia - Passing: Matthew Stafford, 19-44, 213 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Knowshon Moreno, 14-104. Receiving: Sean Bailey, 4-44

2007 Sugar Bowl
LSU 41 ... Notre Dame 14
LSU rolled up 577 yards of total offense and scored 27 unanswered points on the way to a blowout. The Tigers got up 14-0 in the first quarter on a three-yard touchdown run from Keiland Williams and an 11-yard scoring grab from Dwayne Bowe, but Notre Dame got back in it with a perfectly thrown 24-yard pass to David Grimes and a ten-yard pitch to Jeff Samardzija. The Tigers answered by going 82 yards in five plays ending the first half with a five-yard JaMarcus Russell run, and the rout was on. After two long drives finished with Colt David field goals, the Tigers put it away on a 58-yard pass to Brandon LaFell. Williams scored on a 20-yard run to finish off the Irish. 
Player of the game ... LSU QB JaMarcus Russell completed 21 of 34 passes for 332 yards and two touchdowns and an interception and ran for 16 yards and a score
Stat Leaders: LSU - Passing: JaMarcus Russell, 21-34, 332 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Keiland Williams, 14-107, 2 TD  Receiving: Early Doucet, 8-115
Notre Dame - Passing: Brady Quinn, 15-35, 148 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Darius Walker, 22-128  Receiving: Jeff Samardzija, 8-59, 1 TD

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Hawaii Bowl History (5-2)

2005	Hawaii Bowl	Hawaii 41, Arizona St 24
2004	Hawaii Bowl	Hawaii 49, UAB 40
2003	Hawaii Bowl	Hawaii 54, Houston 48 3OT
2002	Hawaii Bowl	Tulane 36, Hawaii 28
1999	Oahu Bowl	Hawaii 23, Oregon State
1992	Holiday Bowl	Hawaii 27, Illinois 17
1989	Aloha Bowl	Michigan St 33, Hawaii 13

Georgia Bowl History (27-15)

2007	Chick-fil-A	Georgia 31, Virginia Tech 24
2006	Sugar	West Virginia 38, Georgia 35
2004	Outback	Georgia 24, Wisconsin 21
2003	Capital One	Georgia 34, Purdue 27 OT
2002	Sugar	Georgia 26, Florida St 13
2001	Music City	Boston College 20, Georgia 16
2000	Oahu	Georgia 37, Virginia 14
1999	Outback	Georgia 28, Purdue 25 OT
1998	Peach	Georgia 35, Virginia 33
1997	Outback	Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6
1995	Peach	Virginia 34, Georgia 27
1992	Citrus	Georgia 21, Ohio St 14
1991	Independence	Georgia 24, Arkansas 15
1989	Peach	Syracuse 19, Georgia 18
1988	Gator	Georgia 34, Michigan State 27
1987	Liberty	Georgia 20, Arkansas 17
1986	Hall of Fame	Boston College 27, Georgia 24
1985	Sun	Georgia 13, Arizona 13
1984	Citrus	Georgia 17, Florida St 17
1983	Cotton	Georgia 10, Texas 9
1982	Sugar	Penn St 27, Georgia 23
1981	Sugar	Pitt 24, Georgia 20
1980	Sugar	Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10
1978	Bluebonnet	Stanford 25, Georgia 22
1976	Sugar	Pitt 27, Georgia 3
1975	Cotton	Arkansas 31, Georgia 10
1974	Tangerine	Miami (Ohio) 21, Georgia 10
1973	Peach	Georgia 17, Maryland 16
1971	Gator	Georgia 7, North Carolina 3
1969	Sun	Nebraska 45, Georgia 6
1968	Sugar	Arkansas 16, Georgia 2
1967	Liberty	N.C. State 14, Georgia 7
1966	Cotton	Georgia 24, SMU 9
1964	Sun	Georgia 7, Texas 0
1959	Orange	Georgia 14, Missouri 0
1950	Presidential Cup	Texas A&M 40, Georgia 20
1948	Orange	Texas 41, Georgia 28
1947	Gator	Georgia 20, Maryland 20
1946	Sugar	Georgia 20, North Carolina 10
1945	Oil	Georgia 20, Tulsa 6
1942	Rose	Georgia 9, UCLA 0
1941	Orange	Georgia 40, TCU 26