Sugar Bowl - wikipedia Sugar Bowl For other uses, see Sugar bowl ( disambiguation ). Sugar Bowl Allstate Sugar Bowl Allstate Sugar Bowl logo Stadium Mercedes - Benz Superdome Location New Orleans, Louisiana Previous stadiums Tulane Stadium ( 1934 -- 1974 ) Georgia Dome ( 2006 ) Previous locations Atlanta, Georgia ( 2006 ) Operated 1935 -- present Conference tie - ins SEC ( unofficial 1935 -- 1975, official 1976 -- present ) Big 12 ( 2015 -- present ) Payout US $ 17,000,000 per team ( As of 2014 ) Sponsors USF&G Financial Services ( 1988 -- 1995 ) Nokia ( 1996 -- 2006 ) Allstate Insurance ( 2007 -- present ) Former names Sugar Bowl ( 1935 -- 1987 ) USF&G Sugar Bowl ( 1988 -- 1995 ) Nokia Sugar Bowl ( 1996 -- 2006 ) 2016 season matchup Oklahoma vs. Auburn ( Oklahoma 35 -- 19 ) 2017 season matchup Clemson vs. Alabama ( January 1, 2018 ) The Sugar Bowl, officially the Allstate Sugar Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes - Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009. The Sugar Bowl, along with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl, are the second - oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl Game. The Sugar Bowl is also a member of the College Football Playoff. Presently, its current sponsor is the Allstate insurance company. The Sugar Bowl has had a longstanding -- albeit not exclusive -- relationship with the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) ( which once had a member institution based in New Orleans, Tulane University ; another Louisiana school, Louisiana State University ( LSU ) in Baton Rouge, is still in the SEC today ). Indeed, the Sugar Bowl did not feature an SEC team only four times in its first 60 editions, and an SEC team played in the game in every year but one from 1950 to 1995. The SEC 's opponent varied from year to year, but, prior to the advent of the Bowl Championship Series was often the runner - up of the Big 8 or SWC, or a major independent. The Sugar Bowl - SEC relationship has been altered over the past twenty years due to conference realignments and the emergence of a series of coalitions and alliances intending to produce an undisputed national champion in college football, but the ties between the Sugar Bowl and the SEC have persisted and have recently been strengthened. Since 2015, the Sugar Bowl, along with the Rose, Orange, Cotton, Peach, and Fiesta bowls, is one of the `` New Years Six '' bowls in rotation for the College Football Playoff. It hosted a playoff semifinal following the 2014 season, and will next host one following the 2017 season. In other years, it will feature the best available teams from SEC and the Big 12 Conferences, an arrangement nearly identical with the relationship between the Rose Bowl and the champions of the Big Ten and Pac - 12. As a member of the Bowl Championship Series, the Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game twice ( 2000 and 2004 ). However, from the 2006 season to the 2013 season, the BCS National Championship Game had been a stand - alone event, following one week after the New Year 's Day bowl games. This means that, under the now - defunct BCS format, no traditional bowl game hosted the BCS National Championship Game, but that game was played at the venue of one of those traditional major bowls, rotating amongst the four sites, including the Superdome. The payout for the 2006 game was $14 -- 17 million per participating team. According to Sports Illustrated, the 2007 salary for Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan was $607,500. Sugar Bowl in Tulane Stadium in the 1940s Contents 1 History 2 Game results 3 Most Outstanding Players ( Miller - Digby Award ) 4 Appearances by team 5 Record by conference 6 Broadcasting 7 See also 8 References 9 External links History In 1890, Pasadena, California held its first Tournament of Roses Parade to showcase the city 's mild weather compared to the harsh winters in northern cities. As one of the organizers said : `` In New York, people are buried in snow. Here, our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear ( fruit ). Let 's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise. '' In 