All-American Bowl
Year played MVP Team Position
1977 Chuck White Maryland SE
1977 Charles Johnson Maryland DT
1978 Curtis Dickey Texas A & M RB
1979 Phil Bradley Missouri QB
1980 Gary Anderson Arkansas RB
1980 Billy Ray Smith Arkansas LB
1981 John Bond Mississippi State QB
1981 Johnie Cooks Mississippi State LB
1982 Whit Taylor Vanderbilt QB
1982 Carl Dieudonne Air Force DE
1983 Jeff Hostetler West Virginia QB
1984 Mark Logan Kentucky RB
1984 Todd Gregoire Wisconsin PK
1985 Mark Ingram , Sr Michigan State WR
1986 Sammie Smith Florida State RB
1987 Scott Secules Virginia QB
1988 Emmitt Smith Florida RB
1989 James Gray Texas Tech RB
1990 Brett Favre Southern Miss QB
Game results -- Most Valuable Players
The All-American Bowl was an annual postseason college football bowl game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. The game was known as the Hall of Fame Classic from 1977 to 1985. In 1986, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame decided to relocate the Hall of Fame bowl game to Tampa, Florida, where it eventually became known as the Outback Bowl. The game in Birmingham continued as the All-American Bowl, which was played for five years under a different organizing body. When the Southeastern Conference expanded to twelve schools and began contesting a SEC Championship Game in 1992, Birmingham officials chose to host the conference title game and abandon the All-American Bowl. The SEC championship was moved to Atlanta's Georgia Dome two years later, leaving Legion Field without any Division I-A postseason college football until 2006, when ESPN and the city agreed to establish a new post-season game, the Birmingham Bowl.