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Encyclopedia > Tangerine Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl logo

Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football game that is played in Orlando, Florida. The bowl matches up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big 12 Conference.


The game has previously been known as the Blockbuster Bowl (1990-93), Carquest Bowl (1994-97), Micron PC Bowl (1998), MicronPC.com Bowl (1999-2000) and Tangerine Bowl (2001-2003). Before gaining Blockbuster Entertainment as a corporate sponsor in 1990, the game was also referred to as the Sunshine Classic.


The game was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida from 1990 to 2000 and is now played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.


Previous results

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team
December 28, 1990 Florida State 24 Penn State 17
December 28, 1991 Alabama 40 Colorado 25
January 1, 1993 Stanford 24 Penn State 3
January 1, 1994 Boston College 31 Virginia 13
January 2, 1995 South Carolina 24 West Virginia 21
December 30, 1995 North Carolina 20 Arkansas 10
December 27, 1996 Miami 31 Virginia 21
December 29, 1997 Georgia Tech 35 West Virginia 30
December 29, 1998 Miami 46 NC State 23
December 30, 1999 Illinois 63 Virginia 21
December 28, 2000 NC State 38 Minnesota 30
December 20, 2001 Pittsburgh 34 NC State 19
December 23, 2002 Texas Tech 55 Clemson 15
December 22, 2003 NC State 56 Kansas 26
December 21, 2004 Georgia Tech 51 Syracuse 14


For the original Tangerine Bowl games see Capital One Bowl.


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2004-05 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season:

New Orleans (Dec. 14) | Champs Sports (Dec. 21) | GMAC (Dec. 22) | Fort Worth (Dec. 23) | Las Vegas (Dec. 23) | Hawaii (Dec. 24) | MPC Computers (Dec. 27) | Motor City (Dec. 27) | Independence (Dec. 28) | Insight (Dec. 28) | Houston (Dec. 29) | Alamo (Dec. 29) | Continental Tire (Dec. 30) | Emerald (Dec. 30) | Holiday (Dec. 30) | Silicon Valley (Dec. 30) | Music City (Dec. 31) | Sun (Dec. 31) | Liberty (Dec. 31) | Peach (Dec. 31) | Outback (Jan. 1) | Cotton (Jan. 1) | Gator (Jan. 1) | Capital One (Jan. 1) | East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 15) | Gridiron Classic (Jan. 15) | Hula Bowl (Jan. 22) | Senior Bowl (Jan. 29)
Bowl Championship Series games:
Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1) Sugar Bowl (Jan. 3) Orange Bowl (Jan. 4)

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Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl: N.C. State vs. Pittsburgh (517 words)
The Tangerine Bowl returned this season from a 19-year hiatus, which is about as long as it must have seemed between bowl wins for Pitt fans.
Antonio Bryant had two TD catches as the Panthers beat N.C. State 34-19 on Thursday for their first bowl-game triumph since 1989.
All-American LB Levar Fisher broke his left forearm early in the second quarter of the Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl.
ESPN.com: NCF - Tangerine dream: Bowl returns, now in Orlando (321 words)
Bowl officials said they are in final negotiations with ESPN for television rights.
Officials with Florida Citrus Sports said they found it essential after the attacks to land the Tangerine Bowl as a financial lift to the region.
The Tangerine Bowl replaces the Micronpc.com Bowl, which had been held at Pro Player Stadium in Miami.
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