Oregon State • Missouri
2006 SUN BOWL

The inaugural Sun Bowl was played on January 1, 1935, between Texas high school teams. The game was scheduled by the local Kiwanas Club as a fund-raiser to benefit underprivileged children as well as fund improvements to the El Paso High School football stadium (the site of the first three games). The first official "Sun Bowl" game between collegiate opponents kicked off a year later. In 1938, the game moved to Kidd Field on the campus of Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy (later Texas Western College; now the University of Texas at El Paso) and in 1963 to a new stadium constructed especially for the Sun Bowl. Today the Sun Bowl is El Paso's leading national attraction. Only the Rose Bowl has been in existence longer.

The 2006 Sun Bowl featured Oregon State and Missouri. It was the first-ever Sun Bowl participation for the Beavers. Mizzou's one prior appearance was in 1973 (34-17 over Auburn). The only time the 2006 Sun Bowl teams met previously on the gridiron was in 1956. OSU opened its season with a narrow 19-13 win against the Tigers in Columbia.

Junior Sammie Stroughter's 38-yard punt return to near midfield set up the Oregon State game-winning drive. OSU trailed by 14 points with just over 12 minutes to go.


The 2006 Sun Bowl culminated opposite seasons for Oregon State and Missouri. After a tenuous 2-3 start, the Beavers won eight of their last nine games—including nail-biters over USC, Oregon, and Hawaii—capped by the come-from-behind Sun Bowl triumph decided by a successful two-point conversion with just 22 seconds remaining, and finished in the nation's top 25. OSU's 10-4 record was the second best in school history, topped only by the 2000 team (11-1). Conversely, Missouri's fourth-quarter Sun Bowl collapse (the Beavers scored 18 points in the furious final period) epitomized its bittersweet season. After bolting to a 7-1 start, the Tigers dropped four of their last five contests to finish at 8-5 overall.


  2006 Oregon State Football  
DATE / TIME (Pacific) TV OPPONENT / LOCATION SCORE

   A 31 / 7:00 pm  EASTERN WASHINGTON 56 - 17
   S 7 / 4:30 pm  BOISE STATE at Boise, ID 14 - 42
   S 23 / 7:00 pm  IDAHO 38 -   0
   S 30 / 1:00 pm  CALIFORNIA 13 - 41
   O 7 / 4:00 pm  WASHINGTON STATE   6 - 13
   O 14 / 3:30 pm  WASHINGTON at Seattle, WA 27 - 17
   O 21 / 4:00 pm  ARIZONA at Tucson, AZ 17 - 10
   O 28 / 12:30 pm  USC 33 - 31
   N 4 / 1:00 pm  ARIZONA STATE 44 - 10
   N 11 / 3:00 pm  UCLA at Pasadena, CA   7 - 25
   N 18 / 12:30 pm  STANFORD at Palo Alto, CA 30 -   7
   N 24 / 12:30 pm  OREGON 30 - 28
   D 2 / 8:00 pm  HAWAII at Honolulu, HI 35 - 32
   D 29 / 11:00 am  MISSOURI at El Paso, TX 39 - 38
 



 2006 Sun Bowl Box Score 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
 OREGON STATE BEAVERS 14 0 7 18 39
 MISSOURI TIGERS 7 10 14 7 38

Mizzou -- Tony Temple 7-yd run (Jeff Wolfert kick)
Ore St -- Sammie Stroughter 13-yd pass from Matt Moore (Alexis Serna kick)
Ore St -- Moore 1-yd run (Serna kick)
Mizzou -- Wolfert 30-yd FG
Mizzou -- Danario Alexander 74-yd pass from Chase Daniel (Wolfert kick)
Ore St -- Joe Newton 11-yd pass from Moore (Serna kick)
Mizzou -- Tommy Saunders 29-yd pass from Chase Coffman (Wolfert kick)
Mizzou -- Temple 65-yd run (Wolfert kick)
Ore St -- Serna 29-yd FG
Mizzou -- Coffman 18-yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick)
Ore St -- Yvenson Bernard 7-yd pass from Moore (Serna kick)
Ore St -- Joe Newton 14-yd pass from Moore (Bernard run)



Pac-10 Bowl Results

LAS VEGAS BOWL
HAWAII BOWL
EMERALD BOWL
SUN BOWL
HOLIDAY BOWL
ROSE BOWL
 Oregon - 8     BYU - 38
Arizona State - 24     Hawaii - 41
UCLA - 27     Florida State - 44
Oregon State - 39     Missouri - 38
California - 45     Texas A&M - 10
USC - 32     Michigan - 18




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