The Freedom Bowl was an annual post-season college football

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 bowl game

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 played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California

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, from 1984 to 1994. Beginning with the 1995 season, the Freedom Bowl's WAC

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 tie-ins were merged with that of the Holiday Bowl

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 and the game was dissolved. In 1997, Anaheim Stadium reverted to a baseball-only configuration, making a resumption of the game in this venue unlikely.

Game results

Date played	| Winning team		| Losing team
26 December 1984	Iowa 1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team The 1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1984 college football season.-Schedule:-Team players in the NFL:- References :...	55		17	notes
30 December 1985	Washington	20		17	notes
30 December 1986	UCLA	31		10	notes 1986 Freedom Bowl The 1986 Freedom Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 1986. It was the 3rd Freedom Bowl Game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the 31-10. UCLA tailback Gaston Green was named the Player Of The Game. He ran for a record 266 yards, 2nd only at the time to Curtis Dickey who ran for...
30 December 1987		33	Air Force 1987 Air Force Falcons football team The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 269 points. At season’s end, the Falcons appeared in the 1987 Freedom Bowl. In the Ram-Falcon...	28	notes
29 December 1988		20		17	notes 1988 Freedom Bowl The 1988 Freedom Bowl pitted former Mountain States Conference rivals and against one another for the first time in a bowl game. It was only the second time the two teams met one another in football since the Buffaloes joined the Big 8. BYU came into the game in a bit of a tailspin after losing...
30 December 1989	Washington	34	Florida	7	notes
29 December 1990		32	Oregon 1990 Oregon Ducks football team The 1990 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon. The Ducks scored 341 points while the defense allowed 221 points. Led by head coach Rich Brooks, the Ducks competed in the .-Schedule:-Team Players in the NFL:...	31	notes
30 December 1991		28		17	notes
29 December 1992		24	Southern California	7	notes
30 December 1993	Southern California	28	Utah 1993 Utah Utes football team In 1993, the Utes went to a bowl game for the second season in a row. This time it was the where they lost, 28–21, to the USC Trojans. This season also marked a change in the Utah-BYU rivalry, dubbed the Holy War...	21	notes
27 December 1994	Utah 1994 Utah Utes football team The 1994 season was the most successful under McBride's tenure at Utah, with the team going 10–2, beating three ranked teams including a 16–13 win over 15th ranked at the , finishing the season ranked 10th in the AP Poll and 8th in the Coaches Poll....	16		13	notes