Pigskin Classic

The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Anaheim Stadium 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 and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Directors 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 Kickoff Classic, or the Eddie Robinson Classic). In 2002 the NCAA ended the allowance of an extra 12th game, thus effectively ending the Classics.^[1] Kickoff games would later see a revival, in 2008 the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game was organized as a neutral-site game held in Atlanta, GA.

Results

Year	Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team
1990	August 26	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	Tennessee	31	Colorado	31
1991	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	Florida State	44	BYU	28
1992	August 26	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	Texas A&M	10	Stanford	7
1993	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	North Carolina	31	Southern Cal	9
1994	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	Ohio State	34	Fresno State	10
1995	August 26	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	Michigan	18	Virginia	17
1996	August 24	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	BYU	41	Texas A&M	37
1997	August 23	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois	Northwestern	24	Oklahoma	0
1998	August 30	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum  Los Angeles, California	Southern Cal	27	Purdue	17
1999	August 28	Beaver Stadium State College, Pennsylvania	Penn State	41	Arizona	7
2000	August 26	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	Florida State	24	BYU	3
2001	August 25	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	Nebraska	21	TCU	7
2002	August 24	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State	45	Texas Tech	21

References

1. Street&Smith's SportsBusinessJournal: ‘Kickoff’ aims for college football spotlight