Hall of Fame Bowl
From Varsity Pride
The Hall of Fame Bowl is a bowl game held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The bowl began in 1977 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama before moving to Tampa in 1986. In 2005, the game moved to Tempe. Since 1995, the bowl has been sponsored by Outback Steakhouse, and is officially known as the Outback Bowl without any reference to its original name.
In its first three years, the bowl invited at-large teams. Beginning in 1980, a Southeastern Conference team began hosting the bowl. With one exception, the opponent has come from the Big Ten Conference every year since 1989.
Results
| 22 DEC 1977 | Maryland | 17 | Minnesota | 7 |
| 20 DEC 1978 | Texas A&M | 28 | Iowa State | 12 |
| 29 DEC 1979 | Missouri | 24 | South Carolina | 14 |
| 27 DEC 1980 | Arkansas | 34 | Tulane | 15 |
| 31 DEC 1981 | Mississippi State | 10 | Kansas | 0 |
| 31 DEC 1982 | Air Force | 36 | Vanderbilt | 28 |
| 22 DEC 1983 | West Virginia | 20 | Kentucky | 16 |
| 29 DEC 1984 | Kentucky | 20 | Wisconsin | 19 |
| 31 DEC 1985 | Georgia Tech | 17 | Michigan State | 14 |
| 23 DEC 1986 | Boston College | 27 | Georgia | 24 |
| 02 JAN 1988 | Michigan | 28 | Alabama | 24 |
| 02 JAN 1989 | Syracuse | 23 | Louisiana State | 10 |
| 01 JAN 1990 | Auburn | 31 | Ohio State | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1991 | Clemson | 30 | Illinois | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1992 | Syracuse | 24 | Ohio State | 17 |
| 01 JAN 1993 | Tennessee | 38 | Boston College | 23 |
| 01 JAN 1994 | Michigan | 42 | North Carolina State | 7 |
| 02 JAN 1995 | Wisconsin | 34 | Duke | 20 |
| 01 JAN 1996 | Penn State | 43 | Auburn | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1997 | Alabama | 17 | Michigan | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1998 | Georgia | 33 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1999 | Penn State | 26 | Kentucky | 14 |
| 01 JAN 2000† | Georgia | 28 | Purdue | 25 |
| 01 JAN 2001 | South Carolina | 24 | Ohio State | 7 |
| 01 JAN 2002 | South Carolina | 31 | Ohio State | 28 |
| 01 JAN 2003 | Michigan | 38 | Florida | 30 |
| 01 JAN 2004 | Iowa | 37 | Florida | 17 |
| 01 JAN 2005 | Georgia | 24 | Wisconsin | 21 |
| 02 JAN 2006 | Florida | 31 | Iowa | 24 |
| 01 JAN 2007 | Penn State | 20 | Tennessee | 10 |
| 01 JAN 2008 | Tennessee | 21 | Wisconsin | 17 |
| 01 JAN 2009 | Iowa | 31 | South Carolina | 10 |
| 01 JAN 2010† | Auburn | 38 | Northwestern | 35 |
| 01 JAN 2011 | Florida | 37 | Penn State | 24 |
| 02 JAN 2012† | Michigan State | 33 | Georgia | 30 |
| 01 JAN 2013 | South Carolina | 33 | Michigan | 28 |
| 01 JAN 2014 | Louisiana State | 21 | Iowa | 14 |
| 01 JAN 2014† | Wisconsin | 34 | Auburn | 31 |
† - denotes overtime
