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The last time they won a bowl game...

  • dcrocks
    With the bowl season about to wrap up, I decided it was time to update one of my little research lists that I've complied over the years. This is a list of the last time each of the 120 D-I FBS teams won a bowl game. While I've tried hard, I doubt this is a perfect list, let me know if there are corrections to be made.

    2009 – (ACC) Clemson, Florida State, Virginia Tech; (Big East) UConn, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida; (Big Ten) Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin; (Big XII) Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas Tech; (C-USA) SMU, Marshall; (MAC) Central Michigan; (M-West) Air Force, BYU, Utah, Wyoming; (PAC-10) UCLA, USC; (SEC) Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss; (Sun Belt) Middle Tennessee; (WAC) Boise State, Idaho (Indep) Navy
    2008 – (ACC) Maryland, Wake Forest; (Big East) West Virginia; (Big XII) Kansas, Missouri, Texas; (C-USA) Houston, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulsa; (M-West) Colorado State, TCU; (PAC-10) Arizona, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State; (SEC) Kentucky, LSU, Vanderbilt; (Sun Belt) Florida Atlantic; (WAC) Louisiana Tech; (Indep) Notre Dame
    2007 – (ACC) Boston College; (Big East) Cincinnati; (Big Ten) Michigan, Purdue; (Big XII) Oklahoma State; (C-USA) East Carolina; (M-West) New Mexico; (SEC) Miss State, Tennessee; (WAC) Fresno State
    2006 – (ACC) Miami (FL); (Big East) Louisville; (SEC) South Carolina; (Sun Belt) Troy; (WAC) Hawaii, San Jose State
    2005 – (ACC) NC State, Virginia; (C-USA) Memphis; (MAC) Toledo; (PAC-10) ASU; (WAC) Nevada
    2004 – (ACC) Georgia Tech; (Big Ten) Minnesota; (Big XII) Colorado; (MAC) Northern Illinois
    2003 – (MAC) Bowling Green, Miami (OH); (PAC-10) WSU
    2002 – (Big XII) Kansas State; (C-USA) Tulane; (Sun Belt) North Texas
    2001 – (ACC) North Carolina; (Big East) Syracuse; (Big Ten) Michigan State; (Big XII) Texas A&M
    2000 – (M-West) UNLV; (PAC-10) Washington
    1999 – (Big Ten) Illinois
    …
    1996 – (PAC 10) Stanford
    …
    1992 – (Big XII) Baylor
    1991 – (Big Ten) Indiana; (WAC) Utah State
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    1987 – (MAC) Eastern Michigan
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    1985 – (Indep.) Army
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    1979 – (MAC) Temple
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    1970 – (Sun Belt) Arkansas State
    1969 – (M-West) San Diego State
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    1967 – (C-USA) UTEP
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    1963 – (Sun Belt) Western Kentucky
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    1960 – (ACC) Duke; (WAC) New Mexico State
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    1948 – (Big Ten) Northwestern
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    1944 – (Sun Belt) UL-Lafayette
  • gorocks99
    Kind of amazing that Illinois hasn't won since 1999, and MSU since 2001.
  • darbypitcher22
    wow, still can't believe its been so long for Northwestern.... I mean, yeah they were pretty shitty for a while, but 60 years?
  • krambman
    You should add a "Never" category to the list. I'd be interested in seeing what teams have never won a bowl game.
  • darbypitcher22
    ^^^^

    good deal
  • Little Danny
    This was Iowa's first bowl win in 50 years. Georgia Tech hasn't won in that time as well.
  • Tiernan
    Does Notre Dame seriously claim the "Hawaii Bowl" as a win? That still is hilarious I don't care what anybody says.
  • Cleveland Buck
    Little Danny wrote: This was Iowa's first bowl win in 50 years. Georgia Tech hasn't won in that time as well.
    Iowa beat the fuck out of South Carolina in the Outback Bowl last year, so I don't know where you are getting your information.
  • gorocks99
    Little Danny wrote: This was Iowa's first bowl win in 50 years. Georgia Tech hasn't won in that time as well.
    WTF are you talking about? Iowa won four bowl games from 2001-2009 (Alamo, Outback x2, Capital One) and Tech won in 2004, 2003, and 2001.
  • fan_from_texas
    darbypitcher22 wrote: wow, still can't believe its been so long for Northwestern.... I mean, yeah they were pretty shitty for a while, but 60 years?
    They were arguably the worst program in the nation from the 1960s through the 1980s. Since the 1994-95 renaissance, they've been solidly in the middle of the Big 10, but they haven't been able to get the 'W'. They lost in OT to Auburn this year; lost in OT to Missouri last year, and that seems to be the norm--coming very, very close, but not finishing it out.

