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The first Orange Bowl ever was played in 1935-01-01.
Bucknell defeated Miami-Florida 26 to 0.
the sugar bowl, cotton bowl,orange bowl, rose bowl.
Over the years,they have changed of course. But, Rose first, Orange next, Sugar, then Sun and Cotton. After WWII,they started adding them right and left. Rose Bowl, 1901; Orange Bowl, 1934; Sugar Bowl, 1934; Sun Bowl, 1934; Cotton Bowl, 1936; Gator Bowl, 1945; Tangerine/Citrus Bowl (now the CapitalOne Bowl), 1946; Liberty Bowl, 1959; and now is when they start changing their names to correspond with their sponsors.
The Rose Bowl is the oldest college bowl game, starting in 1902, and there are three bowl games that started play in 1935 and are tied for second oldest (Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Sun Bowl). Next comes the Cotton Bowl whose first game was in 1937.