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Tom Bowl Game-by-Game Results

1989 Middle Tennessee St. 0 Eastern Michigan 0*
1990 University of Colorado ? Notre Dame ?
1991 University of Washington 0 University of Miami 0
1992 Florida St. 0 University of Miami 0
1993 Florida St. 0 West Virginia 0
1994 University of Nebraska 0 Penn St. 0
1995 University of Nebraska 0 Northwestern 0
1996 Arizona State University 0 Florida St. 0
1997 University of Nebraska 0 University of Michigan 0
1998 Kansas State University 0 Ohio State University 0+
1999 University of Nebraska 0 University of Wisconsin 0&
2000 University of Oklahoma 0 University of Miami 0
2001 University of Miami 0 University of Colorado 0
2002 University of Iowa 0 Ohio State 0@
2003 University of Southern California 0 Louisiana State University 0
2004 University of Southern California 0 University of Oklahoma 0 University of Auburn 0%
2005 University of Southern California 0 University of Texas 0 Penn State University 0$
2006 Ohio State University 0 University of Michigan 0*
2007 University of Hawaii 0  University of Kansas 0  Ohio State University 0
2008 University of Florida 0  University of Oklahoma 0  University of Texas 0
2009 Alabama 0  Texas 0  TCU 0  Cincinnati 0  Boise St. 0  Emory 0
2010 University of Oklahoma 0 Auburn 0 TCU 0
2011 Louisiana State 0  Oklahoma State 0  Oregon 0
2
012 Notre Dame 0 Alabama 0 Stanford 0
2013 Florida St. 0 Auburn 0 Michigan State 0
2014 Alabama 0  Oregon 0  Florida State 0 &
2015 Alabama 0  Clemson 0  Michigan State 0 &
2016 Alabama 0  Clemson 0 Washington  0 ^
2017 Oklahoma ? Clemson ? Georgia ? #
2018 Alabama 0 Clemson 0 Central Florida 0 +
2019 Ohio State 0 Clemson 0 LSU 0
2020 Ohio State 0 Clemson 0 Alabama 0
2021 Alabama ? Michigan ? Cincinnati ?]~
2022 Georgia 0 Michigan 0 Utah 0
2023 Washington 0 Florida St. 0 Liberty 0


* 1989 contest featured alternates after Colorado declined an invitation to face Miami-FL.
+ 1998 contest featured #3 OSU vs. #4 K-State due to Fiesta Bowl (#1 Tenn. vs. #2 FSU)
@ 2002 contest featured the Big 10 championship due to #1 Miami vs. #2 OSU. (Iowa and OSU did not play each other during regular season.
% 2004 Three way contest between three undefeated teams
$ 2005 Used convoluted formula to end up with three teams
* Big Ten Championship
& Completely wrong
^  Ohio State didn't even play in the Big 10 Championship game
# It was too cold to even check if the teams showed up and Alabama didn't win their division. Must win division to go
+ Three best undefeated team
~ No one reported the score!

Tom Bowl Game Records

Highest Scoring Game Combined: 0 (Thirty-six different games)
Lowest Scoring Game Combined: 0 (Thirty-six different games)
Highest Score Single Team: 0 (89 teams)
Lowest Score Single Team: 0 (89 teams)
Most yards gained game: 0 (89 teams)
Least yards gained game: 0 (89 teams)
All Time Leading Passer: No one
All Time Leading Rusher: No one
All Time Leading Receiver: No one
All Time Leading Tackler: No one
All Time Leading Scorer: No one
All Time Leading Punter on natural grass, during the day, when the weather is overcast, the temperature is below freezing, there are more than five geese near the field and someone in attendance is named "Dan": No one.
Most Invitations: 8 Alabama
Least Invitations: 0 Many many teams
Most Consecutive Invitations: 6 University of Clemson
Highest Attendance: 28 Tom Bowl XVI
 

Tom Bowl Locations

1989-1992    Stanley P. Meade Field, New Canaan, CT
1993              Bucs Stadium, Grand Haven, MI*
1994-2001    Frank A. Schafer Field, Beal City, MI+
2002-            Frank A. Schafer Field (2), Beal City, MI
2018-            Panther Stadium, DeWitt, MI
        *Rumored site of Tom Bowl IV. Never confirmed.
           + Frank A. Schafer field moved to new location in 2002

