West Virginia Mountaineers (Mountaineer Field)

First year of Football: 1891
All time football record: 631-437-45
Bowl Appearances: 24

1922 San Diego E-W Christmas Classic: WVU-21 Gonzaga-13
1938 Sun Bowl: WVU-7 Texas Tech-6
1949 Sun Bowl: WVU-21 UTEP-12
1954 Sugar Bowl: WVU-19 Georgia Tech-42
1964 Liberty Bowl: WVU-6 Utah-32
1969 Peach Bowl: WVU-14 South Carolina-3
1972 Peach Bowl: WVU-13 NC St-49
1975 Peach Bowl: WVU-13 NC St-10
1981 Peach Bowl: WVU-26 Florida-6
1982 Gator Bowl: WVU-12 Florida St-31
1983 Hall of Fame Classic: WVU-20 Kentucky-16
1984 Bluebonnet Bowl: WVU-31 TCU-14
1987 Sun Bowl: WVU-33 Oklahoma St-35
1989 Fiesta Bowl: WVU-21 Notre Dame-34
1989 Gator Bowl: WVU-7 Clemson-27
1994 Sugar Bowl: WVU-7 Florida-41
1995 Carquest Bowl: WVU-21 South Carolina-24
1997 Gator Bowl: WVU-13 North Carolina-20
1997 Carquest Bowl: WVU-30 Georgia Tech-34
1998 Insight.com Bowl: WVU-31 Missouri-34
2000 Music City Bowl: WVU-49 Mississippi-38
2002 Continental Tire Bowl: WVU-22 Virginia-48
2004 Gator Bowl: WVU-7 Maryland-41
2005 Gator Bowl: WVU-18 Florida St-30

1993 Big East Champs
2003 Big East Co-Champs
2004 Big East Co-Champs

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Syracuse Orange (Carrier Dome)

First year of football: 1889
All time football record: 665-438-51
Bowl appearances: 23
1959 College Football National Champions (11-0)

1953 Orange Bowl: Syracuse-6 Alabama-61
1957 Cotton Bowl: Syracuse-27 TCU-28
1959 Orange Bowl: Syracuse-6 Oklahoma-21
1960 Cotton Bowl: Syracuse-23 Texas-14
1961 Liberty Bowl: Syracuse-15 Miami (FL)-14
1965 Sugar Bowl: Syracuse-10 LSU-13
1966 Gator Bowl: Syracuse-12 Tennessee-18
1979 Independence Bowl: Syracuse-31 McNeese St-7
1985 Cherry Bowl: Syracuse-18 Maryland-35
1988 Sugar Bowl: Syracuse-16 Auburn-16
1989 Hall of Fame Bowl: Syracuse-23 LSU-10
1989 Peach Bowl: Syracuse-19 Georgia-18
1990 Aloha Bowl: Syracuse-28 Arizona-0
1992 Hall of Fame Bowl: Syracuse-24 Ohio St-17
1993 Fiesta Bowl: Syracuse-26 Colorado-22
1996 Gator Bowl: Syracuse-41 Clemson-0
1996 Liberty Bowl: Syracuse-30 Houston-17
1997 Fiesta Bowl: Syracuse-18 Kansas St-35
1999 Orange Bowl: Syracuse-10 Florida-33
2000 Music City Bowl: Syracuse-20 Kentucky-13
2001 Insight.com Bowl: Syracuse-26 Kansas St-3
2004 Champs Sports Bowl: Syracuse-14 Georgia Tech-51

Conference Championships:
1953 Southern Conference Champs
1954 Southern Conference Champs
1955 Southern Conference Champs
1956 Southern Conference Champs
1958 Southern Conference Champs
1964 Southern Conference Champs
1965 Southern Conference Champs
1967 Southern Conference Champs
1996 Big East Co-Champs
1997 Big East Champs
1998 Big East Champs
2004 Big East Co-Champs

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Pittsburgh Panthers (Heinz Field)

First year of football: 1890
All time football record: 628-452-42
Bowl Appearances: 24
College Football National Champions: 1910, 1916, 1918, 1936, 1937, 1976

1928 Rose Bowl: Pitt-6 Stanford-7
1930 Rose Bowl: Pitt-14 Southern Cal-47
1933 Rose Bowl: Pitt-0 Southern Cal-35
1937 Rose Bowl: Pitt-21 Washington-0
1956 Sugar Bowl: Pitt-0 Georgia Tech-7
1956 Gator Bowl: Pitt-14 Georgia Tech-21
1973 Fiesta Bowl: Pitt-7 Arizona St-28
1975 Sun Bowl: Pitt-33 Kansas-19
1977 Sugar Bowl: Pitt-27 Georgia-3
1977 Gator Bowl: Pitt-34 Clemson-3
1978 Tangerine Bowl: Pitt-17 NC St-30
1979 Fiesta Bowl: Pitt-16 Arizona-10
1980 Gator Bowl: Pitt-37 South Carolina-9
1982 Sugar Bowl: Pitt-24 Georgia-20
1983 Cotton Bowl: Pitt-3 SMU-7
1984 Fiesta Bowl: Pitt-23 Ohio St-28
1987 Bluebonnet Bowl: Pitt-27 Texas-32
1989 Sun Bowl: Pitt-31 Texas A&M-28
1997 Liberty Bowl: Pitt-7 Southern Miss-41
2000 Insight.com Bowl: Pitt-28 Iowa St-37
2001 Tangerine Bowl: Pitt-34 NC St-19
2002 Insight Bowl: Pitt-38 Oregon St-13
2003 Continental Tire Bowl: Pitt-16 Virginia-23
2005 Fiesta Bowl: Pitt-7 Utah-35

