| Year | Bowl | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BCS Title Game | 1/9/12 | beat LSU 21-0 |
| 2010 | Capital One | 1/1/11 | beat Michigan St 49-7 |
| 2009 | BCS Title Game | 1/7/10 | beat Texas 37-21 |
| 2008 | Sugar | 1/2/09 | lost to Utah 17-31 |
| 2007 | Independence | 12/30/07 | beat Colorado 30-24 |
| 2006 | Independence | 12/28/06 | lost to Oklahoma St 31-34 |
| 2005 | Cotton | 1/2/06 | beat Texas Tech 13-10 |
| 2004 | Music City | 12/31/04 | lost to Minnesota 16-20 |
| 2001 | Independence | 12/27/01 | beat Iowa State 14-13 |
| 1999 | Orange | 1/1/00 | lost to Michigan 34-35, OT |
| 1998 | Music City | 12/29/98 | lost to Virginia Tech 7-38 |
| 1996 | Outback | 1/1/97 | beat Michigan 17-14 |
| 1994 | Citrus | 1/2/95 | beat Ohio State 24-17 |
| 1993 | Gator | 12/31/93 | beat North Carolina 24-10 |
| 1992 | Sugar | 1/1/93 | beat Miami-Florida 34-13 |
| 1991 | Blockbuster | 12/28/91 | beat Colorado 30-25 |
| 1990 | Fiesta | 1/1/91 | lost to Louisville 7-34 |
| 1989 | Sugar | 1/1/90 | lost to Miami-Florida 25-33 |
| 1988 | Sun | 12/24/88 | beat Army 29-28 |
| 1987 | Hall of Fame | 1/2/88 | lost to Michigan 24-28 |
| 1986 | Sun | 12/25/86 | beat Washington 28-6 |
| 1985 | Aloha | 12/28/85 | beat Southern Cal 24-3 |
| 1983 | Sun | 12/24/83 | beat SMU 28-7 |
| 1982 | Liberty | 12/29/82 | beat Illinois 21-15 |
| 1981 | Cotton | 1/1/82 | lost to Texas 12-14 |
| 1980 | Cotton | 1/1/81 | beat Baylor 30-2 |
| 1979 | Sugar | 1/1/80 | beat Arkansas 24-9 |
| 1978 | Sugar | 1/1/79 | beat Penn State 14-7 |
| 1977 | Sugar | 1/2/78 | beat Ohio State 35-6 |
| 1976 | Liberty | 12/20/76 | beat UCLA 36-6 |
| 1975 | Sugar | 12/31/75 | beat Penn State 13-6 |
| 1974 | Orange | 1/1/75 | lost to Notre Dame 11-13 |
| 1973 | Sugar | 12/31/73 | lost to Notre Dame 23-24 |
| 1972 | Cotton | 1/1/73 | lost to Texas 13-17 |
| 1971 | Orange | 1/1/72 | lost to Nebraska 6-38 |
| 1970 | Bluebonnet | 12/31/70 | tied Oklahoma 24-24 |
| 1969 | Liberty | 12/13/69 | lost to Colorado 33-47 |
| 1968 | Gator | 12/28/68 | lost to Missouri 10-35 |
| 1967 | Cotton | 1/1/68 | lost to Texas A&M 16-20 |
| 1966 | Sugar | 1/2/67 | beat Nebraska 34-7 |
| 1965 | Orange | 1/1/66 | beat Nebraska 39-28 |
| 1964 | Orange | 1/1/65 | lost to Texas 17-21 |
| 1963 | Sugar | 1/1/64 | beat Mississippi 12-7 |
| 1962 | Orange | 1/1/63 | beat Oklahoma 17-0 |
| 1961 | Sugar | 1/1/62 | beat Arkansas 10-3 |
| 1960 | Bluebonnet | 12/17/60 | tied Texas 3-3 |
| 1959 | Liberty | 12/19/59 | lost to Penn State 0-7 |
| 1953 | Cotton | 1/1/54 | lost to Rice 6-28 |
| 1952 | Orange | 1/1/53 | beat Syracuse 61-6 |
| 1947 | Sugar | 1/1/48 | lost to Texas 7-27 |
| 1945 | Rose | 1/1/46 | beat Southern Cal 34-14 |
| 1944 | Sugar | 1/1/45 | lost to Duke 26-29 |
| 1942 | Orange | 1/1/43 | beat Boston College 37-21 |
| 1941 | Cotton | 1/1/42 | beat Texas A&M 29-21 |
| 1937 | Rose | 1/1/38 | lost to California 0-13 |
| 1934 | Rose | 1/1/35 | beat Stanford 29-13 |
| 1930 | Rose | 1/1/31 | beat Washington St 24-0 |
| 1926 | Rose | 1/1/27 | tied Stanford 7-7 |
| 1925 | Rose | 1/1/26 | beat Washington 20-19 |