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The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 game played at Anaheim Stadium
Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a Baseball_park#Modern_stadiums baseball park located in Anaheim, California. It is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League, and was previously home to the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams ....
 from 1990 until 1994, and continued from 1995-2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic
Kickoff Classic

The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002....
 and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Diretors of Athletics. From 1990-1994 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 Eddie Robinson Classic or the Kickoff Classic).






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The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 game played at Anaheim Stadium
Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a Baseball_park#Modern_stadiums baseball park located in Anaheim, California. It is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League, and was previously home to the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams ....
 from 1990 until 1994, and continued from 1995-2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic
Kickoff Classic

The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002....
 and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Diretors of Athletics. From 1990-1994 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 Eddie Robinson Classic or the Kickoff Classic). In 2002, the NCAA began to allow every team to play 12 regular season games, thus effectively banning the Classics. However, in 2008, the Chick-fil-A Classic was organized as a neutral-site game held in Atlanta, Ga.

Results

YearDateSiteWinning teamLosing team
 1990   August 26  Tennessee
1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1990 college football season. The Volunteers offense scored 465 points while the defense allowed 220 points....
 		 31 31
1991 August 29 Florida State
1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Seminoles offense scored 449 points while the defense allowed 188 points....
 		 44 28
1992 August 26 10 7
1993 August 29 31USC
1993 USC Trojans football team

The 1993 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1993 NCAA college football season. The offense scored 348 points while the defense allowed 252 points....
 		 9
1994 August 29 Ohio State
1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season....
 		 34 10
1995 August 25 18 17
1996 August 24 BYU 41 37
1997 August 23 24 0
1998 August 30 27 17
1999 August 28 Penn State 41 7
2000 August 26 Florida State
2000 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2000 Florida State Seminoles football team was the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team finished with a 11-2 record, and lost in the 2001 BCS National Title Game to the Oklahoma Sooners....
 		 24 3
2001 August 25 Nebraska
2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2001 college football season. The Cornhuskers offense scored 463 points while the defense allowed 226 points....
 		 21 7
2002 August 24 Ohio State
2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was the national champion of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was the second, and one of two, in college football history to win 14 games ....
 		 45Texas Tech
2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the college football 2006 NCAA Division I-BS football season....
 		 21


See also

  • Chick-fil-A College Kickoff
    Chick-fil-A College Kickoff

    The Chick-fil-A College Kickoff is an annual college football game played on the opening weekend of the college football season in at the Georgia Dome....
  • Kickoff Classic
    Kickoff Classic

    The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002....
  • Eddie Robinson Classic
    Eddie Robinson Classic

    The Eddie Robinson Classic was college football "kickoff" game played in late August from 1997 through 2002 at various sites. The game was named after legendary coach Eddie Robinson ....


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