Pinstripe Bowl

The "Yankee" bowl was announced by the New York Yankees' then–minority owner Hal Steinbrenner, then–New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, then-Big East commissioner John Marinatto, and then–Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe at a Yankee Stadium press conference on September 30, 2009. The last bowl in New York City proper was the Gotham Bowl pitted Miami against Nebraska at the original Yankee Stadium in 1962. The bowl paired the fourth-place team from the Big East Conference against the seventh-place team from the Big 12 Conference.[6][7] In the event the Big 12 lacked an eligible team, Notre Dame received its invitation, as happened in 2013.[8]

On March 9, 2010, the Yankee bowl official name was announced to be the Pinstripe Bowl with New Era Cap Company agreed to sponsor the bowl for four years while ESPN agreed to broadcast the bowl for six years. The inaugural game was played on December 30, 2010.[9][10]

Initially a matchup between the Big 12 and the Big East (which became The American), the matchup now pits an Atlantic Coast Conference team against a Big Ten team starting in 2014, the same year Rutgers University, a New Jersey university that is the closest FBS school in the NYC area, moved to the Big Ten from The American, and one year after Syracuse University moved from the Big East to the ACC.

The ACC agreed to a six-year deal with the Pinstripe Bowl, and the Big Ten agreed to the alignment for eight years. The ACC has adopted a tiered system so the same conference position will not necessarily go to the same bowl.[11] ESPN.com quoted sources that third through sixth bowl-eligible teams would be tiered with the Pinstripe, Belk, Sun, TaxSlayer and Music City bowls.[12]

Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

2013 MVP Zack Martin

The MVP of the bowl is presented with the David C. Koch MVP Trophy,[13] named after a former president of the New Era Cap Company.[14]

Updated through the December 2019 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances

Teams with a single appearance

Won: Duke, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn State, Wisconsin
Lost: Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Updated through the December 2019 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances).

• The American's record includes appearances of Syracuse (2010, 2012) and Rutgers (2011), at the time members of the Big East, as The American retains the conference charter following the 2013 split of the original Big East along football lines.
• Independent appearances: Notre Dame (2013)

The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception, except for 2015, when it was carried by ABC.

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