1902, the annual festival was enhanced by adding a football game. 2004 Sugar Bowl, Louisiana State University vs. Oklahoma ; January 4, 2004 In 1926, leaders in Miami, Florida decided to do the same with a `` Fiesta of the American Tropics '' that was centered around a New Year 's Day football game. Although a second `` Fiesta '' was never held, Miami leaders later revived the idea with the `` Palm Festival '' ( with the slogan `` Have a Green Christmas in Miami '' ). The football game and associated festivities of the Palm Festival were soon named the `` Orange Bowl. '' In New Orleans, Louisiana, the idea of a New Year 's Day football game was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby. Every year thereafter, Digby repeated calls for action, and even came up with the name `` Sugar Bowl '' for his proposed football game. By 1935, enough support had been garnered for the first Sugar Bowl. The game was played in Tulane Stadium, which had been built in 1926 on Tulane University 's campus ( before 1871, Tulane 's campus was Paul Foucher 's plantation, where Foucher 's father - in - law, Etienne de Bore, had first granulated sugar from cane syrup ). Warren V. Miller, the first president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association, guided the Sugar Bowl through its difficult formative years of 1934 and 1935. An unusual 2 - 0 score marked the 1942 Sugar Bowl, in which the sole scoring play was a safety. Much controversy preceded the 1956 Sugar Bowl, when Pitt Panthers who were playing with Bobby Grier, an African - American, met the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There had been controversy over whether Grier should be allowed to play due to his race, and whether Georgia Tech should even play at all due to Georgia 's Governor Marvin Griffin 's opposition to racial integration. In November 1967, Army 's success on the field made them a strong candidate to be selected for the 1968 Sugar Bowl. However, Pentagon officials, in the midst of the Vietnam War, refused to allow the team to play what would have been the academy 's first bowl game ever -- citing the `` heavy demands on the players ' time '' as well as an emphasis on football being `` not consistent with the academy 's basic mission : to produce career Army officers. '' Superdome for the 2005 Sugar Bowl Tulane Stadium hosted the game from 1935 through 1974. It has been played in the Louisiana Superdome since 1975. The Sugar Bowl 's corporate title sponsor was USF&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995 and Nokia cellular telephones of Finland from 1995 to 2006. In March 2006 Allstate Insurance was announced as the new title sponsor. ABC Sports televised the game from 1969 through 2006. Fox Sports televised the game from 2007 to 2009 as part of its contract with the BCS. ESPN started airing the game with the 2010 -- 11 season, after outbidding Fox for the broadcasting rights. The 2006 Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia because of the extensive damage the Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The Sugar Bowl has since returned to the refurbished Superdome. Prior to the BCS, the game traditionally hosted the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) champion against a top - tier at - large opponent. This was formalized in 1975, when the SEC champion was granted an automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl starting with the end of the 1976 season. This continued throughout the time of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the BCS. However, the Sugar Bowl agreed to release the SEC champion if necessary to force a national championship game. Under this format, the Sugar Bowl hosted the first Bowl Coalition national championship game, when SEC champion Alabama upended Miami at the end of the 1992 season. When the Bowl Coalition became the Bowl Alliance at the start of the 1995 season, the Sugar Bowl would still release the SEC champion to go to the national championship game if they were ranked in the top two in the nation. Under the now - defunct BCS format, the Sugar Bowl continued to host the SEC champion against