BOWL HISTORY
PENN STATE BOWL HISTORY BOWL APPEARANCES School Alabama Georgia Texas Oklahoma Tennessee USC LSU Nebraska Ohio State Penn State Michigan Clemson Florida
BOWL VICTORIES Bowls 74 59 57 55 54 54 53 53 53 51 49 48 48
School Alabama Georgia USC Oklahoma Texas Penn State Tennessee LSU Florida State Clemson Nebraska Ohio State
BOWL WINNING PERCENTAGE Wins 44 35 34 31 31 30 29 28 28 26 26 26
School
Record
Pct.
(Minimum 20 Appearances)
Utah Oklahoma State Syracuse Mississippi USC Georgia Florida State Alabama Penn State Oklahoma
17-7-0 21-11-0 16-9-1 24-14-0 34-20-0 35-21-3 28-17-2 44-27-3 30-19-2 31-23-1
70.8 65.6 63.5 63.2 63.0 61.9 61.7 61.5 60.8 57.3
PENN STATE BOWL GAME APPEARANCES 1922 L ............................. Rose: Jan. 1, 1923 USC 14, Penn State 3 1947 T...........................Cotton: Jan. 1, 1948 Penn State 13, SMU 13 1959 W.......................Liberty: Dec. 19, 1959 Penn State 7, Alabama 0 Leftwich Memorial Trophy: Jay Huffman 1960 W.......................Liberty: Dec. 17, 1960 Penn State 41, Oregon 12 Leftwich Memorial Trophy: Dick Hoak 1961 W......................... Gator: Dec. 30, 1961 Penn State 30, Georgia Tech 15 Burkhalter Award: Galen Hall 1962 L.......................... Gator: Dec. 29, 1962 Florida 17, Penn State 7 Miller Award: Dave Robinson 1967 T.......................... Gator: Dec. 30, 1967 Penn State 17, Florida State 17 Burkhalter Award: Tom Sherman
1976 L.......................... Gator: Dec. 27, 1976 Notre Dame 20, Penn State 9 Outstanding Penn State Player: Jimmy Cefalo 1977 W.........................Fiesta: Dec. 25, 1977 Penn State 42, Arizona State 30 Outstanding Defensive Player: Matt Millen 1978 L............................ Sugar: Jan. 1, 1979 Alabama 14, Penn State 7 1979 W.......................Liberty: Dec. 22, 1979 Penn State 9, Tulane 6 1980 W.........................Fiesta: Dec. 26, 1980 Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 Outstanding Offensive Player: Curt Warner Outstanding Defensive Player: Frank Case Sportsmanship Award: Frank Case 1981 W...........................Fiesta: Jan. 1, 1982 Penn State 26, USC 10 Outstanding Offensive Player: Curt Warner Outstanding Defensive Player: Leo Wisniewski
1968 W.........................Orange: Jan. 1, 1969 Penn State 15, Kansas 14
1982 W........................... Sugar: Jan. 1, 1983 Penn State 27, Georgia 23 Outstanding Player: Todd Blackledge
1969 W.........................Orange: Jan. 1, 1970 Penn State 10, Missouri 3 Most Valuable Back: Chuck Burkhart Most Valuable Lineman: Mike Reid
1983 W.........................Aloha: Dec. 26, 1983 Penn State 13, Washington 10 Outstanding Defensive Player: George Reynolds
1971 W..........................Cotton: Jan. 1, 1972 Penn State 30, Texas 6 Outstanding Offensive Player: Lydell Mitchell Outstanding Defensive Player: Bruce Bannon 1972 L .........................Sugar: Dec. 31, 1972 Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0 1973 W.........................Orange: Jan. 1, 1974 Penn State 16, LSU 9 Most Valuable Back: Tom Shuman Most Valuable Lineman: Randy Crowder 1974 W..........................Cotton: Jan. 1, 1975 Penn State 41, Baylor 20 Outstanding Offensive Player: Tom Shuman
