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The Fiesta Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area since 1971. From its beginning until 2006, the game was hosted at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona .
In July 2013, the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Fiesta Bowl, and the Peach Bowl were selected as the other three rotating semifinal playoff bowls, ahead of the Holiday Bowl. Also, the conference commissioners selected AT&T Stadium as the first host of the College Football Playoff National Championship game, held on January 12, 2015.
The quarterfinal matchups, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 31, and Wednesday, Jan. 1, will take place in one of four renowned bowl games: the Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl.
The Nittany Lions hold a 18–8–1 (.685) record in the major bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Peach, and Cotton). Coach Joe Paterno was responsible for most of these bids and victories, compiling more wins, 24, and appearances, 37, than any other coach in college football history, with a bowl record of 24–12–1 (.662).
The Broncos are appearing in their fourth Fiesta Bowl, and the first since 2014, when they beat Arizona 38-30. Boise State and Penn State are a combined 10-0 in Fiesta Bowl appearances, with the ...
The first College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup doesn't lack for intrigue. No. 3 seed Boise State is returning to the site of three of the program's biggest victories - the Fiesta Bowl ...
The 2015 Pro Bowl was the first Pro Bowl to be held at the same location as the same year's Super Bowl since 2010. The Pro Bowl returned to Hawaii in 2016. [ 21 ] On February 1, 2015, the New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 in Super Bowl XLIX held at the stadium.
[1] [2] Included in these games are 34 appearances in the "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta), including one national championship victory in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, two appearances in the BCS National Championship Game, and three appearances in the College Football Playoff National Championship, including two national ...