ABC college bowl game broadcasts
ABC has been airing college football since acquiring the NCAA contract in 1966. Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson were the number one broadcast team through 1973. Keith Jackson, its best-known college football play-by-play man, announced games from 1966 through 2005 on ABC, and was considered by many to be "the voice of college football." Jackson was ABC's lead play-by play man for 25 years, from 1974 through 1998. He originally was to retire after the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, but agreed to remain on a more restricted schedule and remained with ABC through the 2006 Rose Bowl.
Major bowl games
From 1999 to 2006, all games of the Bowl Championship Series were televised by ABC Sports. Generally, coverage consisted of two games on New Year's Day, one on January 2, and one on either January 3 or 4. ABC paid nearly $25 million per year for the broadcast rights to the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange bowls during that time. Overall, the contract was worth $550 million over the eight years for all the bowl games.Starting with the 2006 season, coverage would be split between ABC and Fox. Fox paid for each bowl game US$20 million. Four of the BCS bowl games were on FOX: the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and a new fifth game, the BCS National Championship Game. ABC will continue to broadcast the Rose Bowl Game. ABC had a $300 million eight-year contract that extends to 2014 for the broadcast rights for the Rose Bowl.
In 2007, ABC and Fox showed one game each on January 1, Fox then showed one game each on January 2 and 3 and came back with the championship game on January 8. A similar schedule is planned for future years.
Fox showed all BCS championship games the first three years of the contract, while in 2010 the Rose Bowl stadium was the location of the BCS Championship game, and ABC televised it.
Fiesta Bowl
From 1999 to 2006, the game aired on ABC as part of the first BCS package.| Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator | Sideline reporter |
| January 2, 2006 | ABC | Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Jack Arute |
| January 1, 2005 | ABC | Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Lynn Swann |
| January 2, 2004 | ABC | Tim Brant | Ed Cunningham | Sam Ryan |
| January 3, 2003 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Dan Fouts | Todd Harris and Lynn Swann |
| January 1, 2002 | ABC | Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Jack Arute |
| January 1, 2001 | ABC | Sean McDonough | Ed Cunningham | Leslie Gudel |
| January 2, 2000 | ABC | Tim Brant | Dean Blevins | Leslie Gudel |
| January 4, 1999 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Orange Bowl
ABC held the rights to the event from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1999 to 2006.| Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator | Sideline reporters |
| January 3, 2006 | ABC | Mike Tirico | Kirk Herbstreit | Erin Andrews |
| January 4, 2005 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann and Todd Harris |
| January 1, 2004 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
| January 2, 2003 | ABC | Tim Brant | Ed Cunningham | Sam Ryan |
| January 2, 2002 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
| January 3, 2001 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann and Jack Arute |
| January 1, 2000 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
| January 2, 1999 | ABC | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Dean Blevins |
| January 1, 1964 | ABC | Curt Gowdy | Paul Christman | |
| January 1, 1963 | ABC | Curt Gowdy | Paul Christman | Jim McKay |
| January 1, 1962 | ABC | Curt Gowdy | Paul Christman | Paul Christman |
Peach Bowl
| Date | Network | Play-by-play announcers | Color commentators | Sideline reporters |
| December 29, 1990 | ABC | Steve Zabriskie | Lynn Swann | Susan Hunt |
| December 30, 1989 | ABC | Gary Bender | Dick Vermeil |
Rose Bowl
From 1989 to 2010, the game was broadcast on ABC, usually at 2 p.m. PST; the 2005 edition was the first one broadcast in HDTV. Beginning in 2007, FOX had the broadcast rights to the other Bowl Championship Series games, but the Rose Bowl, which negotiates its own television contract independent of the BCS, had agreed to keep the game on ABC.Beginning with the 2010 season, ESPN now broadcasts all the BCS/CFP games, including the Rose Bowl game.
Sugar Bowl
From 1999 to 2006, the game aired on ABC as part of its BCS package, where it had also been televised from 1969 through 1998. The Sugar Bowl was the only Bowl Alliance game to stick with ABC following the 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons; the Fiesta and Orange Bowls were televised by CBS.Other bowl games
Citrus Bowl
The bowl has been broadcast by Mizlou, NBC, and ABC since then, with the exception of ESPN for the 2011 and 2012 editions.Las Vegas Bowl
The Las Vegas Bowl has been televised by ABC since 2013; ABC also televised the game in 2001. Other editions of the game were broadcast by ESPN or ESPN2.Liberty Bowl
Since 1990, the game has been broadcast predominantly by ESPN, with some editions on ABC.| Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator | Sideline Reporter |
| December 30, 2017 | ABC | Mike Patrick | Tommy Tuberville | - |
| December 31, 2011 | ABC | Dave LaMont | Ray Bentley | Quint Kessenich |
| December 30, 1995 | ABC | |||
| December 27, 1980 | ABC | Jim Lampley | Steve Davis | |
| December 22, 1979 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Ara Parseghian | Verne Lundquist |
| December 23, 1978 | ABC | Chris Schenkel | Ara Parseghian | Verne Lundquist |
| December 19, 1977 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Frank Broyles | |
| December 20, 1976 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Ara Parseghian | |
| December 20, 1971 | ABC | Chris Schenkel | Bud Wilkinson | |
| December 12, 1970 | ABC | |||
| December 13, 1969 | ABC | Chris Schenkel | Bud Wilkinson | |
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