1985 L..........................Orange: Jan. 1, 1986 Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 1986 W...........................Fiesta: Jan. 2, 1987 Penn State 14, Miami (Fla.) 10 Most Valuable Offensive Player: D.J. Dozier Most Valuable Defensive Player: Shane Conlan 1987 L............................ Citrus: Jan. 1, 1988 Clemson 35, Penn State 10 1989 W......................Holiday: Dec. 29, 1989 Penn State 50, BYU 39 Player of the Game: Blair Thomas; Ty Detmer (BYU) 1990 L...............Blockbuster: Dec. 28, 1990 Florida State 24, Penn State 17
1975 L..........................Sugar: Dec. 31, 1975 Alabama 13, Penn State 6
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1991 W...........................Fiesta: Jan. 1, 1992 Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 Most Valuable Offensive Player: O.J. McDuffie Most Valuable Defensive Player: Reggie Givens
2007 W........................Alamo: Dec. 29, 2007 Penn State 24, Texas A&M 17 Offensive Most Valuable Player: Rodney Kinlaw Defensive Most Valuable Player: Sean Lee
1992 L..................Blockbuster: Jan. 1, 1993 Stanford 24, Penn State 3
2008 L.............................. Rose: Jan. 1, 2009 USC 38, Penn State 24
1993 W........................... Citrus: Jan. 1, 1994 Penn State 31, Tennessee 13 Most Valuable Offensive Player: Bobby Engram Most Valuable Defensive Player: Lee Rubin
2009 W..... Citrus/Capital One: Jan. 1, 2010 Penn State 19, LSU 17 Most Valuable Player: Daryll Clark
1994 W............................. Rose: Jan. 2, 1995 Penn State 38, Oregon 20 Most Valuable Players: Ki-Jana Carter, Danny O’Neil (Oregon) 1995 W.......................Outback: Jan. 1, 1996 Penn State 43, Auburn 14 Most Valuable Player: Bobby Engram 1996 W...........................Fiesta: Jan. 1, 1997 Penn State 38, Texas 15 Offensive Player of the Game: Curtis Enis Defensive Player of the Game: Brandon Noble 1997 L............................ Citrus: Jan. 1, 1998 Florida 21, Penn State 6 Team Offensive Most Valuable Player: Chris Eberly Team Defensive Most Valuable Player: Brandon Short 1998 W.......................Outback: Jan. 1, 1999 Penn State 26, Kentucky 14 Most Valuable Player: Courtney Brown
2010 L........................Outback: Jan. 1, 2011 Florida 37, Penn State 24 2011 L..................... TicketCity: Jan. 2, 2012 Houston 30, Penn State 14 2014 W...................Pinstripe: Dec. 27, 2014 Penn State 31, Boston College 30 (OT) Most Valuable Player: Christian Hackenberg 2015 L......................TaxSlayer: Jan. 2, 2016 Georgia 24, Penn State 17 Penn State Most Valuable Player: Trace McSorley 2016 L.............................. Rose: Jan. 2, 2017 USC 52, Penn State 49 2017 W.........................Fiesta: Dec. 30, 2017 Penn State 35, Washington 28 Offensive Player of the Game: Trace McSorley Defensive Player of the Game: Marcus Allen 2018 L............................ Citrus: Jan. 1, 2019 Kentucky 27, Penn State 24
1999 W........................Alamo: Dec. 28, 1999 Penn State 24, Texas A&M 0 Offensive Most Valuable Player: Rashard Casey Defensive Most Valuable Player: LaVar Arrington
2019 W....................... Cotton: Dec. 31, 2019 Penn State 53, Memphis 39 Offensive Player of the Game: Journey Brown Defensive Player of the Game: Micah Parsons
2002 L...... Citrus/Capital One: Jan. 1, 2003 Auburn 13, Penn State 9 Offensive Most Valuable Player: Michael Robinson Defensive Most Valuable Player: Anthony Adams
2021 L........................Outback: Jan. 1, 2022 Arkansas 24, Penn State 10
2005 W.........................Orange: Jan. 3, 2006 Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3 OT) 2006 W.......................Outback: Jan. 1, 2007 Penn State 20, Tennessee 10 Most Valuable Player: Tony Hunt