| Year | Result |
| 1998 | Mississippi 35, Texas Tech 18 |
| 1997 | LSU 27, Notre Dame 9 |
| 1996 | Auburn 32, Army 29 |
| 1995 | LSU 45, Michigan St 26 |
| 1994 | Virginia 20, TCU 10 |
| 1993 | Virginia Tech 45, Indiana 20 |
| 1992 | Wake Forest 39, Oregon 35 |
| 1991 | Georgia 24, Arkansas 15 |
| 1990 | Louisiana Tech 34, Maryland 34 |
| 1989 | Oregon 27, Tulsa 24 |
| 1988 | So. Mississippi 38, Texas El Paso 18 |
| 1987 | Washington 24, Tulane 12 |
| 1986 | Mississippi 20, Texas Tech 17 |
| 1985 | Minnesota 20, Clemson 13 |
| 1984 | Air Force 23, Virginia Tech 7 |
| 1983 | Air Force 9, Mississippi 3 |
| 1982 | Wisconsin 14, Kansas St. 3 |
| 1981 | Texas A&M 33, Oklahoma St. 16 |
| 1980 | So. Mississippi 16, McNeese St. 14 |
| 1979 | Syracuse 31, McNeese St. 7 |
| 1978 | East Carolina 35, Louisiana Tech 13 |
| 1977 | Louisiana Tech 24, Louisville 14 |
| 1976 | McNeese St. 20, Tulsa 16 |
