Cactus Bowl (Tempe)

Cactus Bowl
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl
Stadium	Chase Field
Location	Phoenix, Arizona
Previous stadiums	Arizona Stadium (1989–1999) Bank One Ballpark (2000–2005) Sun Devil Stadium (2006–2015)
Previous locations	Tucson, Arizona (1989–1999) Phoenix, Arizona (2000–2005) Tempe, Arizona (2006–2015)
Operated	1989–present
Conference tie-ins	Big 12, Pac-12
Previous conference tie-ins	WAC (1990–1997) Big 12 (1998–2001) Big East (1998–2005) Pac-10 (2002–2005)
Payout	US$3.35 million per team (as of 2015)
Sponsors
Domino's Pizza (1990–1991) Weiser Lock (1992–1995) Insight Enterprises (1997–2011) Buffalo Wild Wings (2012–2013) TicketCity (2015) Motel 6 (2016–present)
Former names
Copper Bowl (1989) Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl (1990–1991) Weiser Lock Copper Bowl (1992–1995) Copper Bowl (1996) Insight.com Bowl (1997–2001) Insight Bowl (2002–2011) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (2012–2013) TicketCity Cactus Bowl (2015)
2016 matchup
Boise State vs. Baylor (Baylor 31–12)

The Cactus Bowl, officially the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played in the state of Arizona since 1989.

Originally played as the Copper Bowl from inception through 1996, it was known as the Insight.com Bowl from 1997 through 2001, then the Insight Bowl from 2002 through 2011, and then the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl for 2012 and 2013. The Cactus Bowl name has been in use since 2015. There was no game played during calendar year 2014 due to the schedule date moving from December to January; the game was played twice during 2016, due to the schedule date moving back to December.

Originally played at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, the game moved to Bank One Ballpark (now Chase Field) in Phoenix in 2000, and then to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe in 2006. For the 2015 through 2017 seasons, the Cactus Bowl is being played at its previous home of Chase Field in Phoenix while Sun Devil Stadium undergoes renovations. During this time, the game will be one of four bowl games that are played in baseball-specific stadiums; the Miami Beach Bowl, played at Marlins Park, the St. Petersburg Bowl, played at Tropicana Field, and the Pinstripe Bowl, played at Yankee Stadium, are the others.

"Cactus Bowl" had been the originally planned name for what became the Copper Bowl in 1989. The game was played under the Copper Bowl name through 1996, after which title sponsorship rights were assumed by Insight Enterprises, who self-titled the game from 1997 through the 2011. In 2012, restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings became the sponsor and self-titled the game for two years. Buffalo Wild Wings declined to renew sponsorship following the 2013 game, at which time organizers opted to rename the game "Cactus Bowl" rather than reverting to the Copper Bowl name. There had been a Texas-based Cactus Bowl played in Division II, however that game was discontinued after 2011. For 2014, TicketCity sponsored the new Cactus Bowl, and Motel 6 became the sponsor in 2015.