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Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

 
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Stadium: State Farm Stadium
City: Glendale, Arizona
Phone: 480-350-0900
Website: FiestaBowl.org
Executive Director: Erik Moses
Media Contact: Scott Leightman
(sleightman@fiestabowl.org)
Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl



ALL-TIME FIESTA BOWL RESULTS

DATE SCORE ATTENDANCE PLAYER(S) OF THE GAME
December 31, 2024^ Penn State 31
Boise State 14
63,854 Tyler Warren, Penn State
Zakee Wheatley, Penn State
January 1, 2024 Oregon 45
Liberty 6
47,769 Bo Nix, Oregon
Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
December 31, 2022~ TCU 51
Michigan 45
71,723 Quentin Johnston, TCU
Dee Winters, TCU
January 1, 2022 Oklahoma State 37
Notre Dame 35
49,550 Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State
January 2, 2021 Iowa State 34
Oregon 17
N/A Brock Purdy, Iowa State
Mike Rose, Iowa State
December 28, 2019~ Clemson 29
Ohio State 23
71,330 Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
Chad Smith, Clemson
January 1, 2019 LSU 40
UCF 32
57,246 Joe Burrow, LSU
Rashard Lawrence, LSU
December 30, 2017 Penn State 35
Washington 28
61,842 Trace McSorley, Penn State
Marcus Allen, Penn State
December 31, 2016~ Clemson 31
Ohio State 0
71,279 Deshaun Watson, Clemson
Clelin Ferrell, Clemson
January 1, 2016 Notre Dame 28
Ohio State 44
76,196 J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
Eli Apple, Ohio State
December 31, 2014 Boise State 38
Arizona 30
66,896 Thomas Sperbeck, Boise State
Tanner Vallejo, Boise State
January 1, 2014 UCF 52
Baylor 42
65,172 Blake Bortles, UCF
Terrance Plummer, UCF
January 3, 2013 Oregon 35
Kansas State 17
70,242 Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Michael Clay, Oregon
January 2, 2012 Oklahoma State 41
Stanford 38
(OT)
69,927 Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State
January 1, 2011 Oklahoma 48
Connecticut 20
67,232 Landry Jones, Oklahoma
Jamell Fleming, Oklahoma
January 4, 2010 Boise State 17
TCU 10
73,227 Kyle Efaw, Boise State
Brandyn Thompson, Boise State
January 5, 2009 Texas 24
Ohio State 21
72,047 Colt McCoy, Texas
Roy Miller, Texas
January 2, 2008 West Virginia 48
Oklahoma 28
70,016 Patrick White, West Virginia
Reed Williams, West Virginia
January 1, 2007 Boise State 43
Oklahoma 42
(OT)
73,719 Jared Zabransky, Boise State
Marty Tadman, Boise State
January 2, 2006 Ohio State 34
Notre Dame 20
76,196 Troy Smith, Ohio State
A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
January 1, 2005 Utah 35
Pittsburgh 7
73,519 Alex Smith/Paris Warren, Utah
Steve Fifita, Utah
January 2, 2004 Ohio State 35
Kansas State 28
73,425 Craig Krenzel, Ohio State
A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
January 3, 2003# Ohio State 31
Miami 24
(2OT)
77,502 Craig Krenzel, Ohio State
Michael Doss, Ohio State
January 1, 2002 Oregon 38
Colorado 16
74,118 Joey Harrington, Oregon
Steve Smith, Oregon
January 1, 2001 Oregon State 41
Notre Dame 9
75,428 Jonathan Smith, Oregon State
Darnell Robinson, Oregon State
January 2, 2000 Nebraska 31
Tennessee 21
71,526 Eric Crouch, Nebraska
Mike Brown, Nebraska
January 4, 1999# Tennessee 23
Florida State 16
80,470 Peerless Price, Tennessee
Dwayne Goodrich, Tennessee
December 31, 1997 Kansas State 35
Syracuse 18
69,367 Michael Bishop, Kansas State
Travis Ochs, Kansas State
January 1, 1997 Penn State 38
Texas 15
65,106 Curtis Enis, Penn State
Brandon Noble, Penn State
January 2, 1995 Colorado 41
Notre Dame 24
73,968 Kordell Stewart, Colorado
Shannon Clavelle, Colorado
January 1, 1994 Arizona 29
Miami 0
72,260 Chuck Levy, Arizona
Tedy Bruschi, Arizona
January 1, 1993 Syracuse 26
Colorado 22
70,224 Marvin Graves, Syracuse
Kevin Mitchell, Syracuse
January 1, 1992 Penn State 42
Tennessee 17
71,133 O.J. McDuffie, Penn State
Reggie Givens, Penn State
January 1, 1991 Louisville 34
Alabama 7
69,098 Browning Nagle, Louisville
Roy Buchanan, Louisville
January 1, 1990 Florida State 41
Nebraska 17
73,953 Peter Tom Willis, Florida State
Odell Haggins, Florida State
January 2, 1989 Notre Dame 34
West Virginia 21
74,911 Tony Rice, Notre Dame
Frank Stams, Notre Dame
January 1, 1988 Florida State 31
Nebraska 28
72,112 Danny McManus, Florida State
Neil Smith, Nebraska
January 2, 1987 Penn State 14
Miami 10
73,098 D.J. Dozier, Penn State
Shane Conlan, Penn State
January 1, 1986 Michigan 27
Nebraska 23
72,454 Jamie Morris, Michigan
Mark Messner, Michigan
January 1, 1985 UCLA 39
Miami 37
60,310 Gaston Green, UCLA
James Washington, UCLA
January 2, 1984 Ohio State 28
Pittsburgh 23
66,484 John Congemi, Pittsburgh
Rowland Tatum, Ohio State
January 1, 1983 Arizona State 32
Oklahoma 21
70,553 Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma
Jim Jeffcoat, Arizona State
January 1, 1982 Penn State 26
USC 10
71,053 Curt Warner, Penn State
Leo Wisniewski, Penn State
December 26, 1980 Penn State 31
Ohio State 19
66,738 Curt Warner, Penn State
Frank Case, Penn State
December 25, 1979 Pittsburgh 16
Arizona 10
55,347 Mark Schubert, Pittsburgh
Dave Liggins, Arizona
December 25, 1976 UCLA 10
Arkansas 10
55,227 James Owens, UCLA
Jimmy Walker, Arkansas
December 25, 1977 Penn State 42
Arizona State 30
57,727 Dennis Sproul, Arizona State
Matt Millen, Penn State
December 25, 1976 Oklahoma 41
Wyoming 7
48,714 Thomas Lott, Oklahoma
Terry Peters, Oklahoma
December 26, 1975 Arizona State 17
Nebraska 14
51,396 John Jefferson, Arizona State
Larry Gordon, Arizona State
December 28, 1974 Oklahoma State 16
BYU 6
50,879 Kenny Walker, Oklahoma State
Phil Dokes, Oklahoma State
December 21, 1973 Arizona State 28
Pittsburgh 7
50,878 Greg Hudson, Arizona State
Mike Haynes, Arizona State
December 23, 1972 Arizona State 49
Missouri 35
51,318 Woody Green, Arizona State
Mike Fink, Missouri
December 27, 1971 Arizona State 45
Florida State 38
51,098 Gary Huff, Florida State
Junior Ah You, Arizona State

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