a top - tier at - large opponent, unless the SEC champion went to the BCS National Championship Game. When this happened, the Sugar Bowl usually selected the highest - ranked SEC team still available in the BCS pool. The SEC champion played for the national championship in every one of the eight final editions of the BCS ( 2006 to 2013 ). The Sugar Bowl maintains an archive of past programs, images, newsreels, and other materials. The archive, originally housed in the Superdome, survived Hurricane Katrina, but a more secure home was needed. During the summer of 2007, the Sugar Bowl donated its materials to The Historic New Orleans Collection, designating it the permanent home of its archive. 2011 Sugar Bowl winner Ohio State vacated its Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas in response to National Collegiate Athletic Association allegations over a memorabilia - for - cash scandal. The 2012 game, pitting the Michigan Wolverines against the Virginia Tech Hokies, was the first Sugar Bowl since 2000 -- and only the sixth since World War II -- without an SEC team. Both of the SEC 's BCS participants, Alabama and LSU, played in the National Championship Game, and under BCS rules only two teams per conference were eligible for BCS bowls. In May 2012, the Big 12 and SEC announced plans to create a new bowl game, the Champions Bowl, that would play host to the champions of those two conferences. However, by November 2012, it was decided instead that the Sugar Bowl will play host to the champions of the Big 12 and SEC, beginning in January 2015. If one of those teams takes part in the national semifinal, a team from the same conference will take their place. Also, it will become one of the bowls that will rotate as a spot for a national semifinal game. On January 1, 2015, the Sugar Bowl matched Big 10 champion, Ohio State against SEC champion Alabama in one of two semi-final games for the college football playoff championship in its inaugural year. Game results Italics denote a tie game Date Played Winning Team Losing Team Attendance Notes January 1, 1935 Tulane 20 Temple 14 22,026 notes January 1, 1936 TCU LSU 35,000 notes January 1, 1937 Santa Clara 21 LSU 14 41,000 notes January 1, 1938 Santa Clara 6 LSU 0 45,000 notes January 2, 1939 # 1 TCU 15 # 6 Carnegie Tech 7 50,000 notes January 1, 1940 # 1 Texas A&M 14 # 5 Tulane 13 73,000 notes January 1, 1941 # 4 Boston College 19 # 6 Tennessee 13 73,181 notes January 1, 1942 # 6 Fordham # 7 Missouri 0 72,000 notes January 1, 1943 # 7 Tennessee 14 # 4 Tulsa 7 70,000 notes January 1, 1944 Georgia Tech 20 Tulsa 18 69,000 notes January 1, 1945 # 11 Duke 29 Alabama 26 72,000 notes January 1, 1946 # 5 Oklahoma State 33 # 7 Saint Mary 's ( CA ) 13 75,000 notes January 1, 1947 # 3 Georgia 20 # 9 North Carolina 10 73,300 notes January 1, 1948 # 5 Texas 27 # 6 Alabama 7 72,000 notes January 1, 1949 # 5 Oklahoma 14 # 3 North Carolina 6 82,000 notes January 2, 1950 # 2 Oklahoma 35 # 9 LSU 0 82,470 notes January 1, 1951 # 7 Kentucky 13 # 1 Oklahoma 7 82,000 notes January 1, 1952 # 3 Maryland 28 # 1 Tennessee 13 82,000 notes January 1, 1953 # 2 Georgia Tech 24 # 7 Ole Miss 7 82,000 notes January 1, 1954 # 8 Georgia Tech 42 # 10 West Virginia 19 76,000 notes January 1, 1955 # 5 Navy 21 # 6 Ole Miss 0 82,000 notes January 2, 1956 # 7 Georgia Tech 7 # 11 Pittsburgh 0 80,175 notes January 1, 1957 # 11 Baylor 13 # 2 Tennessee 7 81,000 notes January 1, 1958 # 7 Ole Miss 39 # 11 Texas 7 82,000 notes January 1, 1959 # 1 LSU 7 # 12 Clemson 0 82,000 notes January 1, 1960 # 2 Ole Miss 21 # 3 LSU 0 83,000 notes January 2, 1961 # 2 Ole Miss 14 Rice 6 82,851 notes January 1, 1962 # 1 Alabama 10 # 9 Arkansas 82,910 notes January 1, 1963 # 3 Ole Miss 17 # 6 Arkansas 13 82,900 notes January 1, 1964 # 8 Alabama 12 # 7 Ole Miss 7 80,785 notes January 1, 1965 # 7 LSU 13 Syracuse 10 65,000 notes January 1, 1966 # 6 Missouri 20 Florida 18 67,421 notes January 2, 1967 # 6 Alabama 34 # 3 Nebraska 7 82,000 notes January 1, 1968 LSU 20 # 5 Wyoming 13 78,963 notes January 1, 1969 # 9 Arkansas 16 # 4 Georgia 82,113 notes January 1, 1970 # 13 Ole Miss 27 # 3 Arkansas 22 82,500 notes January 