2004 Big East Co-Champs

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Louisville Cardinals (Papa John's Cardinal Stadium)

First year of football: 1912
All time football record: 405-401-17
Bowl Appearances: 12

1958 Sun Bowl: Louisville-34 Drake-20
1970 Pasadena Bowl: Louisville-24 Long Beach St-24
1977 Independence Bowl: Louisville-14 Louisiana Tech-24
1991 Fiesta Bowl: Louisvile-34 Alabama-7
1993 Liberty Bowl: Louisville-18 Michigan St-7
1998 Motor City Bowl: Louisville-29 Marshall-48
1999 Humanitarian Bowl: Louisville-28 Boise St-31
2000 Liberty Bowl: Louisville-17 Colorado St-22
2001 Liberty Bowl: Louisville-28 BYU-10
2002 GMAC Bowl: Louisville-15 Marshall-38
2003 GMAC Bowl: Louisville-28 Miami (OH)-49
2004 Liberty Bowl: Louisville-44 Boise St-40

Conference Championships:
1947 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Co-Champs
1970 Missouri Valley Conference Champs
1972 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champs
2000 C-USA Champs
2001 C-USA Champs
2004 C-USA Champs

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Rutgers Stadium)

First year of football: 1869
All time Football Record: 562-573-43
Bowl Appearances: 1
Note: Rutgers played in the very first ever college football game defeating Princeton.

1978 Garden State Bowl: Rutgers-18 Arizona St-34

Conference Championships:
1946 Middle Three Conference Champs
1947 Middle Three Conference Champs
1948 Middle Three Conference Champs
1949 Middle Three Conference Champs
1958: Middle Atlantic - University Division Champs
1960: Middle Atlantic - University Division Champs
1961: Middle Atlantic - University Division Champs

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Cincinnati Bearcats (Nippert Stadium)

First year of football: 1885
All time football record: 501-524-51
Bowl Appearances: 7
Note: The Bearcats play in the oldest college football stadium in the country

1947 Sun Bowl: Cincinnati-18 Virginia Tech-6
1951 Sun Bowl: Cincinnati-13 West Texas A&M-14
1997 Humanitarian Bowl: Cincinnati-35 Utah St-17
2000 Motor City Bowl: Cincinnati-14 Marshall-25
2001 Motor City Bowl: Cincinnati-16 Toledo-23
2002 New Orleans Bowl: Cincinnati-19 North Texas-24
2004 Fort Worth Bowl: Cincinnati-32 Marshall-14

Conference Championships:
1933 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association Co-Champs
1934 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association Co-Champs
1947 Mid-American Athletic Conference Champs
1949 Mid-American Athletic Conference Champs
1951 Mid-American Athletic Conference Champs
1952 Mid-American Athletic Conference Champs
1963 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champs
1964 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champs
2002 C-USA Co-Champs

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Connecticut Huskies (Rentschler Field)

First year of football: 1896
All time football record: 438-470-38
Bowl Appearances: 1
Note: UConn made the jump to Div 1A in 2000.

2004 Motor City Bowl: UConn-39 Toledo-10

Conference Championships:

1949 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1952 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1956 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1957 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1958 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1959 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1960 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1968 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1970 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1971 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1973 Atlantic 10 Conference Champs
1982 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1983 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs
1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Champs

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South Florida Bulls (Raymond James Stadium)

First year of football: 1997
All time football record: 55-33
Note: USF joined D-1A in 2001

In just a few short years, USF has made major strides. They got their first big win in 2001 defeating Pittsburgh 35-26 in Pittsburgh. For a program that is relatively new to the college football landscape, the Bulls have a great looking future ahead of them.

I didn't realize how much history the New Big East has with the Sun Bowl. West Virginia, Louisville, Pitt and Cincinnati have all been to the Sun Bowl. That's pretty cool! :)

Quote:1953 Southern Conference Champs
1954 Southern Conference Champs
1955 Southern Conference Champs
1956 Southern Conference Champs
1958 Southern Conference Champs
1964 Southern Conference Champs
1965 Southern Conference Champs
1967 Southern Conference Champs

-- Thanks for posting Pitinoville....but I think you put WVUs Southern conference championships into the Syracuse column :)


Jackson

A correction on the UConn results--all those championships were in the Yankee Conference, not the A-10.

A correction on Rutgers our first and only conference affiliation was the Big East in 1991. So I'm not sure where those conference championships came from. If you'd like to share your source with me I'd appreciate it because I may very well stand corrected.

Nice post!

brista21 Wrote:A correction on Rutgers our first and only conference affiliation was the Big East in 1991. So I'm not sure where those conference championships came from. If you'd like to share your source with me I'd appreciate it because I may very well stand corrected.

Rutgers was actually a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference until 1962, an unusual conference that included a "University Division" (Division I and II schools), and a "College Division" which would now be known as Division III.

The University Division included Rutgers, Temple, Delaware, Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Muhlenberg, and Gettysburg. The College Division included Drexel, Johns Hopkins, Widener, West Chester, and a large number of other smaller schools.