| Rate Bowl | |
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| Stadium | Chase Field |
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Previous stadiums | Arizona Stadium (1989–1999) Bank One Ballpark (2000–2005) Sun Devil Stadium (2006–2015) |
| Previous locations | Tucson, Arizona (1989–1999) Phoenix, Arizona (2000–2005) Tempe, Arizona (2006–2015) |
| Operated | 1989–present |
| Conference tie-ins | Big 12, Big Ten |
| Previous conference tie-ins | WAC (1990–1997) Big 12 (1998–2001) Big East (1998–2005) Pac-10 (2002–2005, 2013–2019) Big 12 (2006–2013) Big Ten (2006–2013) |
| Payout | US$1,625,560 (2019)[1] |
| Sponsors | |
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| Former names | |
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| 2023 matchup | |
| Kansas vs. UNLV (Kansas 49–36) | |
| 2024 matchup | |
| (December 26, 2024) | |
The Rate Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that has been played in the state of Arizona since 1989, under several different names.
Played as the Copper Bowl from inception through 1996, it was known as the Insight.com Bowl from 1997 through 2001, then the Insight Bowl from 2002 through 2011, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl for 2012 and 2013, and the Cactus Bowl for the 2014 through 2017 seasons. In 2018 and 2019, the game was known as the Cheez-It Bowl.[a] In 2020, Guaranteed Rate signed on as the title sponsor of the game, renaming it as the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.[2] In October 2024, the game became the Rate Bowl as part of a company rebrand.[3]
When the bowl was founded, it was played at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, on the campus of the University of Arizona. In 2000, the organizers moved the game from Tucson to Phoenix. There, it was played at what became known as Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. For the 2006 season, the bowl moved a second time. After the annual Fiesta Bowl left Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe to play in University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, the bowl (then still known as the Insight Bowl) was relocated there as a permanent replacement. The bowl returned to its previous home at Chase Field in Phoenix for the January 2016 event, due to renovation work at Sun Devil Stadium that was expected to last at least three off-seasons.[4] The bowl has remained at Chase Field, making it one of three bowl games staged in baseball stadiums, the other three being the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium and the Fenway Bowl at Fenway Park.
- ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Guaranteed Rate Joins With Cactus Bowl As Title Partner For Newly-Named Guaranteed Rate Bowl". Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ "Downtown Phoenix bowl game renamed Rate Bowl as part of rebrand". azbigmedia.com. October 17, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (May 4, 2015). "Cactus Bowl moving to Chase Field for next three seasons". ESPN.com.
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