Year-by-Year Results
| Date/Chairman | Teams | Score | Att. | Payout |
| Dec. 13, 1976 | McNeese State | 20 | 19,164 | $50,000 |
| Lee Bryant | Tulsa | 16 | | |
| Dec. 17, 1977 | Louisiana Tech | 24 | 22,223 | $75,000 |
| Ed Powell | Louisville | 14 | | |
| Dec. 16, 1978 | East Carolina | 35 | 31,054 | $100,000 |
| Bill Brandon | Louisiana Tech | 13 | | |
| Dec. 15, 1979 | Syracuse | 31 | 27,234 | $150,000 |
| Skippy Shirley | McNeese State | 7 | | |
| Dec. 13, 1980 | Southern Miss | 16 | 42,600 | $400,000 |
| Milton Chapman | McNeese State | 14 | | |
| Dec. 12, 1981 | Texas A&M | 33 | 48,600 | $600,000 |
| Milton Chapman | Oklahoma State | 16 | | |
| Dec. 11, 1982 | Wisconsin | 14 | 46,244 | $600,000 |
| Ken Hanna | Kansas State | 3 | | |
| Dec. 10, 1983 | Air Force | 9 | 41,274 | $800,000 |
| Tracy Jackson | Ole Miss | 3 | | |
| Dec. 15, 1984 | Air Force | 23 | 45,034 | $800,000 |
| Cecil Lloyd | Virginia Tech | 7 | | |
| Dec. 21, 1985 | Minnesota | 20 | 42,845 | $800,000 |
| Cecil Lloyd | Clemson | 13 | | |
| Dec. 20, 1986 | Ole Miss | 20 | 46,369 | $1,000,000 |
| Jim Thompson | Texas Tech | 17 | | |
| Dec. 19, 1987 | Washington | 24 | 44,683 | $1,000,000 |
| Smokey Hyde | Tulane | 12 | | |
| Dec. 23, 1988 | Southern Miss | 38 | 20,242 | $1,000,000 |
| Mike Collier | Texas-El Paso | 18 | | |
| Dec. 16, 1989 | Oregon | 27 | 44,621 | $1,000,000 |
| John Frazier | Tulsa | 24 | | |
| Dec. 15, 1990 | Louisiana Tech | 34 | 48,325 | $1,200,000 |
| Brant Goyne | Maryland | 34 | | |
| Dec. 29, 1991 | Georgia | 24 | 46,932 | $1,300,000 |
| Orvis Sigler | Arkansas | 15 | | |
| Dec. 31, 1992 | Wake Forest | 39 | 31,337 | $1,300,000 |
| Orvis Sigler | Oregon | 35 | | |
| Dec. 31, 1993 | Virginia Tech | 45 | 33,819 | $1,400,000 |
| Mike McCarthy | Indiana | 20 | | |
| Dec. 28, 1994 | Virginia | 20 | 36,192 | $1,500,000 |
| Bob Brown | Texas Christian | 14 | | |
| Dec. 29, 1995 | LSU | 45 | 48,835 | $1,546,780 |
| Carl Mikovich | Michigan State | 26 | | |
| Dec. 31, 1996 | Auburn | 32 | 41,366 | $1,650,000 |
| Rick Holland | Army | 29 | | |
| Dec. 28, 1997 | LSU | 27 | 50,459 | $1,826,000 |
| Ken Antee | Notre Dame | 9 | | |
| Dec. 31, 1998 | Ole Miss | 35 | 46,862 | $2,114,000 |
| Richard Caldwell | Texas Tech | 18 | | |
| Dec. 31, 1999 | Ole Miss | 27 | 49,873 | $2,239,896 |
| Sandy Cimino | Oklahoma | 25 | | |
| Dec. 31, 2000 | Mississippi State | 43 | 36,974 | $2,112,000 |
| Pesky Hill | Texas A&M | 41 | | |
| Dec. 27, 2001 | Alabama | 14 | 45,627 | $2,344,214 |
| Lindy Broderick | Iowa State | 13 | | |
| Dec. 27, 2002 | Ole Miss | 27 | 46,096 | $2,521,940 |
| Randy James | Nebraska | 23 | | |
| Dec. 31, 2003 | Arkansas | 27 | 49,625 | $2,504,112 |
| Don Jagot | Missouri | 14 | | |
| Dec. 28, 2004 | Iowa State | 17 | 43,076 | $2,400,000 |
| Jack Lee | Miami University | 13 | | |
| Dec. 30, 2005 | Missouri | 38 | 41,332 | $2,400,000 |
| David Nichols | South Carolina | 31 | | |
| Dec. 28, 2006 | Oklahoma State | 34 | 45,054 | $2,200,000 |
| Markey Pierre | Alabama | 31 | | |
| Dec. 30, 2007 | Alabama | 30 | 47,043 | $2,200,000 |
| Joe Darwin | Colorado | 24 | | |
| Dec. 28, 2008 | Louisiana Tech | 17 | 41,567 | $1,650,000 |
| Keith Bergeron | Northern Illinois | 10 | | |
| Dec. 27, 2009 | Georgia | 44 | 49,654 | $2,200,000 |
| Toni Goodin | Texas A&M | 20 | | |
| Dec. 27, 2010 | Air Force | 14 | 39,632 | $2,300,000 |
| Jim Hagan | Georgia Tech | 7 | | |
| Dec. 26, 2011 | Missouri | 41 | 41,728 | $2,300,000 |
| Fred Sexton, Jr. | North Carolina | 24 | | |
| Dec, 28, 2012 | Ohio | 45 | 41,853 | |
| Jack Andres | ULM | 14 | | |