| | Fiesta Bowl History
| Year |
Result |
| 2001 |
Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9 |
| 2000 |
Nebraska 31, Tennessee 21 |
| 1999 |
Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 |
| 1998 |
Kansas State 35, Syracuse 18 |
| 1997 |
Penn State 38, Texas 15 |
| 1996 |
Nebraska 62, Florida 24 |
| 1995 |
Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24 |
| 1994 |
Arizona 29, Miami (Fla.) 0 |
| 1993 |
Syracuse 26, Colorado 22 |
| 1992 |
Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 |
| 1991 |
Louisville 34, Alabama 7 |
| 1990 |
Florida State 41, Nebraska 17 |
| 1989 |
Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 21 |
| 1988 |
Florida State 31, Nebraska 28 |
| 1987 |
Penn State 14, Miami (Fla.) 10 |
| 1986 |
Michigan 27, Nebraska 23 |
| 1985 |
UCLA 39, Miami (Fla.) 37 |
| 1984 |
Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23 |
| 1983 |
Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21 |
| 1982 |
Penn State 26, USC 10 |
| 1980 |
Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 |
| 1979 |
Pittsburgh 16, Arizona 10
1978 Arkansas 10, UCLA 10 |
| 1977 |
Penn State 42, Arizona State 30 |
| 1976 |
Oklahoma 41, Wyoming 7 |
| 1975 |
Arizona State 17, Nebraska 14 |
| 1974 |
Oklahoma State 16, BYU 6 |
| 1973 |
Arizona State 28, Pittsburgh 7 |
| 1972 |
Arizona State 49, Missouri 35 |
| 1971 |
Arizona State 45, Florida State 38 |
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