The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Anaheim Stadium from 1990 until 1994, and continued from 1995 to 2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. From 1990 to 1994 it was sponsored by Disneyland and referred to as the Disneyland Pigskin Classic. Until 2002 the NCAA only allowed for teams to play a 12-game regular season schedule if the first game were a licensed Classic (such as the Pigskin Classic, the Kickoff Classic, or the Eddie Robinson Classic). In 2002 the NCAA ended the allowance of an extra 12th game, thus effectively ending the Classics.[1] Kickoff games would later see a revival, in 2008 the Aflac Kickoff Game was organized as a neutral-site game held in Atlanta.
Date |
Winning Team |
Losing Team |
Site |
Network
|
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August 26, 1990
|
No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers |
31
|
No. 5 Colorado Buffaloes |
31
|
Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA
|
NBC
|
August 29, 1991
|
No. 1 Florida State Seminoles |
44
|
No. 17 BYU Cougars |
28
|
Raycom
|
August 26, 1992
|
No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies |
10
|
No. 17 Stanford Cardinal |
7
|
August 29, 1993
|
No. 20 North Carolina Tar Heels |
31
|
No. 18 USC Trojans |
9
|
August 29, 1994
|
No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes |
34
|
Fresno State Bulldogs |
10
|
August 26, 1995
|
No. 13 Michigan Wolverines |
18
|
No. 17 Virginia Cavaliers |
17
|
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
|
ABC
|
August 24, 1996
|
BYU Cougars |
41
|
No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies |
37
|
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT
|
August 23, 1997
|
Northwestern Wildcats |
24
|
Oklahoma Sooners |
0
|
Soldier Field • Chicago, IL
|
August 30, 1998
|
USC Trojans |
27
|
Purdue Boilermakers |
17
|
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
|
August 28, 1999
|
No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions |
41
|
No. 4 Arizona Wildcats |
7
|
Beaver Stadium • State College, PA
|
August 26, 2000
|
No. 2 Florida State Seminoles |
24
|
BYU Cougars |
3
|
Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL
|
August 25, 2001
|
No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers |
21
|
TCU Horned Frogs |
7
|
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
|
August 24, 2002
|
No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes |
45
|
Texas Tech Red Raiders |
21
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
|
Rankings from AP Poll prior to game. [2]
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