| Year Game Played: | 1995 |
| Game Name: | Sun Bowl |
| Subheader: | 62nd Sun Bowl |
| Football Season: | 1995 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Iowa |
| Visitor Nickname: | Hawkeyes |
| Visitor School: | University of Iowa |
| Home Name Short: | Washington |
| Home Nickname: | Huskies |
| Home School: | University of Washington |
| Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
| Home Record: | 7–3–1 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Hayden Fry |
| Home Coach: | Jim Lambright |
| Home Rank Ap: | 20 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 20 |
| Home Rank Bowlalliance: | 20 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 11 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 12 |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Stadium: | Sun Bowl |
| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Sedrick Shaw (Iowa), Defensive: Jared DeVries (Iowa), Special Teams: Brion Hurley (Iowa) |
| Referee: | Bud Alexander (SWC) |
| Payout: | 900,000 per team[1] |
| Us Network: | CBS |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Jim Nantz and Terry Donahue |
The 1995 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 1995 at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the Washington Huskies from the Pac-10 Conference. The Sun Bowl was one of the 1995–96 bowl games concluding the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season.
After two straight bowl losses to Washington, in the 1982 Rose Bowl and the 1991 Rose Bowl, Iowa got a measure of revenge with the win.
See main article: 1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team. The Hawkeyes entered the game with a 7–4 record (4–4 in the Big Ten). They started the season with five wins and peaked with a No. 18 ranking. After losing four straight conference games, the team rebounded to finish sixth place in the Big Ten standings. Three of their four conference losses came to ranked teams.
This was Iowa's first appearance in the Sun Bowl.
See main article: 1995 Washington Huskies football team. The Huskies entered the game with a 7–3–1 record (6–1–1 in the Pac-10). They finished tied for first place in the Pac-10 standings with USC, a team they led 21–0 in the fourth quarter before the game ended in a 21–21 tie. USC was selected for the Rose Bowl by virtue of more non-conference victories than Washington. The Huskies entered the game ranked No. 20 in both major polls
This was Washington's third appearance in the Sun Bowl. They won the 1979 edition by beating Texas 14–7 and lost the 1986 game to Alabama 28–6.
Iowa scored first, after running back Sedrick Shaw rushed for a 58-yard touchdown, and a 7–0 Iowa lead. Kicker Brion Hurley added a 49-yard field goal, to make it 10–0 after one quarter of play.
In the second quarter, Iowa got a safety, increasing its lead to 12–0. Zach Bromert added a pair of 33 and 34-yard field goals, to push the lead to 18–0. Brion Hurley added a 47-yard field goal before half time to make the score 21–0 at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, Brion Hurley kicked a 50-yard field goal, to make the score 24–0. Washington finally got on the board after quarterback Shane Fortney threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerome Pathon to make it 24–6. Iowa's Michael Burger scored on a pair of touchdown runs to increase the lead to 38–6. Washington scored twice on touchdown passes by back-up quarterback Damon Huard to make the score more respectable.[2] [3]