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The '''Freedom Bowl''' was an annual post-season [[college football]] [[bowl game]] played at [[Anaheim Stadium]] in [[Anaheim, California]], from 1984 to 1994. 

The bowl frequently invited a team from the [[Western Athletic Conference]] to compete against an at-large opponent, provided that the conference had enough bowl-eligible teams.

After the 1994 season, the Freedom Bowl was discontinued as the WAC’s automatic bowl bids were reduced to one with the [[Holiday Bowl]] and [[Cotton Bowl Classic]] having choice of the conference champion.<ref>Foldesy, Jody. "Bowls burgeon as big business", ''The Washington Times''. December 21, 1997. Page A1.</ref>

==Game results==
{| class="wikitable"
!Date !! colspan="2" | Winner !! colspan="2" | Loser !! Notes
|-
| December 26, [[1984 Freedom Bowl|1984]] || '''[[1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]''' || '''55''' || #19 [[1984 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 17||<ref name="1984 Freedom">{{cite news|url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=747&change_well_id=2 |title=1984 Freedom Bowl: Iowa 55, Texas 17 |access-date=2006-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209095303/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=747&change_well_id=2 |archive-date=2006-12-09 }}</ref>
|-
| December 30, [[1985 Freedom Bowl|1985]] || '''[[1985 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]''' || '''20''' || [[1985 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 17 ||
|-
| December 30, [[1986 Freedom Bowl|1986]] || '''#15 [[1986 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]''' || '''31''' || [[1986 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]] || 10 ||
|-
| December 30, [[1987 Freedom Bowl|1987]] || '''[[1987 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]''' || '''33''' || [[1987 Air Force Falcons football team|Air Force]] || 28 ||
|-
| December 29, [[1988 Freedom Bowl|1988]] || '''[[1988 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]]''' || '''20''' || #20 [[1988 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 17 ||
|-
| December 30, [[1989 Freedom Bowl|1989]] || '''[[1989 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]''' || '''34''' || [[1989 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] || {{spaces|2}}7 || 
|-
| December 29, [[1990 Freedom Bowl|1990]] || '''[[1990 Colorado State Rams football team|Colorado State]]''' || '''32''' || [[1990 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]] || 31 ||
|-
| December 30, [[1991 Freedom Bowl|1991]] || '''#22 [[1991 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|Tulsa]]''' || '''28''' || [[1991 San Diego State Aztecs football team|San Diego State]] || 17 || 
|-
| December 29, [[1992 Freedom Bowl|1992]] || '''[[1992 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State]]''' || '''24''' || #23 [[1992 USC Trojans football team|USC]] || {{spaces|2}}7 ||
|-
| December 30, [[1993 Freedom Bowl|1993]] || '''[[1993 USC Trojans football team|USC]]''' || '''28''' || [[1993 Utah Utes football team|Utah]] || 21 ||
|-
| December 27, [[1994 Freedom Bowl|1994]] ||  #12 '''[[1994 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]''' || '''16''' || #15 [[1994 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] || 13 ||
|}

== Appearances by team ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Team
!Appearances
!Record
!Win %
|-
|T1
| style={{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}|[[Washington Huskies football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Washington]]}}
|2
|2–0
|1.000
|-
|T1
| style={{NCAA color cell|BYU Cougars}}|[[BYU Cougars football|{{color|#FFFFFF|BYU]]}}
|2
|1–1
|.500
|-
|T1
| style={{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans}}|[[USC Trojans football|{{color|#FFFFFF|USC]]}}
|2
|1–1
|.500
|-
|T1
| style={{NCAA color cell|Utah Utes}}|[[Utah Utes football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Utah]]}}
|2
|1–1
|.500
|-
|T1
| style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado Buffaloes}}|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Colorado]]}}
|2
|0–2
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}|[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arizona State]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado State Rams}}|[[Colorado State Rams football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Colorado State]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Fresno State Bulldogs}}|[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Fresno State]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Iowa Hawkeyes}}|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Iowa]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}}|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Tulsa]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}|[[UCLA Bruins football|{{color|#FFFFFF|UCLA]]}}
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Air Force Falcons}}|[[Air Force Falcons football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Air Force]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA secondary color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}|[[Arizona Wildcats football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arizona]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}|[[Florida Gators football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Florida]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oregon Ducks}}|[[Oregon Ducks football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oregon]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|San Diego State Aztecs}}|[[San Diego State Aztecs football|{{color|#FFFFFF|San Diego State]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|-
|T6
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}|[[Texas Longhorns football|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas]]}}
|1
|0–1
|.000
|}

== Appearances by conference ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Conference
!Appearances
!Record
!Win %
!# of Teams
!Teams
|-
|T1
|[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
|8
|5–3
|.625
|6
|[[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] (2–0)<br>
[[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1–1)<br>
[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] (1–0)<br>
[[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] (1–0)<br>
[[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] (0–1)<br>
[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] (0–1)
|-
|T1
|[[Western Athletic Conference football|WAC]]
|8
|4–4
|.500
|6
|[[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] (1–1)<br>
[[Utah Utes football|Utah]] (1–1)<br>
[[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado State]] (1–0)<br>
[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] (1–0)<br>
[[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]] (0–1)<br>
[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]] (0–1)
|-
|3
|[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]
|2
|0–2
|.000
|1
|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] (0–2)
|-
|T4
|[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|1
|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] (1–0)
|-
|T4
|[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
|1
|1–0
|1.000
|1
|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]] (1–0)
|-
|T4
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|1
|0–1
|.000
|1
|[[Florida Gators football|Florida]] (0–1)
|-
|T4
|[[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
|1
|0–1
|.000
|1
|[[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]] (0–1)
|}

==See also==
* [[List of college bowl games]]

==References==
<references/>

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