Sun Bowl board to vote to cancel game for 1st time since 1935
EL PASO, Texas -- Sun Bowl officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Monday night that its board of directors is set to vote to cancel this year's game due to the pandemic.
The cancellation recommendation will be presented to the board for approval during a virtual meeting scheduled for noon on Tuesday.
The Sun Bowl in El Paso has been played for 86 consecutive years since 1935, making it the second oldest bowl game in the nation behind the Rose Bowl.
Usually held at the end of December, the bowl game traditionally pits a Pac-12 team against an opponent from the ACC.
First word of the pending cancellation came from veteran college football reporter Brett McMurphy with Stadium in a tweet late Monday afternoon.
The Sun Bowl has been canceled this year, sources told @Stadium. Tied as 2nd-longest running bowl game behind only the Rose Bowl, the Sun Bowl had been played 86 consecutive seasons since 1935. It is 4th Pac-12 bowl canceled this year & 3rd with an ACC tie-in
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 30, 2020