1, 1971 # 4 Tennessee 34 # 11 Air Force 13 78,655 notes January 1, 1972 # 3 Oklahoma 40 # 5 Auburn 22 84,031 notes December 31, 1972 # 2 Oklahoma 14 # 5 Penn State 0 80,123 notes December 31, 1973 # 3 Notre Dame 24 # 1 Alabama 23 85,161 notes December 31, 1974 # 8 Nebraska 13 # 18 Florida 10 67,890 notes December 31, 1975 # 3 Alabama 13 # 7 Penn State 6 75,212 notes January 1, 1977 # 1 Pittsburgh 27 # 4 Georgia 76,117 notes January 2, 1978 # 3 Alabama 35 # 9 Ohio State 6 76,811 notes January 1, 1979 # 2 Alabama 14 # 1 Penn State 7 76,824 notes January 1, 1980 # 2 Alabama 24 # 6 Arkansas 9 77,486 notes January 1, 1981 # 1 Georgia 17 # 7 Notre Dame 10 77,895 notes January 1, 1982 # 10 Pittsburgh 24 # 2 Georgia 20 77,224 notes January 1, 1983 # 2 Penn State 27 # 1 Georgia 23 78,124 notes January 2, 1984 # 3 Auburn 9 # 8 Michigan 7 77,893 notes January 1, 1985 # 5 Nebraska 28 # 11 LSU 10 75,608 notes January 1, 1986 # 8 Tennessee 35 # 2 Miami 7 77,432 notes January 1, 1987 # 6 Nebraska 30 # 5 LSU 15 76,234 notes January 1, 1988 # 4 Syracuse 16 # 6 Auburn 16 75,495 notes January 2, 1989 # 4 Florida State 13 # 7 Auburn 7 61,934 notes January 1, 1990 # 2 Miami 33 # 7 Alabama 25 77,452 notes January 1, 1991 # 6 Tennessee 23 Virginia 22 75,132 notes January 1, 1992 # 18 Notre Dame 39 # 3 Florida 28 76,447 notes January 1, 1993 # 2 Alabama 34 # 1 Miami 13 76,789 notes January 1, 1994 # 8 Florida 41 # 3 West Virginia 7 75,437 notes January 2, 1995 # 7 Florida State 23 # 5 Florida 17 76,224 notes December 31, 1995 # 13 Virginia Tech 28 # 9 Texas 10 70,283 notes January 2, 1997 # 3 Florida 52 # 1 Florida State 20 78,344 notes January 1, 1998 # 4 Florida State 31 # 9 Ohio State 14 67,289 notes January 1, 1999 # 3 Ohio State 24 # 8 Texas A&M 14 76,503 notes January 4, 2000 # 1 Florida State 46 # 2 Virginia Tech 29 79,280 notes January 2, 2001 # 2 Miami 37 # 7 Florida 20 64,407 notes January 1, 2002 # 12 LSU 47 # 7 Illinois 34 77,688 notes January 1, 2003 # 4 Georgia 26 # 16 Florida State 13 74,269 notes January 4, 2004 # 2 LSU 21 # 3 Oklahoma 14 79,342 notes January 3, 2005 # 3 Auburn 16 # 9 Virginia Tech 13 77,349 notes January 2, 2006 # 11 West Virginia 38 # 8 Georgia 35 74,458 notes January 3, 2007 # 4 LSU 41 # 11 Notre Dame 14 77,781 notes January 1, 2008 # 4 Georgia 41 # 10 Hawai ʻi 10 74,383 notes January 2, 2009 # 7 Utah 31 # 4 Alabama 17 71,872 notes January 1, 2010 # 5 Florida 51 # 4 Cincinnati 24 65,207 notes January 4, 2011 # 6 Ohio State 31 # 8 Arkansas 26 73,879 notes January 3, 2012 # 13 Michigan 23 # 17 Virginia Tech 20 64,512 notes January 2, 2013 # 22 Louisville 33 # 4 Florida 23 54,178 notes January 2, 2014 # 10 Oklahoma 45 # 3 Alabama 31 70,473 notes January 1, 2015 # 4 Ohio State 42 # 1 Alabama 35 74,682 notes January 1, 2016 # 12 Ole Miss 48 # 16 Oklahoma State 20 72,117 notes January 2, 2017 # 7 Oklahoma 35 # 14 Auburn 19 54,077 notes January 1, 2018 # 4 Alabama 24 # 1 Clemson 6 72,360 notes ^ Jump up to : Temporarily relocated because of the damage from Hurricane Katrina. Jump up ^ Denotes Bowl Coalition Championship game Jump up ^ Denotes Bowl Alliance Championship game ^ Jump up to : Denotes BCS National Championship Game Jump up ^ Ohio State vacated its 31 - 26 victory over Arkansas due to NCAA sanctions ^ Jump up to : Denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game Most Outstanding players ( Miller - Digby Award ) The Miller - Digby Award is presented to the Most Outstanding Player ( MOP ) in the Sugar Bowl, as voted by sports journalists covering the game. The award was initially established in 1948 following the death of Warren V. Miller, the first president of the Bowl ; it was renamed the Miller - Digby Memorial Trophy in 1959, in honor of Fred J. Digby, the first general manager and fellow founding member of the Bowl. Year MOP Team Position 1948 Bobby Layne Texas QB 1949 Jack Mitchell Oklahoma QB 1950 Leon Heath Oklahoma FB 1951 Walt Yowarsky Kentucky 1952 Ed Modzelewski Maryland FB 1953 Leon Hardeman Georgia Tech HB 1954 Pepper Rodgers Georgia Tech QB 1955 Joe Gattuso Navy FB 1956 Franklin Brooks Georgia Tech 1957 Del Shofner Baylor HB 1958 Raymond Brown Mississippi QB 1959 