1986 Sun Bowl

The 1986 Sun Bowl featured the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Washington Huskies of the Pacific-10 Conference. In Ray Perkins's final game as Alabama head coach, the Crimson Tide defeated the Huskies 28–6.

1986 John Hancock Sun Bowl
1234 Total
Washington 0600 6
Alabama 07147 28
DateDecember 25, 1986
Season1986
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas
MVPCornelius Bennett, Alabama DE
Steve Alvord, Washington G
FavoriteAlabama by 2 points
RefereeFrank Shepard (SWC)
Attendance48,722
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBrent Musburger, Ara Parseghian, John Dockery

This was the first edition of the Sun Bowl that carried corporate sponsorship, as John Hancock Financial entered a three-year, $1.5 million partnership. The Fiesta Bowl had done so approximately a year earlier, entering a sponsorship agreement in September 1985 and playing its January 1986 edition as the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.

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