# List of Texas Longhorns bowl games

The Texas Longhorns football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Texas in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Texas has appeared in 62 bowl games with a record of 33-27-2. Included in these games are two BCS National Championship Game appearances. Texas has also participated in 22 Cotton Bowls, two Rose Bowls, five Sugar Bowls, two Orange Bowls, two Fiesta Bowls, and one Peach Bowl. In 2025, Texas became the first team to win all 6 of the New Year's Six bowls.

## Key

General :
| † | Bowl game record attendance |
| ‡ | Former bowl game record attendance |
| * | Denotes national championship game |
| § | Denotes College Football Playoff game |
Results :
| W | Win |
| L | Loss |
| T | Tie |

## Bowl games

| # | Bowl | Score | Date | Season | Opponent | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach |
| 1 | Cotton Bowl | W 14–7 | January 1, 1943 | 1942 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 36,620 | Dana X. Bible |
| 2 | Cotton Bowl | T 7–7 | January 1, 1944 | 1943 | Randolph Field Ramblers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 15,000 | Dana X. Bible |
| 3 | Cotton Bowl | W 40–27 | January 1, 1946 | 1945 | Missouri Tigers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 46,000 | Dana X. Bible |
| 4 | Sugar Bowl | W 27–7 | January 1, 1948 | 1947 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, LA | 73,000 | Blair Cherry |
| 5 | Orange Bowl | W 41–28 | January 1, 1949 | 1948 | Georgia Bulldogs | Burdine Stadium | Miami, FL | 60,523 | Blair Cherry |
| 6 | Cotton Bowl | L 14–20 | January 1, 1951 | 1950 | Tennessee Volunteers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,500 | Blair Cherry |
| 7 | Cotton Bowl | W 16–0 | January 1, 1953 | 1952 | Tennessee Volunteers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,500 | Ed Price |
| 8 | Sugar Bowl | L 7–39 | January 1, 1958 | 1957 | Ole Miss Rebels | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, LA | N/A | Darrell Royal |
| 9 | Cotton Bowl | L 14–23 | January 1, 1960 | 1959 | Syracuse Orange | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,504 | Darrell Royal |
| 10 | Bluebonnet Bowl | T 3–3 | December 17, 1960 | 1960 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Rice Stadium | Houston, TX | 68,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 11 | Cotton Bowl | W 12–7 | January 1, 1962 | 1961 | Ole Miss Rebels | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,504 | Darrell Royal |
| 12 | Cotton Bowl | L 0–13 | January 1, 1963 | 1962 | LSU Tigers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,504 | Darrell Royal |
| 13 | Cotton Bowl* | W 28–6 | January 1, 1964 | 1963 | Navy Midshipmen | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 75,504 | Darrell Royal |
| 14 | Orange Bowl | W 21–17 | January 1, 1965 | 1964 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Orange Bowl | Miami, FL | 72,880 | Darrell Royal |
| 15 | Bluebonnet Bowl | W 19–0 | December 17, 1966 | 1966 | Ole Miss Rebels | Rice Stadium | Houston, TX | 67,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 16 | Cotton Bowl | W 36–13 | January 1, 1969 | 1968 | Tennessee Volunteers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 70,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 17 | Cotton Bowl* | W 21–17 | January 1, 1970 | 1969 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 71,938 | Darrell Royal |
| 18 | Cotton Bowl* | L 11–24 | January 1, 1971 | 1970 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 72,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 19 | Cotton Bowl | L 6–30 | January 1, 1972 | 1971 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 70,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 20 | Cotton Bowl | W 17–13 | January 1, 1973 | 1972 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 72,000 | Darrell Royal |
| 21 | Cotton Bowl | L 3–19 | January 1, 1974 | 1973 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 68,500 | Darrell Royal |
| 22 | Gator Bowl | L 3–27 | December 30, 1974 | 1974 | Auburn Tigers | Gator Bowl Stadium | Jacksonville, FL | 63,811 | Darrell Royal |
| 23 | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | W 38–21 | December 27, 1975 | 1975 | Colorado Buffaloes | Astrodome | Houston, TX | 52,748 | Darrell Royal |
| 24 | Cotton Bowl | L 10–38 | January 2, 1978 | 1977 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 76,701 | Fred Akers |
| 25 | Sun Bowl | W 42–0 | December 23, 1978 | 1978 | Maryland Terrapins | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX | 32,000 | Fred Akers |
| 26 | Sun Bowl | L 7–14 | December 22, 1979 | 1979 | Washington Huskies | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX | 33,412 | Fred Akers |
| 27 | Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | L 7–16 | December 31, 1980 | 1980 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Astrodome | Houston, TX | 36,667 | Fred Akers |
