# List of UCF Knights bowl games

The UCF Knights football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing The University of Central Florida in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the football program in 1979, the Knights have played in thirteen bowl games. UCF has appeared in thirteen different bowl games, with multiple appearances in the St. Petersburg (3), Liberty Bowl (2), Gasparilla Bowl (2), and the Fiesta Bowl (2). The Knights also played in the Hawai'i Bowl, the Cure Bowl, and the Peach Bowl which was a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). With their most recent win in the 2021 Gasparilla Bowl, UCF has an overall bowl record of 6–9 (.400). They are 2-1 in BCS bowl games.
UCF's first bowl game came during the 2005 season when, under the leadership of second year head coach George O'Leary, the team underwent the fourth-best turnaround in NCAA history in his second year with the team. Before O'Leary, UCF had not made a postseason appearance since joining the FBS. As an FCS program, the Knights made the 1990 and 1993 playoffs, and were picked as the preseason No. 1 team to start the 1994 season. Since 2004, the Knights have made 15 postseason appearances in the years 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

## Key

General :
| † | BCS Bowl Game |
| ‡ | Bowl game record attendance |
Results :
| W | Win |
| L | Loss |

## Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach :
| # | Bowl | Score | Date | Season | Opponent | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach |
| 1 | Hawaii Bowl | L 49–48$^{OT}$ | December 24, 2005 | 2005 | Nevada Wolf Pack | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 26,254 | George O'Leary |
| 2 | Liberty Bowl | L 10–3 | December 29, 2007 | 2007 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Liberty Bowl | Memphis | 63,816 | George O'Leary |
| 3 | St. Petersburg Bowl | L 45–24 | December 19, 2009 | 2009 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg | 28,793 | George O'Leary |
| 4 | Liberty Bowl | W 10–6 | December 31, 2010 | 2010 | Georgia Bulldogs | Liberty Bowl | Memphis | 51,231 | George O'Leary |
| 5 | Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl | W 38–17 | December 21, 2012 | 2012 | Ball State Cardinals | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg | 21,759 | George O'Leary |
| 6 | Fiesta Bowl | W 52–42 | January 1, 2014 | 2013 | Baylor Bears | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale | 65,172 | George O'Leary |
| 7 | St. Petersburg Bowl | L 34–27 | December 26, 2014 | 2014 | NC State Wolfpack | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg | 26,675 | George O'Leary |
| 8 | Cure Bowl | L 31–13 | December 17, 2016 | 2016 | Arkansas State Red Wolves | Camping World Stadium | Orlando | 27,213 | Scott Frost |
| 9 | Peach Bowl | W 34–27 | January 1, 2018 | 2017 | Auburn Tigers | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Atlanta | 71,109 | Scott Frost |
| 10 | Fiesta Bowl | L 40–32 | January 1, 2019 | 2018 | LSU Tigers | State Farm Stadium | Glendale | 57,246 | Josh Heupel |
| 11 | Gasparilla Bowl | W 48–25 | December 23, 2019 | 2019 | Marshall Thundering Herd | Raymond James Stadium | Tampa | 28,987 | Josh Heupel |
| 12 | Boca Raton Bowl | L 49–23 | December 22, 2020 | 2020 | BYU Cougars | FAU Stadium | Boca Raton | 6,000 | Josh Heupel |
| 13 | Gasparilla Bowl | W 29–17 | December 23, 2021 | 2021 | Florida Gators | Raymond James Stadium | Tampa | 63,669 | Gus Malzahn |
| 14 | Military Bowl | L 13–30 | December 28, 2022 | 2022 | Duke Blue Devils | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis | 17,974 | Gus Malzahn |
| 15 | Gasparilla Bowl | L 17-30 | December 22, 2023 | 2023 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Raymond James Stadium | Tampa | 30,281 | Gus Malzahn |