2009 Founded as the Cowboys Classic, the 2009 game featured the No. 20
BYU Cougars of the
Mountain West Conference (MWC) against the No. 3
Oklahoma Sooners of the
Big 12 Conference and was played on September 5, 2009. It was the first college football game played at Cowboys Stadium. The game was only the second game played by BYU and Oklahoma, with the Cougars upsetting the Sooners 14–13.
2010 and
Wisconsin The second Cowboys Classic matched the No. 24
Oregon State Beavers of the
Pac-12 Conference and the No. 5
TCU Horned Frogs of the
Mountain West Conference (MWC) on September 4, 2010. The Horned Frogs defeated the Beavers 30–21 in front of series low crowd of 46,138.
2011 The third edition paired the No. 4
Oregon Ducks of the
Pac-12 Conference against the No. 3
LSU Tigers of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was played on September 3, 2011, with the Tigers winning 40–27.
2012 No. 8
Michigan Wolverines of the
Big Ten Conference played No. 2
Alabama Crimson Tide of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) on September 1, 2012, the first regular-season meeting between the teams. Alabama won 41–14 in front of an event record attendance of 90,413.
2013 The fifth playing of the Cowboys Classic matched the No. 12
LSU Tigers of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the No. 20
TCU Horned Frogs of the
Big 12 Conference and was played on August 31, 2013. The Tigers beat the Horned Frogs 37–27.
2014 The sixth edition featured the
Florida State Seminoles of the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the
Oklahoma State Cowboys of the
Big 12 Conference, and was played on August 30, 2014 at
AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas. It was the fifth meeting between Florida State and Oklahoma State, with the Seminoles leading the series 3–1. The No. 1 Seminoles defeated the unranked Cowboys 37–31 in front of a crowd of 62,521.
2015 The seventh edition of the Advocare Classic (and the first with Advocare as title sponsor) featured the
Alabama Crimson Tide of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the
Wisconsin Badgers of the
Big Ten Conference, and was played on September 5 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. En route to a national championship, Alabama won their season opener over Wisconsin by a score of 35–17, with eventual
Heisman Trophy winner
Derrick Henry rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns. It was the second overall meeting between Alabama and Wisconsin.
2016 The eighth edition of the classic (and the second with Advocare sponsoring the event) featured the top-ranked
Alabama Crimson Tide of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #20
USC Trojans of the
Pac-12 Conference, played September 3 at AT&T Stadium. The Crimson Tide routed the Trojans 52–6 in front of an announced attendance of 81,359.
2017 The ninth edition of the Advocare classic featured the
Michigan Wolverines of the
Big Ten Conference versus the
Florida Gators of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC), played September 2 at AT&T Stadium. It was the fourth meeting between Michigan and Florida (Michigan leads 3–0), and the first ever regular season meeting between the teams. The Wolverines won the game 33–17.
2018 The tenth edition of the Advocare classic featured #25
LSU Tigers of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) against the #8
Miami Hurricanes of the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), played September 2 at AT&T Stadium. It was the thirteenth meeting between Miami and LSU (LSU leads 10–3), and their first meeting since the
2005 Peach Bowl. LSU won the game 33–17.
2019 The eleventh edition of the Advocare Classic featured the #11
Oregon Ducks of the
Pac-12 Conference against the #16
Auburn Tigers of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC), played August 31 at AT&T Stadium. It was the second meeting between Oregon and Auburn (Auburn leads 1–0), and their first meeting since the
2011 BCS National Championship Game. After being down by 15 in the third quarter, Auburn came from behind to win 27–21, scoring the winning touchdown with 9 seconds remaining.
2021 After missing 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played again in 2021 between
Stanford and
Kansas State. The Wichita Eagle reported that the stadium attendance of 28,668 was mostly filled with Kansas State fans. The final score was Kansas State 24, Stanford 7. ==Records==