List of Kentucky Wildcats bowl games

This is a list of Kentucky Wildcats football bowl games. The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky has been to 23 bowl games, 13 of which occurred in the five consecutive seasons from 2006-2010 and the eight consecutive seasons from 2016-2023. Their record in bowl games is 11-12.The list shows the bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach.

Key

General
†	Bowl game record attendance
‡	Former bowl game record attendance

Results
W	Win
L	Loss
T	Tie

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	Great Lakes Bowl	W 20–19	December 6, 1947	1947	Villanova	Cleveland Stadium	Cleveland	14,908	Bear Bryant
2	Orange Bowl	L 13–21	January 2, 1950	1949	Santa Clara	Miami Orange Bowl	Miami	64,816	Bear Bryant
3	Sugar Bowl	W 13–7	January 1, 1951	1950	Oklahoma	Tulane Stadium	New Orleans	82,000	Bear Bryant
4	Cotton Bowl	W 20–7	January 1, 1952	1951	Texas Christian	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	75,349	Bear Bryant
5	Peach Bowl	W 21–0	December 31, 1976	1976	North Carolina	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta	54,132	Fran Curci
6	Hall of Fame Classic	L 16–20	December 22, 1983	1983	West Virginia	Legion Field	Birmingham	42,000	Jerry Claiborne
7	Hall of Fame Classic	W 20–19	December 29, 1984	1984	Wisconsin	Legion Field	Birmingham	47,300	Jerry Claiborne
8	Peach Bowl	L 13–14	December 31, 1993	1993	Clemson	Georgia Dome	Atlanta	64,416	Bill Curry
9	Outback Bowl	L 14–26	January 1, 1999	1998	Penn State	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa	66,005	Hal Mumme
10	Music City Bowl	L 13–20	December 29, 1999	1999	Syracuse	Adelphia Coliseum^[a]	Nashville	59,221	Hal Mumme
11	Music City Bowl	W 28–20	December 29, 2006	2006	Clemson	LP Field^[a]	Nashville	68,024	Rich Brooks
12	Music City Bowl	W 35–28	December 31, 2007	2007	Florida State	LP Field^[a]	Nashville	68,661	Rich Brooks
13	Liberty Bowl	W 25–19	January 2, 2009	2008	East Carolina	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis	56,125	Rich Brooks
14	Music City Bowl	L 13–21	December 27, 2009	2009	Clemson	LP Field^[a]	Nashville	57,280	Rich Brooks
15	BBVA Compass Bowl	L 10–27	January 8, 2011	2010	Pittsburgh	Legion Field	Birmingham	41,207	Joker Phillips
16	TaxSlayer Bowl	L 18–33	December 31, 2016	2016	Georgia Tech	EverBank Field^[b]	Jacksonville	43,102	Mark Stoops
17	Music City Bowl	L 23–24	December 29, 2017	2017	Northwestern	Nissan Stadium	Nashville	48,675	Mark Stoops
18	Citrus Bowl	W 27–24	January 1, 2019	2018	Penn State	Camping World Stadium	Orlando	59,167	Mark Stoops
19	Belk Bowl	W 37–30	December 31, 2019	2019	Virginia Tech	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte	44,138	Mark Stoops
20	Gator Bowl	W 23–21	January 2, 2021	2020	NC State	TIAA Bank Field	Jacksonville	10,442	Mark Stoops
21	Citrus Bowl	W* 20–17	January 1, 2022	2021	Iowa	Camping World Stadium	Orlando	50,769	Mark Stoops
22	Music City Bowl	L 0–21	December 31, 2022	2022	Iowa	Nissan Stadium	Nashville	42,312	Mark Stoops
23	Gator Bowl	L 35–38	December 29, 2023	2023	Clemson	EverBank Stadium	Jacksonville	40,132	Mark Stoops

Kentucky vacated all 2021 wins in August 2024.^[1]

External links

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
UK Athletics Media Relations Office. "Kentucky Football Bowl Teams". Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Now known as Nissan Stadium.
^ Now known as TIAA Bank Field.

References

^ "Kentucky will vacate wins as NCAA investigation finds football players received 'impermissible benefits'". 2 August 2024.

[Nashville-1] Now known as Nissan Stadium.

[JAX-2] Now known as TIAA Bank Field.

[3] "Kentucky will vacate wins as NCAA investigation finds football players received 'impermissible benefits'". 2 August 2024.

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