Billy Cannon LSU HB 1960 Bobby Franklin Mississippi QB 1961 Jake Gibbs Mississippi QB 1962 Mike Fracchia Alabama FB 1963 Glynn Griffin Mississippi QB 1964 Tim Davis Alabama 1965 Doug Moreau LSU FL 1966 Steve Spurrier Florida QB 1967 Ken Stabler Alabama QB 1968 Glenn Smith LSU HB 1969 Chuck Dicus Arkansas FL 1970 Archie Manning Mississippi QB 1971 Bobby Scott Tennessee QB 1972 Jack Mildren Oklahoma QB 1973 Tinker Owens Oklahoma FL Tom Clements Notre Dame QB Tony Davis Nebraska FB 1976 Richard Todd Alabama QB 1977 Matt Cavanaugh Pittsburgh QB 1978 Jeff Rutledge Alabama QB 1979 Barry Krauss Alabama LB 1980 Major Ogilvie Alabama RB 1981 Herschel Walker Georgia RB 1982 Dan Marino Pittsburgh QB Todd Blackledge Penn State QB 1984 Bo Jackson Auburn RB 1985 Craig Sundberg Nebraska QB 1986 Daryl Dickey Tennessee QB Steve Taylor Nebraska QB 1988 Don McPherson Syracuse QB 1989 Sammie Smith Florida State RB 1990 Craig Erickson Miami ( Fla. ) QB 1991 Andy Kelly Tennessee QB 1992 Jerome Bettis Notre Dame FB 1993 Derrick Lassic Alabama RB 1994 Errict Rhett Florida RB 1995 Warrick Dunn Florida State RB Bryan Still Virginia Tech WR 1997 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB 1998 E.G. Green Florida State WR 1999 David Boston Ohio State WR 2000 Peter Warrick Florida State WR 2001 Ken Dorsey Miami ( Fla. ) QB 2002 Rohan Davey LSU QB 2003 Musa Smith Georgia TB Justin Vincent LSU RB 2005 Jason Campbell Auburn QB 2006 Steve Slaton West Virginia RB 2007 JaMarcus Russell LSU QB 2008 Marcus Howard Georgia DE 2009 Brian Johnson Utah QB Tim Tebow Florida QB 2011 Terrelle Pryor Ohio State QB 2012 Junior Hemingway Michigan WR 2013 Teddy Bridgewater Louisville QB 2014 Trevor Knight Oklahoma QB 2015 Ezekiel Elliott Ohio State RB Darron Lee Ohio State LB 2016 Chad Kelly Mississippi QB 2017 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma QB Terrelle Pryor ( QB, Ohio State ) was ruled ineligible afterwards and his entire record was vacated from the 2010 season. Appearances by team Rank Team Appearances Record Alabama 16 9 -- 7 LSU 13 6 -- 7 Ole Miss 9 6 -- 3 Florida 9 3 -- 6 Georgia 9 4 -- 5 6 Oklahoma 8 6 -- 2 7 Tennessee 7 4 -- 3 8 Florida State 6 4 -- 2 8 Auburn 6 2 -- 3 -- 1 8 Arkansas 6 1 -- 5 11 Ohio State 5 3 -- 2 12 Georgia Tech 4 -- 0 12 Nebraska 3 -- 1 12 Miami 2 -- 2 12 Notre Dame 2 -- 2 12 Penn State 1 -- 3 12 Virginia Tech 1 -- 3 18 Pittsburgh 2 -- 1 18 Texas 1 -- 2 18 West Virginia 1 -- 2 21 Santa Clara 2 -- 0 21 TCU 2 -- 0 21 Oklahoma State 1 -- 1 21 Michigan 1 -- 1 21 Missouri 1 -- 1 21 Texas A&M 1 -- 1 21 Tulane 1 -- 1 21 Syracuse 0 -- 1 -- 1 21 Clemson 0 -- 2 21 North Carolina 0 -- 2 21 Tulsa 0 -- 2 31 Baylor 1 -- 0 31 Boston College 1 -- 0 31 Duke 1 -- 0 31 Fordham 1 -- 0 31 Kentucky 1 -- 0 31 Louisville 1 -- 0 31 Maryland 1 -- 0 31 Navy 1 -- 0 31 Utah 1 -- 0 31 Air Force 0 -- 1 31 Carnegie Tech 0 -- 1 31 Cincinnati 0 -- 1 31 Hawai'i 0 -- 1 31 Illinois 0 -- 1 31 Rice 0 -- 1 31 Saint Mary 's ( CA ) 0 -- 1 31 Temple 0 -- 1 31 Virginia 0 -- 1 31 Wyoming 0 -- 1 Mississippi State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt are the only current SEC members to have never appeared in the Sugar Bowl. Former members Georgia Tech and Tulane also appeared in the Sugar Bowl while in the SEC, though former member Sewanee did not. Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Texas Tech are the only current or former Big 8 or Big 12 members to have never appeared in the Sugar Bowl. Texas Tech, Houston and SMU are the only former Southwest Conference members to have never played in the Sugar Bowl Record by conference Conference Games Wins Losses Ties SEC 76 40 36 Independent 26 12 13 SWC 13 6 7 0 Big 8 11 8 0 ACC 9 6 0 Big East 8 0 Big Ten 8 0 Big 12 5 0 So - Con 0 Miz Valley 0 WAC 0 Mtn West 0 0 The PCC or Pac - 12 has never appeared in the Sugar Bowl. Broadcasting See also : Sugar Bowl broadcasters In recent years, television broadcast rights to the Sugar Bowl have been part of the BCS contract. From 1999 -- 2006, the game aired on ABC as part of its BCS package, where it had also been televised from 1969 through 1998. The Sugar Bowl was the only Bowl Alliance game to stick with ABC following the 