Sun Bowl

The Sun Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played since 1935 in the southwestern United States at El Paso, Texas. Along with the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl, it is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl. Usually held near the end of December, games are played at the Sun Bowl stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Since 2011, it has featured teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Pac-12 Conference. This arrangement continued through the 2025 season, with either Pac-12 schools, or Pac-12 "legacy schools" (the 10 schools that left the conference in 2024 for the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC) fulfilling previous Pac-12 bowl obligations for two seasons. Since 2026, the game has been sponsored by General Mills' Old El Paso brand and officially known as the Old El Paso Sun Bowl; previous sponsors have included John Hancock Financial, Norwest Corporation, Wells Fargo, Helen of Troy Limited (using its Vitalis and Brut brands), the Hyundai Motor Company, and Frosted Flakes (via its mascot Tony the Tiger).