Teams
The All-American Bowl played host to a number of successful teams from the premier college football conferences of the time (the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Eight (now Big 12 Conference), Big Ten Conference, Southeastern Conference and Southwest Conference). All of them placed teams in the All-American Bowl in various years. At least one of the power conferences fielded teams in the All-American Bowl in every year of its existence; often, two of those premier conferences met in the game. The Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference each placed five teams into the All-American Bowl. The Big Ten Conference proved to be the least successful conference, having never won a game despite placing teams in four different years.
- Conference records in the All-American Bowl were as follows:
- Southwest Conference 3–0 (1.000)
- Atlantic Coast Conference 4–1 (.800)
- Southeastern Conference 3–2 (.600)
- Western Athletic Conference 1–1 (.500)
- Big Eight Conference 1–2 (.333)
- Big Ten Conference 0–4 (.000)
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