| 28 | Cotton Bowl | W 14–12 | January 1, 1982 | 1981 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 73,243 | Fred Akers |
| 29 | Sun Bowl | L 10–26 | December 25, 1982 | 1982 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX | 31,359 | Fred Akers |
| 30 | Cotton Bowl | L 9–10 | January 2, 1984 | 1983 | Georgia Bulldogs | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 67,891 | Fred Akers |
| 31 | Freedom Bowl | L 17–55 | December 26, 1984 | 1984 | Iowa Hawkeyes | Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim, CA | 24,093 | Fred Akers |
| 32 | Bluebonnet Bowl | L 16–24 | December 31, 1985 | 1985 | Air Force Falcons | Rice Stadium | Houston, TX | 42,000 | Fred Akers |
| 33 | Bluebonnet Bowl | W 32–27 | December 31, 1987 | 1987 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Astrodome | Houston, TX | 33,122 | David McWilliams |
| 34 | Cotton Bowl | L 3–46 | January 1, 1991 | 1990 | Miami Hurricanes | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 73,521 | David McWilliams |
| 35 | Sun Bowl | W 35–31 | December 29, 1994 | 1994 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX | 50,612 | John Mackovic |
| 36 | Sugar Bowl | L 10–28 | December 31, 1995 | 1995 | Virginia Tech Hokies | Louisiana Superdome | New Orleans, LA | 70,283 | John Mackovic |
| 37 | Fiesta Bowl | L 15–38 | January 1, 1997 | 1996 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, AZ | 65,106 | John Mackovic |
| 38 | Cotton Bowl | W 38–11 | January 1, 1999 | 1998 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 72,611 | Mack Brown |
| 39 | Cotton Bowl | L 6–27 | January 1, 2000 | 1999 | Arkansas Razorbacks | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | 72,723 | Mack Brown |
| 40 | Holiday Bowl | L 30–35 | December 29, 2000 | 2000 | Oregon Ducks | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 63,278 | Mack Brown |
| 41 | Holiday Bowl | W 47–43 | December 28, 2001 | 2001 | Washington Huskies | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 60,548 | Mack Brown |
| 42 | Cotton Bowl | W 35–20 | January 1, 2003 | 2002 | LSU Tigers | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | N/A | Mack Brown |
| 43 | Holiday Bowl | L 20–28 | December 30, 2003 | 2003 | Washington State | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 61,102 | Mack Brown |
| 44 | Rose Bowl | W 38–37 | January 1, 2005 | 2004 | Michigan | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA | 93,467 | Mack Brown |
| 45 | Rose Bowl* | W 41–38 | January 4, 2006 | 2005 | USC | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA | 93,988 | Mack Brown |
| 46 | Alamo Bowl | W 26–24 | December 30, 2006 | 2006 | Iowa | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 65,875 | Mack Brown |
| 47 | Holiday Bowl | W 52–34 | December 27, 2007 | 2007 | Arizona State | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 64,020 | Mack Brown |
| 48 | Fiesta Bowl | W 24–21 | January 5, 2009 | 2008 | Ohio State | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale, AZ | 72,047 | Mack Brown |
| 49 | BCS National Championship Game* | L 21–37 | January 7, 2010 | 2009 | Alabama | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA | 94,906 | Mack Brown |
| 50 | Holiday Bowl | W 21–10 | December 28, 2011 | 2011 | California | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 56,313 | Mack Brown |
| 51 | Alamo Bowl | W 31–27 | December 29, 2012 | 2012 | Oregon State | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 65,277 | Mack Brown |
| 52 | Alamo Bowl | L 7–30 | December 30, 2013 | 2013 | Oregon | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 65,918 | Mack Brown |
| 53 | Texas Bowl | L 7–31 | December 29, 2014 | 2014 | Arkansas | NRG Stadium | Houston, TX | 71,115 | Charlie Strong |
| 54 | Texas Bowl | W 33–16 | December 27, 2017 | 2017 | Missouri | NRG Stadium | Houston, TX | 67,820 | Tom Herman |
| 55 | Sugar Bowl | W 28–21 | January 1, 2019 | 2018 | Georgia | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, LA | 71,449 | Tom Herman |
| 56 | Alamo Bowl | W 38–10 | December 31, 2019 | 2019 | Utah | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 60,147 | Tom Herman |
| 57 | Alamo Bowl | W 55–23 | December 29, 2020 | 2020 | Colorado | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 10,822 | Tom Herman |
| 58 | Alamo Bowl | L 20–27 | December 29, 2022 | 2022 | Washington | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 62,730 | Steve Sarkisian |
| 59 | Sugar Bowl§ | L 31–37 | January 1, 2024 | 2023 | Washington | Caesars Superdome | New Orleans, LA | 68,791 | Steve Sarkisian |
| 60 | CFP (First Round)§ | W 38–24 | December 21, 2024 | 2024 | Clemson | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium | Austin, TX | 101,150 | Steve Sarkisian |
| 61 | Peach Bowl§ | W 39–31 | January 1, 2025 | 2024 | Arizona State | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Atlanta, GA | 71,105 | Steve Sarkisian |
| 62 | Cotton Bowl§ | L 14–28 | January 10, 2025 | 2024 | Ohio State | AT&T Stadium | Arlington, TX | 74,527 | Steve Sarkisian |