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The '''Freedom Bowl''' was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, from 1984 to 1994.
The bowl frequently invited a team from the Western Athletic Conference to compete against an at-large opponent, provided that the conference had enough bowl-eligible teams.
After the 1994 season, the Freedom Bowl was discontinued as the WAC’s automatic bowl bids were reduced to one with the Holiday Bowl and Cotton Bowl Classic having choice of the conference champion.<ref>Foldesy, Jody. "Bowls burgeon as big business", ''The Washington Times''. December 21, 1997. Page A1.</ref>
==Game results== {| class="wikitable" !Date !! colspan="2" | Winner !! colspan="2" | Loser !! Notes |- | December 26, 1984 || '''Iowa''' || '''55''' || #19 Texas || 17||<ref name="1984 Freedom">{{cite news|url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=747&change_well_id=2 |title=1984 Freedom Bowl: Iowa 55, Texas 17 |access-date=2006-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209095303/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=747&change_well_id=2 |archive-date=2006-12-09 }}</ref> |- | December 30, 1985 || '''Washington''' || '''20''' || Colorado || 17 || |- | December 30, 1986 || '''#15 UCLA''' || '''31''' || BYU || 10 || |- | December 30, 1987 || '''Arizona State''' || '''33''' || Air Force || 28 || |- | December 29, 1988 || '''BYU''' || '''20''' || #20 Colorado || 17 || |- | December 30, 1989 || '''Washington''' || '''34''' || Florida || {{spaces|2}}7 || |- | December 29, 1990 || '''Colorado State''' || '''32''' || Oregon || 31 || |- | December 30, 1991 || '''#22 Tulsa''' || '''28''' || San Diego State || 17 || |- | December 29, 1992 || '''Fresno State''' || '''24''' || #23 USC || {{spaces|2}}7 || |- | December 30, 1993 || '''USC''' || '''28''' || Utah || 21 || |- | December 27, 1994 || #12 '''Utah''' || '''16''' || #15 Arizona || 13 || |}
== Appearances by team == {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank !Team !Appearances !Record !Win % |- |T1 | style={{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Washington}} |2 |2–0 |1.000 |- |T1 | style={{NCAA color cell|BYU Cougars}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|BYU}} |2 |1–1 |.500 |- |T1 | style={{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|USC}} |2 |1–1 |.500 |- |T1 | style={{NCAA color cell|Utah Utes}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Utah}} |2 |1–1 |.500 |- |T1 | style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado Buffaloes}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Colorado}} |2 |0–2 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arizona State}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado State Rams}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Colorado State}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Fresno State Bulldogs}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Fresno State}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Iowa Hawkeyes}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Iowa}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Tulsa}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|UCLA}} |1 |1–0 |1.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Air Force Falcons}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Air Force}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA secondary color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arizona}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Florida}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Oregon Ducks}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oregon}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|San Diego State Aztecs}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|San Diego State}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |- |T6 | style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas}} |1 |0–1 |.000 |}
== Appearances by conference == {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank !Conference !Appearances !Record !Win % !# of Teams !Teams |- |T1 |Pac-10 |8 |5–3 |.625 |6 |Washington (2–0)<br> USC (1–1)<br> Arizona State (1–0)<br> UCLA (1–0)<br> Arizona (0–1)<br> Oregon (0–1) |- |T1 |WAC |8 |4–4 |.500 |6 |BYU (1–1)<br> Utah (1–1)<br> Colorado State (1–0)<br> Fresno State (1–0)<br> Air Force (0–1)<br> San Diego State (0–1) |- |3 |Big Eight |2 |0–2 |.000 |1 |Colorado (0–2) |- |T4 |Big Ten |1 |1–0 |1.000 |1 |Iowa (1–0) |- |T4 |Independent |1 |1–0 |1.000 |1 |Tulsa (1–0) |- |T4 |SEC |1 |0–1 |.000 |1 |Florida (0–1) |- |T4 |SWC |1 |0–1 |.000 |1 |Texas (0–1) |}
==See also== * List of college bowl games
==References== <references/>
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