Pigskin Classic

The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Anaheim Stadium from 1990 until 1994, and continued from 1995 to 2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. From 1990 to 1994 it was sponsored by Disneyland and referred to as the Disneyland Pigskin Classic. Until 2002 the NCAA only allowed for teams to play a 12-game regular season schedule if the first game were a licensed Classic (such as the Pigskin Classic, the Kickoff Classic, or the Eddie Robinson Classic). In 2002 the NCAA ended the allowance of an extra 12th game, thus effectively ending the Classics.[1] Kickoff games would later see a revival, in 2008 the Aflac Kickoff Game was organized as a neutral-site game held in Atlanta.

Pigskin Classic (defunct)
StadiumRotating
Previous stadiumsAnaheim Stadium
Previous locationsAnaheim, California
Operated1990–2002
Sponsors
Disneyland (1990–94)
Former names
Disneyland Pigskin Classic (1990–94)

Results
DateWinning TeamLosing TeamSiteNetwork
August 20, 1990 No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers31 No. 5 Colorado Buffaloes31 Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA NBC
August 29, 1991 No. 1 Florida State Seminoles44 No. 17 BYU Cougars28 Raycom
August 26, 1992 No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies10 No. 17 Stanford Cardinal7
August 29, 1993 No. 20 North Carolina Tar Heels31 No. 18 USC Trojans9
August 29, 1994 No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes34 Fresno State Bulldogs10
August 26, 1995 No. 13 Michigan Wolverines18 No. 17 Virginia Cavaliers17 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC
August 24, 1996 BYU Cougars41 No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies37 Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT
August 23, 1997 Northwestern Wildcats24 Oklahoma Sooners0 Soldier Field • Chicago, IL
August 30, 1998 USC Trojans27 Purdue Boilermakers17 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
August 28, 1999 No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions41 No. 4 Arizona Wildcats7 Beaver Stadium • State College, PA
August 26, 2000 No. 2 Florida State Seminoles24 BYU Cougars3 Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL
August 25, 2001 No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers21 TCU Horned Frogs7 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
August 24, 2002 No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes45 Texas Tech Red Raiders21 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH

Rankings from AP Poll prior to game. [2]

References
  1. Street&Smith's SportsBusinessJournal: ‘Kickoff’ aims for college football spotlight
  2. "Football - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings".


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