In 2000 the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series, and every four years (most recently in 2003) is the designee for the national championship game. In January 2007, the game will move to the Arizona Cardinals' new stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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12/27/1971 Arizona State Sun Devils 45 Florida State Seminoles 38 12/23/1972 Arizona State Sun Devils 49 Missouri Tigers 35 12/21/1973 Arizona State Sun Devils 28 Pittsburgh Panthers 7 12/28/1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys 16 Brigham Young Cougars 6 12/26/1975 Arizona State Sun Devils 17 Nebraska Cornhuskers 14 12/25/1976 Oklahoma Sooners 41 Wyoming Cowboys 7 12/25/1977 Penn State Nittany Lions 42 Arizona State Sun Devils 30 12/25/1978 Arkansas Razorbacks 10 UCLA Bruins 10 12/25/1979 Pittsburgh Panthers 16 Arizona Wildcats 10 12/26/1980 Penn State Nittany Lions 31 Ohio State Buckeyes 19 1/1/1982 Penn State Nittany Lions 26 USC Trojans 10 1/1/1983 Arizona State Sun Devils 32 Oklahoma Sooners 21 1/2/1984 Ohio State Buckeyes 28 Pittsburgh Panthers 23 1/1/1985 UCLA Bruins 39 Miami Hurricanes 37 1/1/1986 Michigan Wolverines 27 Nebraska Cornhuskers 23 1/2/1987 Penn State Nittany Lions 14 Miami Hurricanes 10 1/1/1988 Florida State Seminoles 41 Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 1/2/1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34 West Virginia Mountaineers 21 1/1/1990 Florida State Seminoles 41 Nebraska Cornhuskers 17 1/1/1991 Louisville Cardinals 24 Alabama Crimson Tide 7 1/1/1992 Penn State Nittany Lions 42 Tennessee Volunteers 17 1/1/1993 Syracuse Orangemen 26 Colorado Buffaloes 22 1/1/1994 Arizona Wildcats 29 Miami Hurricanes 0 1/2/1995 Colorado Buffaloes 41 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24 1/2/1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers 62 Florida Gators 24 1/1/1997 Penn State Nittany Lions 38 Texas Longhorns 15 12/31/1997 Kansas State Wildcats 35 Syracuse Orangemen 18 1/4/1999 Tennessee Volunteers 23 Florida State Seminoles 16 1/2/2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers 31 Tennessee Volunteers 21 1/1/2001 Oregon State Beavers 41 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9 1/1/2002 Oregon Ducks 38 Colorado Buffaloes 16 1/3/2003 Ohio State Buckeyes 31 Miami Hurricanes 24* 1/2/2003 Ohio State Buckeyes 35 Kansas State Wildcats 28* national championship game