# List of Utah Utes bowl games

This is a list of Utah Utes bowl games. The Utah Utes football team has played in 27 bowl games in its history, compiling a record of 17–9. *Pineapple Bowl wasn't sanctioned by NCAA so only counted as regular season for statistics.

## Key

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

## Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, date, winning team, score, losing team, stadium, location, attendance, head coach, and MVP :
| # | Bowl | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach | MVP |
| 1 | Sun Bowl | January 2, 1939 | Utah | W 26–0 | New Mexico | Kidd Field | El Paso, TX | 13,000 | Ike Armstrong | |
| 2 | Pineapple Bowl* | January 1, 1947 | Hawaii | L 16–19 | Utah | Honolulu Stadium | Honolulu, HI | 22,000 | Ike Armstrong | |
| 3 | Liberty Bowl | December 19, 1964 | Utah | W 32–6 | West Virginia | Atlantic City Convention Hall | Atlantic City, NJ | 6,059 | Ray Nagel | Ernest Allen (Utah) |
| 4 | Copper Bowl | December 29, 1992 | Washington State | L 28–31 | Utah | Arizona Stadium | Tucson, AZ | 40,826 | Ron McBride | Drew Bledsoe (Washington State) Phillip Bobo (Washington State) Kareem Leary (Utah) |
| 5 | Freedom Bowl | December 30, 1993 | USC | L 21–28 | Utah | Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim, CA | 37,203 | Ron McBride | Johnnie Morton (USC) Henry Lusk (Utah) |
| 6 | Freedom Bowl | December 27, 1994 | Utah | W 16–13 | Arizona | Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim, CA | 27,477 | Ron McBride | Tedy Bruschi (Arizona) Cal Beck (Utah) |
| 7 | Copper Bowl | December 27, 1996 | Wisconsin | L 10–38 | Utah | Arizona Stadium | Tucson, AZ | 42,122 | Ron McBride | Ron Dayne (Wisconsin) Tarek Saleh (Wisconsin) |
| 8 | Las Vegas Bowl | December 18, 1999 | Utah | W 17–16 | Fresno State | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, NV | 28,227 | Ron McBride | Mike Anderson (Utah) |
| 9 | Las Vegas Bowl | December 25, 2001 | Utah | W 10–6 | USC | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, NV | 30,894 | Ron McBride | Dameon Hunter (Utah) |
| 10 | Liberty Bowl | December 31, 2003 | Utah | W 17–0 | Southern Miss | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, TN | 55,989 | Urban Meyer | Morgan Scalley (Utah) |
| 11 | Fiesta Bowl | January 1, 2005 | Utah | W 35–7 | Pittsburgh | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, AZ | 73,519 | Urban Meyer Kyle Whittingham | Alex Smith (Utah) Paris Warren (Utah) Steve Fifita (Utah) |
| 12 | Emerald Bowl | December 29, 2005 | Utah | W 38–10 | Georgia Tech | AT&T Park | San Francisco, CA | 25,742 | Kyle Whittingham | Travis LaTendresse (Utah) Eric Weddle (Utah) |
| 13 | Armed Forces Bowl | December 23, 2006 | Utah | W 25–13 | Tulsa | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, TX | 32,412 | Kyle Whittingham | Louie Sakoda (Utah) |
| 14 | Poinsettia Bowl | December 20, 2007 | Utah | W 35–32 | Navy | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 39,129 | Kyle Whittingham | Brian Johnson (Utah) Joe Dale (Utah) |
| 15 | Sugar Bowl | January 2, 2009 | Utah | W 31–17 | Alabama | Louisiana Superdome | New Orleans, LA | 71,872 | Kyle Whittingham | Brian Johnson (Utah) |
| 16 | Poinsettia Bowl | December 23, 2009 | Utah | W 37–27 | California | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, CA | 32,665 | Kyle Whittingham | Jordan Wynn (Utah) Stevenson Sylvester (Utah) |
| 17 | Maaco Bowl Las Vegas | December 22, 2010 | Boise State | L 3–26 | Utah | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, NV | 41,923 | Kyle Whittingham | Kellen Moore (Boise State) |
| 18 | Sun Bowl | December 31, 2011 | Utah | W 30–27 | Georgia Tech | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, TX | 48,123 | Kyle Whittingham | John White (Utah) Devonte Christopher (Utah) Star Lotulelei (Utah) |
| 19 | Las Vegas Bowl | December 20, 2014 | Utah | W 45–10 | Colorado State | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, NV | 33,067 | Kyle Whittingham | Travis Wilson (Utah) |
| 20 | Las Vegas Bowl | December 19, 2015 | Utah | W 35–28 | Brigham Young | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, NV | 42,213 | Kyle Whittingham | Tevin Carter (Utah) |
| 21 | Foster Farms Bowl | December 28, 2016 | Utah | W 26–24 | Indiana | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara, CA | 27,608 | Kyle Whittingham | Joe Williams (Utah) Tegray Scales (Indiana) |
| 22 | Heart of Dallas Bowl | December 26, 2017 | Utah | W 30–14 | West Virginia | Cotton Bowl Stadium | Dallas, TX | 20,507 | Kyle Whittingham | Julian Blackmon (Utah) |
| 23 | Holiday Bowl | December 31, 2018 | Northwestern | L 20–31 | Utah | SDCCU Stadium | San Diego, CA | 47,007 | Kyle Whittingham | Clayton Thorson (Northwestern) JR Pace (Northwestern) |
| 24 | Alamo Bowl | December 31, 2019 | Texas | L 10–38 | Utah | Alamodome | San Antonio, TX | 60,147 | Kyle Whittingham | Sam Ehlinger (Texas) Joseph Ossai (Texas) |
| 25 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 2022 | Ohio State | L 45–48 | Utah | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA | 87,842 | Kyle Whittingham | |
| 26 | Rose Bowl | January 2, 2023 | Penn State | L 21–35 | Utah | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA | 94,873 | Kyle Whittingham | |
| 27 | Las Vegas Bowl | December 23, 2023 | Northwestern | L 7–14 | Utah | Allegiant Stadium | Las Vegas, NV | 20,897 | Kyle Whittingham | |
* The Pineapple Bowl was not sanctioned by the NCAA and counts as a regular season game in official statistics