Sugar Bowl

Each week during the 2022 college football season, the Allstate Sugar Bowl will spotlight its history by "turning back the clock" to great moments in the game's history. 

September 14, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1953

September 23, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1983

September 29, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1956

October 6, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1966

October 13, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1946

October 20, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1988

October 27, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1940

November 3, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1939

November 10, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 2022

November 17, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 1991

November 24, 2022 - Turn Back the Clock to 2002
With LSU having captured the SEC West championship, many media projections are picking the Tigers to make the 73-mile trip to New Orleans to play in the 89th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl on December 31. With the regular season finale against Texas A&M and the SEC Championship game against Georgia, there remain many possibilities on the table for the Tigers, but the Sugar Bowl is still opting to “turn back the clock” to January 1, 2002 when LSU turned in one of the top offensive performances in Sugar Bowl history.
 
Full History Story – 2002 Allstate Sugar Bowl

As described at the time, the 68th annual Sugar Bowl was one for the books – the record books. When the smoke cleared from the shootout, LSU emerged with a convincing victory and no fewer than a dozen records were set in the highest scoring Sugar Bowl, including 595 yards of total offense, 444 passing yards by Most Outstanding Player Rohan Davey, four touchdowns by Domanick Davis and 239 receiving yards by Josh Reed on yet another record 14 receptions.
 
“There came a point in the second quarter when Coach had to tell me to settle down,” Davey said. “I was trying to hit a home run on every play. It was just pitch-and-catch.”
 
The SEC Champion Tigers led from start to finish, stunning Big Ten champ Illinois early with a 34-7 halftime lead. The Fighting Illini regrouped after halftime and outscored LSU 27-13 in the final two quarters behind the rocket arm of Kurt Kittner, who finished the night with 262 yards and four TDS, but the Illini deficit was too large from which to recover.
 
“I was in a zone,” Davey gushed later. “There was no pressure on me. I was going to make the most of my opportunity. I was going to go out there and have fun.”



The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 100 Hall of Fame players, 51 Hall of Fame coaches and 20 Heisman Trophy winners in its 88-year history. The 89th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will feature top teams from the SEC and the Big 12, is scheduled to be played on December 31, 2022. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting over $2.2 billion into the local economy in the last decade.