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 to 2010 and the eight consecutive seasons from 2016 to 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.

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‡  | Former bowl game record attendance
Results  | W  | Win

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L  | Loss
T  | Tie

## Bowl games

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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

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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

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* 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

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

## References

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

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* 1947 Great Lakes Bowl
* 1950 Orange Bowl
* 1951 Sugar Bowl
* 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic
* 1976 Peach Bowl
* 1983 Hall of Fame Classic
* 1984 Hall of Fame Classic
* 1993 Peach Bowl
* 1999 Outback Bowl
* 1999 Music City Bowl
* 2006 Music City Bowl
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* 2009 Liberty Bowl
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* 2011 BBVA Compass Bowl
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* 2017 Music City Bowl
* 2019 Citrus Bowl
* 2019 Belk Bowl
* 2021 Gator Bowl
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* 2022 Music City Bowl
* 2023 Gator Bowl

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