List of Minnesota Golden Gophers bowl games

The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Minnesota in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1882, Minnesota has appeared in 24 bowl games. Included in these games are 2 appearances in the Rose Bowl. The latest bowl appearance for Minnesota came in their win against Bowling Green in the 2023 Quick Lane Bowl. A win in that game brought Minnesota's all-time bowl record to 12 wins and 12 losses (12–12).

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	Rose Bowl	L 7–17	January 2, 1961	1960	Washington	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	97,314	Murray Warmath
2	Rose Bowl	W 21–3	January 1, 1962	1961	UCLA	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	98,214	Murray Warmath
3	Hall of Fame Classic	L 7–17	December 22, 1977	1977	Maryland	Legion Field	Birmingham, Alabama	47,000	Cal Stoll
4	Independence Bowl	W 20–13	December 21, 1985	1985	Clemson	Independence Stadium	Shreveport, Louisiana	42,800	John Gutekunst
5	Liberty Bowl	L 14–21	December 29, 1986	1986	Tennessee	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	51,327	John Gutekunst
6	Sun Bowl	L 20–24	December 31, 1999	1999	Oregon	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	48,757	Glen Mason
7	MicronPC.com Bowl	L 30–38	December 28, 2000	2000	NC State	Pro Player Stadium	Miami Gardens, Florida	28,359	Glen Mason
8	Music City Bowl	W 29–14	December 30, 2002	2002	Arkansas	The Coliseum	Nashville, Tennessee	39,183	Glen Mason
9	Sun Bowl	W 31–30	December 31, 2003	2003	Oregon	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	49,894	Glen Mason
10	Music City Bowl	W 20–16	December 31, 2004	2004	Alabama	The Coliseum	Nashville, Tennessee	66,089	Glen Mason
11	Music City Bowl	L 31–34	December 30, 2005	2005	Virginia	The Coliseum	Nashville, Tennessee	40,519	Glen Mason
12	Insight Bowl	L 41–44	December 29, 2006	2006	Texas Tech	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	48,391	Glen Mason
13	Insight Bowl	L 21–42	December 31, 2008	2008	Kansas	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	49,103	Tim Brewster
14	Insight Bowl	L 13–14	December 31, 2009	2009	Iowa State	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	45,090	Tim Brewster
15	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	L 31–34	December 28, 2012	2012	Texas Tech	Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas	50,386	Jerry Kill
16	Texas Bowl	L 17–21	December 27, 2013	2013	Syracuse	Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas	32,327	Jerry Kill
17	Citrus Bowl	L 17–33	January 1, 2015	2014	Missouri	Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium	Orlando, Florida	48,624	Jerry Kill
18	Quick Lane Bowl	W 21–14	December 28, 2015	2015	Central Michigan	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan	34,217	Tracy Claeys (interim)
19	Holiday Bowl	W 17–12	December 27, 2016	2016	Washington State	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	48,704	Tracy Claeys
20	Quick Lane Bowl	W 34–10	December 26, 2018	2018	Georgia Tech	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan	27,228	P. J. Fleck
21	Outback Bowl	W 31–24	January 1, 2020	2019	Auburn	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa, Florida	45,652	P. J. Fleck
22	Guaranteed Rate Bowl	W 18–6	December 28, 2021	2021	West Virginia	Chase Field	Phoenix, Arizona	21,220	P. J. Fleck
23	Pinstripe Bowl	W 28–20	December 29, 2022	2022	Syracuse	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, New York	31,131	P. J. Fleck
24	Quick Lane Bowl	W 30–24	December 26, 2023	2023	Bowling Green	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan	28,521	P. J. Fleck

References

General

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 9, 2013.

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1961 Rose Bowl 1962 Rose Bowl 1977 Hall of Fame Classic 1985 Independence Bowl 1986 Liberty Bowl 1999 Sun Bowl 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl 2002 Music City Bowl 2003 Sun Bowl 2004 Music City Bowl 2005 Music City Bowl 2006 Insight Bowl 2008 Insight Bowl 2009 Insight Bowl 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas 2013 Texas Bowl 2015 Citrus Bowl 2015 Quick Lane Bowl 2016 Holiday Bowl 2018 Quick Lane Bowl 2020 Outback Bowl 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl 2022 Pinstripe Bowl 2023 Quick Lane Bowl 2025 Duke's Mayo Bowl

Minnesota Golden Gophers bowl games

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Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) Huntington Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan: Little Brown Jug Nebraska Penn State: Governor's Victory Bell Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota
People	Head coaches Annual awards NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

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