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons ; the Fiesta and Orange Bowls were televised by CBS. Prior to that, NBC aired the game for several years. From 2006 to 2010, Fox broadcast the game, while ESPN picked up the Sugar Bowl after picking up the rest of the BCS beginning in the 2009 -- 10 season. For 2013, ESPN Deportes introduced a Spanish language telecast of the game. In November 2012, ESPN announced that it had reached a deal to maintain broadcast rights to the Sugar Bowl through 2026. ESPN pays $55 million yearly to broadcast the game beginning in the 2014 -- 15 season under the new contract, which took effect upon the establishment of the College Football Playoff. ESPN made a similar deal to maintain broadcast rights to the Orange Bowl following the discontinuation of the BCS as well. See also College football portal List of college bowl games Manning Award References Jump up ^ `` 2016 - 2017 College Football Bowl Game Schedule ''. CollegeFootballPoll.com. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Allstate Sugar Bowl ''. allstatesugarbowl.org. Retrieved May 18, 2017. Jump up ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/bowls.pdf ^ Jump up to : `` New Orleans to host Big 12 - SEC game ''. ESPN. 2012 - 11 - 07. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 15. Jump up ^ Murphy, Austin, and Dan Wetzel, `` Does It Matter ? '', Sports Illustrated, 15 November 2010, p. 45. Jump up ^ `` Tournament of Roses History ''. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` History of the Orange Bowl ''. FedEx Orange Bowl. Archived from the original on 3 November 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Sugar Bowl History ''. Allstate Sugar Bowl. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2006. Jump up ^ Mulé, Marty - A Time For Change : Bobby Grier And The 1956 Sugar Bowl Archived 2007 - 06 - 10 at the Wayback Machine... Black Athlete Sports Network, December 28, 2005 Jump up ^ * Zeise, Paul - Bobby Grier broke bowl 's color line. The Panthers ' Bobby Grier was the first African - American to play in Sugar Bowl Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 07, 2005 Jump up ^ Thamel, Pete - Grier Integrated a Game and Earned the World 's Respect. New York Times, Published : January 1, 2006. Jump up ^ ( https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aRUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xjUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4279,1834709&dq=sugar-bowl+controversy&hl=en ) ^ Jump up to : `` Fox Sports pulls out of bidding to show BCS games ''. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Selection Procedures ''. BCS. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2006. Jump up ^ `` Ohio State vacating Sugar Bowl win, other 2010 victories ''. WWL - TV. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2011. Jump up ^ `` SEC, Big 12 use bowl game deal to get leverage in BCS playoff - Stewart Mandel - SI.com ''. Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2012 - 05 - 18. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 11. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Miller - Digby Award ''. allstatesugarbowl.org. 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018. Jump up ^ `` BCS National Championship and Bowl Games on ESPN Deportes ''. ESPN. Retrieved 24 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` ESPN Reaches 12 - Year College Football Agreement With Orange Bowl ''. Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 16 November 2012. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sugar Bowl. Official website Sugar Bowl Game History & conference tie - ins History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes - Benz Superdome College Football Playoff Broadcasters Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference Games 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Notes The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 and 2018 editions. 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Question: where is this year's sugar bowl being played
Answer: the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana