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Pigskin Classic (defunct)
Pigskin Classic (defunct)
Stadium	Rotating
Previous stadiums	Anaheim Stadium
Previous locations	Anaheim, California
Operated	1990–2002
Sponsors
	Disneyland (1990–94)
Former names
	Disneyland Pigskin Classic (1990–94)

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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		Network	Announcers
1990	August 26	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	#8 Tennessee	31	#5 Colorado	31	NBC	Don Criqui and Bill Walsh
1991	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	#1 Florida State	44	#19 BYU	28	Raycom	Phil Stone and Craig James
1992	August 26	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	#7 Texas A&M	10	#17 Stanford	7	Raycom	Phil Stone and Dave Rowe
1993	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	#20 North Carolina	31	#18 Southern Cal	9
1994	August 29	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California	#20 Ohio State	34	Fresno State	10	Raycom	Dave Barnett and Dave Rowe
1995	August 26	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	#14 Michigan	18	#17 Virginia	17	ABC	Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute
1996	August 24	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	BYU	41	#13 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	#3 Penn State	41	#4 Arizona	7
2000	August 26	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	#2 Florida State	24	BYU	3
2001	August 25	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	#4 Nebraska	21	TCU	7
2002	August 24	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	#13 Ohio State	45	Texas Tech	21

Rankings from AP Poll prior to game. ^[2]

References

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

[2] ttp://collegepollarchive.com/football

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 |&nbsp;1990&nbsp; || &nbsp;August 26&nbsp; || {{small|[[Angel Stadium of Anaheim|Anaheim Stadium]]<br/>[[Anaheim, California]]}}
 |align=left|#8 [[1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] || 31
 |align=left|#5 [[1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 31
+|align=left|NBC
+|align=left|Don Criqui and Bill Walsh
 |-align=center
 |1991 || August 29 || {{small|Anaheim Stadium<br/>Anaheim, California}}
 |align=left|#1 '''[[1991 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]]''' || '''44'''
 |align=left|#19 [[1991 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]] || 28
+|align=left|Raycom
+|align=left|Phil Stone and Craig James
 |-align=center
 |1992 || August 26 || {{small|Anaheim Stadium<br/>Anaheim, California}}
 |align=left|#7 '''[[1992 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]''' || '''10'''
 |align=left|#17 [[1992 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]] || 7
+|align=left|Raycom
+|align=left|Phil Stone and Dave Rowe
 |-align=center
 |1993 || August 29 || {{small|Anaheim Stadium<br/>Anaheim, California}}
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 |align=left|#20 '''[[1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]''' || '''34'''
 |align=left|[[1994 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State]] || 10
+|align=left|Raycom
+|align=left|Dave Barnett and Dave Rowe
 |-align=center
 |1995 || August 26 || {{small|[[Michigan Stadium]]<br/>[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]}}
 |align=left|#14 '''[[1995 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]''' || '''18'''
 |align=left|#17 [[1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]] || 17
+|align=left|ABC
+|align=left|Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute
 |-align=center
 |1996 || August 24 || {{small|[[LaVell Edwards Stadium|Cougar Stadium]]<br/>[[Provo, Utah]]}}

v t e College football kickoff games
Current	Aflac Kickoff Game (2008–present) Allstate Crossbar Classic (2023–present) Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic (2019–present) Camping World Kickoff (2016–present) College Football Ireland (1988–present) Duke's Mayo Classic (2015–present) FCS Kickoff (2014–present) MEAC/SWAC Challenge (2005–present) Vegas Kickoff Classic (2021–present)
Former	BCA Classic (1997–2004) Cowboys Kickoff Classic (2009–2021) Eddie Robinson Classic (1997–2002) First Down Classic (2007–2011) Hispanic College Fund Football Classic (2000–2002) Kickoff Classic (1983–2002) Nashville Kickoff Game (2014–2015) Patriot Bowl (2007–2009) Pigskin Classic (1990–2002) Texas Kickoff (2013–2021) Wheat Bowl (1997–2006)