| 1986 John Hancock Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 25, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Cornelius Bennett, Alabama DE Steve Alvord, Washington G | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Alabama by 2 points [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Frank Shepard (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,722 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Ara Parseghian, John Dockery | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1986 Sun Bowl featured the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Washington Huskies of the Pacific-10 Conference. In Ray Perkins's final game as Alabama head coach, the Crimson Tide defeated the Huskies 28–6.[2][3][4]
This was the first edition of the Sun Bowl that carried corporate sponsorship,[5] as John Hancock Financial entered a three-year, $1.5 million partnership.[6] The Fiesta Bowl had done so approximately a year earlier, entering a sponsorship agreement in September 1985 and playing its January 1986 edition as the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.[7]