Other Bowls

Overrated Dan Bowl

2000 Alabama 0  USC 0
2001 Oregon St. 0  Northwestern 0
2002 Michigan State 0  South Carolina 0
2003
Auburn 0  Virginia Tech 0
2004 Kansas State 0  West Virginia 0
2005 Tennessee 0  Oklahoma 0
2006 Miami 0  Florida St. 0
2007 Michigan 0 Louisville 0
2008 Clemson 0 West Virginia 0
2009 Oklahoma 0 USC 0
2010 Texas 0 Iowa 0
2011 Texas A&M 0 Notre Dame 0
2012 USC 0 Arkansas 0
2013 Florida 0 Texas 0
2014 Oklahoma 0 South Carolina 0
2015 Auburn 0 USC 0
2016 Tennessee 0 Notre Dame 0
2017 Florida State 0 Michigan 0
2018 Wisconsin 0 Miami 0
2019 Texas 0 Texas A&M 0
2020 LSU 0 Auburn 0
2021 North Carolina 0 Wisconsin 0
2022 Texas A&M 0 Utah 0
2023 USC 0 Clemson 0

Burst Bubble Bowl

2000 Toledo 0  University of Alabama-Birmingham 0
2001 University of Hawaii 0 Middle Tennessee St 0
2002 South Florida 0  Bowling Green 0
2003
Northern Illinois 0  Connecticut 0
2004 Akron 0  Clemson 0*
2005 La Lafayette 0  Northern Illinois 0
2006 Pittsburgh 0 SMU 0
2007 Iowa 0 South Carolina 0
2008 San Jose St 0Bowling Green 0
2009
Notre Dame 0 Louisiana-Lafayette 0
2010 Western Michigan 0# Arizona St. 0
2011 Western Kentucky 0  Ball St 0
2012 Mid. Tenn. St. 0 Louisiana Tech 0
2013 Toledo 0 Western Kentucky 0
2014 Temple 0 Ohio 0
2015 Kentucky 0 Texas 0
2016 Northern Illinois 0 Cal 0
2017 Western Michigan 0 Buffalo 0
2018 Southern Miss 0 Wyoming 0
2019 Missouri 0 Toledo 0
2020 No Game - COVID
2021 No Game - No one's bubble got burst.
2022 No Game - No one's bubble got burst.
2023 No Game - No one's bubble got burst.

* Clemson replaced South Carolina because Burst Bubble Bowl President is stupid
#
Western Michigan replaced Middle Tennessee St for similar reasons

Boot Bowl

2001 Indiana 0 Notre Dame 0
2002 Texas A&M 0  San Jose St. 0
2003
Air Force 0 Notre Dame 0
2004 Northwestern 0 New Mexico St. 0
2005 Michigan State 0  Texas A&M 0
2006
Indiana 0 UTEP 0
2007 Kansas State 0 Miami 0
2008 Arkansas State 0 UNLV 0
2009 Michigan 0 Kansas 0
2010 Iowa St. 0 Cal 0
2011 Tennessee 0 Texas Tech 0
2012 Missouri 0 Wake Forest 0
2013 SMU 0 Wyoming 0
2014 Michigan 0 Kentucky 0
2015 Illinois 0 Buffalo 0
2016 Texas 0 Arizona St. 0
2017 Minnesota 0 Colorado 0
2018 Maryland 0 Mississippi 0
2019 TCU 0 Oregon State 0
2020 No Game - COVID
2021 Syracuse 0 San Jose St 0
2022 Rice 0 Ball St. 0
2023 Nebraska 0 Florida 0

Toilet Bowl

2004 Central Florida 0 Washington 0
2005 New Mexico St. 0 Temple 0
2006
Duke 0 Fla. Int. 0
2007 Idaho 0 SMU 0
2008 Washington 0 SMU 0
2009 Eastern Michigan 0 Western Kentucky 0
2010 San Jose St. 0 Memphis 0
2011 Florida Atlantic 0 Akron 0
2012 Southern Miss. 0 Kansas 0
2013 Miami (OH) 0 Georgia St. 0
2014 Iowa State 0 Georgia State 0
2015 Central Florida 0 Kansas 0
2016 Rutgers 0 Fresno St. 0
2017 UTEP 0 Oregon St. 0
2018 Army 0 Boise St. 0
2019 Akron 0
Massachusetts 0
2020 Kansas 0 Vanderbilt 0
2021 Florida International 0 Connecticut 0
2022 Colorado 0 Northwestern 0
2023 Vanderbilt 0 Kent St 0

BFAX Vork Bowl

2012 Duke 0 Kent State 0
2013 Duke 0 Central Florida 0
2014 Minnesota 0 Marshall 0
2015 Iowa 0 North Carolina 0
2016 Western Michigan 0 Temple 0
2017 Central Florida 0 North Carolina St. 0
2018 Rutgers 0 Central Michigan 0
2019 Memphis 0 Appalachian State 0
2020 Coastal Carolina 0 Indiana 0
2021 Coastal Carolina 0 University of Texas San Antonio 0
2022 Tulane 0 Troy 0
2023 Tulane 0 James Madison 0

Delaney Bowl

2019 Purdue 0 Nebraska 0
2020 No Game - COVID
2021 Illinois 0 Rutgers 0
2022 Michigan St. 0. Nebraska 0
2023 Illinois 0 Minnesota 0