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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. Since 2007, the game has been played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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). Paterno also had ...
The 1971 Fiesta Bowl was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, December 27. Part of the 1971–72 bowl game season, it featured the eighth-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the independent Florida State Seminoles .
The 1987 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that served as the final game of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, the 1987 Fiesta Bowl also served as the National Championship Game, between the No. 1 ranked Miami Hurricanes, and the No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions.
Bowl Appearances Bowl Game Appearances Record Sun Bowl: 7 4-2-1 Fiesta Bowl: 6 5-1 Holiday Bowl: 4 0-4 Las Vegas Bowl: 3 0-3 Salad Bowl: 2 0-2 Rose Bowl: 2 1-1 Aloha Bowl: 2 0-2 Cactus Bowl: 2 1-1 Peach Bowl: 2 1-1 Garden State Bowl: 1 1-0 Freedom Bowl: 1 1-0 Hawaii Bowl: 1 0-1 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: 1 1-0
The 1972 Fiesta Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, December 23. Part of the 1972–73 bowl game season, it matched the unranked Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference and #15 Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
Records by Bowl Game Bowl Record Appearances Last appearance Winning % All-American Bowl 1–0 1 1986 1.000 Blockbuster Bowl 1–0 1 1990 1.000 Bluegrass Bowl 0–1 1 1958 .000 Champs Sports Bowl 2–0 2 2011 1.000 Cheez-It Bowl 1–0 1 2022 1.000 Cigar Bowl 1–0 1 1949 1.000 Citrus Bowl 0–0–1 1 1984 .500 Cotton Bowl 1–0 1 1991 1.000
The 1979 Fiesta Bowl was the ninth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, December 25. Part of the 1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the tenth-ranked independent Pittsburgh Panthers and the unranked Arizona Wildcats of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10).