| Year | Result |
| 1999 | Texas 38, Mississippi St. 11 |
| 1998 | UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23 |
| 1997 | BYU 19, Kansas St. 15 |
| 1996 | Colorado 38, Oregon 6 |
| 1995 | USC 55, Texas Tech 14 |
| 1994 | Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 21 |
| 1993 | Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3 |
| 1992 | Florida St. 10, Texas A&M 2 |
| 1991 | Miami, Fla 46, Texas 3 |
| 1990 | Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27 |
| 1989 | UCLA 17, Arkansas 3 |
| 1988 | Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10 |
| 1987 | Ohio St. 28, Texas A&M 12 |
| 1986 | Texas A&M 36, Auburn 16 |
| 1985 | Boston College 45, Houston 28 |
| 1984 | Georgia 10, Texas 9 |
| 1983 | SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3 |
| 1982 | Texas 14, Alabama 12 |
| 1981 | Alabama 30, Baylor 2 |
| 1980 | Houston 17, Nebraska 14 |
| 1979 | Notre Dame 35, Houston 34 |
| 1978 | Notre Dame 38, Texas 10 |
| 1977 | Houston 30, Maryland 21 |
| 1976 | Arkansas 31, Georgia 10 |
| 1975 | Penn St. 41, Baylor 20 |
| 1974 | Nebraska 19, Texas 3 |
| 1973 | Texas 17, Alabama 13 |
| 1972 | Penn St. 30, Texas 6 |
| 1971 | Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 |
| 1970 | Texas 21, Notre Dame 17 |
| 1969 | Texas 36, Tennessee 13 |
| 1968 | Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 |
| 1967 | Georgia 24, SMU 9 |
| 1966 | LSU 14, Arkansas 7 |
| 1965 | Arkansas 10, Nebraska 7 |
| 1964 | Texas 28, Navy 6 |
| 1963 | LSU 13, Texas 0 |
| 1962 | Texas 12, Mississippi 7 |
| 1961 | Duke 7, Arkansas 6 |
| 1960 | Syracuse 23, Texas 14 |
| 1959 | Air Force 0, TCU 0 |
| 1958 | Navy 20, Rice 7 |
| 1957 | TCU 28, Syracuse 27 |
| 1956 | Mississippi 14, TCU 13 |
| 1955 | Georgia Tech 14, Arkansas 6 |
| 1954 | Rice 28, Alabama 6 |
| 1953 | Texas 16, Tennessee 0 |
| 1952 | Kentucky 20, TCU 7 |
| 1951 | Tennessee 20, Texas 14 |
| 1950 | Rice 27, North Carolina 13 |
| 1949 | SMU 21, Oregon 13 |
| 1948 | Penn St. 13, SMU 13 |
| 1947 | Arkansas 0, LSU 0 |
| 1946 | Texas 40, Missouri 27 |
| 1945 | Oklahoma St. 34, TCU 0 |
| 1944 | Randolph Field 7, Texas 7 |
| 1943 | Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7 |
| 1942 | Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 |
| 1941 | Texas A&M 13, Fordham 12 |
| 1940 | Clemson 6, Boston College 3 |
| 1939 | St. Marys, Cal. 20, Texas Tech 13 |
| 1938 | Rice 28, Colorado 14 |
| 1937 | TCU 16, Marquette 6 |
