1999 Sun Bowl

American college football game August 2023 January 2026 1999 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl 1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers University of Minnesota Oregon Ducks University of Oregon 8–3 Big Ten 8–3 Pac-10 Glen Mason Mike Bellotti 12 12 13 7 0 6 7 0 7 10 7 December 31 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Billy Cockerham (QB, Minnesota) Frank White (WAC) 1,000,000 per teamhttps://www.collegefootballpoll.com/ College Football Poll.com www.collegefootballpoll.com CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, and Michele Tafoya The 1999 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the Oregon Ducks and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Golden Gophers were making their first bowl appearance since 1986. Game summary Minnesota – Johnson 1 yard touchdown pass from Cockerham (Nystrom kick), 3:52 Oregon – Harrington 5 yard touchdown run (Villegas kick), 1:11 Minnesota – Bruce 38 yard touchdown pass from Cockerham (Nystrom kick failed), 12:42 Oregon – Harrington 1 yard touchdown run (Villegas kick), 8:04 Oregon – Villegas 37 yard field goal, 3:11 Minnesota – Johnson 7 yard touchdown pass from Cockerham (Nystrom kick), 14:56 Oregon – Howry 1 yard touchdown run Minnesota opened the scoring with an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Billy Cockerham to wide receiver Ron Johnson for a 7–0 1st quarter lead. Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington notched the equalizer when he rushed five yards for a touchdown, tying the game at 7. In the third quarter, Cockerham fired a 38-yard touchdown pass to Arland Bruce for a 13–7 Minnesota lead. Harrington scored on a 1- yard quarterback sneak, to give Oregon a 14–13 lead. Nathan Villegas kicked a 37-yard field goal to make it 17–13. In the fourth quarter, Cockerham again found Ron Johnson for a 7-yard touchdown, and a 20–17 lead. Harrington found wide receiver Keenan Howry for a 10-yard touchdown pass and a 24–20 lead. Oregon held on and won the game.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/prospectus/prospectus.pdf Brick by Brick January 13, 2017 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133455/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/prospectus/prospectus.pdf dead The game's three MVP awards (overall, lineman, and special teams) were each awarded to Minnesota players, despite Oregon winning the game, due (at least in part) to media members having to cast their ballots with five minutes left in the game.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41450482/mvp_voting_system_needs_big_changes/ MVP voting system needs big changes Nick Jezierny El Paso Times 4C January 1, 2000 January 1, 2020 newspapers.com Statistics Statistics Minnesota OregonFirst downs 19 22Rush Att.-Yds. 35–96 39–156Passing yards 257 232Passes (A-C-I) 37–19–2 43–20–0Total Net Yards 353 388Kickoff ret. (No.-Yds.) 3–67 4–80Punt ret. (No.-Yds.) 3–20 4–40Penalties–yards 5–58 4–25Fumbles–lost 1–1 2–1 References External links USAToday.com recap of game Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football bowl games Category:Oregon Ducks football bowl games Category:December 1999 sports events in the United States Category:1999 in sports in Texas