    I would anticipate that the streak will end in the next few years. Pat Fitzgerald is a great coach who has them moving in the right direction.
  • Little Danny
    gorocks99 wrote:
    Little Danny wrote: This was Iowa's first bowl win in 50 years. Georgia Tech hasn't won in that time as well.
    WTF are you talking about? Iowa won four bowl games from 2001-2009 (Alamo, Outback x2, Capital One) and Tech won in 2004, 2003, and 2001.
    You are correct. I was being sarcastic, the folks on FOX were repeating that over and over again the other night. I should have added the smilie face
  • gorocks99
    LOL, ok -- I missed that. GF made me choose a night to not watch football since it's been on at our apartment for about three weeks straight and that was the night, so I didn't catch the game.
  • krambman
    gorocks99 wrote: LOL, ok -- I missed that. GF made me choose a night to not watch football since it's been on at our apartment for about three weeks straight and that was the night, so I didn't catch the game.
    Should have chosen last night instead (because there weren't any games on anyway).
  • gorocks99
    She's been watching too much football to not know that :)
  • BCSbunk
    Northwesterns last bowl win was in 1949 Rose bowl they beat Cal 20-14 that was Jan 1 1949.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game
  • NOL fan
    Little Danny wrote:
    gorocks99 wrote:
    Little Danny wrote: This was Iowa's first bowl win in 50 years. Georgia Tech hasn't won in that time as well.
    WTF are you talking about? Iowa won four bowl games from 2001-2009 (Alamo, Outback x2, Capital One) and Tech won in 2004, 2003, and 2001.
    You are correct. I was being sarcastic, the folks on FOX were repeating that over and over again the other night. I should have added the smilie face
    yeah, FOX screwed that one up and made it confusing. They were trying to say it had been 50+ years since either had won a major bowl, but a few times they forgot to mention the "major" part
  • BigAppleBuckeye
    cool post dcrocks, this is interesting stuff, well done!
  • rock_knutne
    Tiernan wrote: Does Notre Dame seriously claim the "Hawaii Bowl" as a win? That still is hilarious I don't care what anybody says.
    What's hilarious is your complete stupidity.
  • sleeper
    Tiernan wrote: Does Notre Dame seriously claim the "Hawaii Bowl" as a win? That still is hilarious I don't care what anybody says.
    When you can't win anything else, a bowl win over a depleted 6-6 WAC team is about the best ND can do these days.
  • goosebumps
    krambman wrote:
    gorocks99 wrote: LOL, ok -- I missed that. GF made me choose a night to not watch football since it's been on at our apartment for about three weeks straight and that was the night, so I didn't catch the game.
    Should have chosen last night instead (because there weren't any games on anyway).
    GMAC bowl... was a pretty entertaining game too.
  • rock_knutne
    sleeper wrote:
    Tiernan wrote: Does Notre Dame seriously claim the "Hawaii Bowl" as a win? That still is hilarious I don't care what anybody says.
    When you can't win anything else, a bowl win over a depleted 6-6 WAC team is about the best ND can do these days.
    I was wondering when your ignorant ass would pop up. Now all we need is "PPrunner" and it's a full house.
  • Tiernan
    Lemio Maru my ol' buddy...was wonderin when you would pop your head above ground after laying low the entire bowl season becuz your beloved Irish are sittin at home and all you fish eaters are finally figgerin out you hired a mid major coach with zero Defensive knowledge and pretty much realize you'll be gettin your asses handed to you again in 2010.
  • dcrocks
    krambman wrote: You should add a "Never" category to the list. I'd be interested in seeing what teams have never won a bowl game.
    It just so happens I have that.

    Akron – Played since 1891
    Ohio – Played since 1894
    Buffalo – Played since 1898
    Western Michigan - Played since 1906
    Kent State – Played since 1920
    Ball State – Played since 1924
    UL-Monroe – Played since 1951
    UCF – Played since 1979
    UAB – Played since 1991
    Florida International – Played since 2002

    BCSbunk wrote: Northwesterns last bowl win was in 1949 Rose bowl they beat Cal 20-14 that was Jan 1 1949.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game
    Yea, I was referencing the season that links to, which in the case of January bowl games, is the season prior (hence, no teams listed for 2010).
  • Tiernan
    ^^^
    Holy crap 3 teams from the hot-bed of HS football on the list. How can this be?
  • rock_knutne
    Tiernan wrote: Lemio Maru my ol' buddy...was wonderin when you would pop your head above ground after laying low the entire bowl season becuz your beloved Irish are sittin at home and all you fish eaters are finally figgerin out you hired a mid major coach with zero Defensive knowledge and pretty much realize you'll be gettin your asses handed to you again in 2010.
    Nice post asshole. "Fish eaters"..........didn't know you're a bigot.