Disneyland 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 Eddie Robinson Classic or the Kickoff Classic). In 2002, the NCAA began to allow every team to play 12 regular season games, thus effectively banning the Classics.

Pigskin Classic I
August 26, 1990 Tennessee 31 - Colorado 31

Pigskin Classic II
August 29, 1991 Florida State 44 - BYU 28

Pigskin Classic III
August 26, 1992 Texas A&M 10 - Stanford 7

Pigskin Classic IV
August 29, 1993 North Carolina 31 - Southern Cal 9

Pigskin Classic V
August 29, 1994 Ohio State 34 - Fresno State 10

Pigskin Classic VI
August 26, 1995 Michigan 18 - Virginia 17

Pigskin Classic VII
August 24, 1996 BYU 41 - Texas A&M 37

Pigskin Classic VIII
August 23, 1997 Northwestern 24 - Oklahoma 0

Pigskin Classic IX
August 30, 1998 Southern Cal 27 - Purdue 17

Pigskin Classic X
August 28, 1999 Penn State 41 - Arizona 7

Pigskin Classic XI
August 26, 2000 Florida State 24 - BYU 3

Pigskin Classic XII
August 25, 2001 Nebraska 21 - TCU 7

Pigskin Classic XIII
August 24, 2002 Ohio State 45 - Texas Tech 21