The Texas Longhorns football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Texas in the Southeastern Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Texas has appeared in 63 bowl games with a record of 34–27–2. Included in these games are two BCS National Championship Game appearances. Texas has also participated in 22 Cotton Bowls, two Rose Bowls, five Sugar Bowls, two Orange Bowls, two Fiesta Bowls, and one Peach Bowl. In 2025, Texas became the first team to win all 6 of the New Year's Six bowls.
Key +General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance * Denotes national championship game § Denotes College Football Playoff game
+ Results W Win L Loss T Tie
Bowl games + #BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coach 1Cotton Bowl1942Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsCotton BowlDallas, TX36,620Dana X. Bible 2Cotton Bowl1943Randolph Field RamblersCotton BowlDallas, TX15,000 3Cotton Bowl1945Missouri TigersCotton BowlDallas, TX46,000 4Sugar Bowl1947Alabama Crimson TideTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA73,000Blair Cherry 5Orange Bowl1948Georgia BulldogsBurdine StadiumMiami, FL60,523 6Cotton Bowl1950Tennessee VolunteersCotton BowlDallas, TX75,500 7Cotton Bowl1952Tennessee VolunteersCotton BowlDallas, TX75,500Ed Price 8Sugar Bowl1957Ole Miss RebelsTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LAN/ADarrell Royal 9Cotton Bowl1959Syracuse OrangeCotton BowlDallas, TX75,504 10Bluebonnet Bowl1960Alabama Crimson TideRice StadiumHouston, TX68,000 11Cotton Bowl1961Ole Miss RebelsCotton BowlDallas, TX75,504 12Cotton Bowl1962LSU TigersCotton BowlDallas, TX75,504 13Cotton Bowl*1963Navy MidshipmenCotton BowlDallas, TX75,504 14Orange Bowl1964Alabama Crimson TideOrange BowlMiami, FL72,880 15Bluebonnet Bowl1966Ole Miss RebelsRice StadiumHouston, TX67,000 16Cotton Bowl1968Tennessee VolunteersCotton BowlDallas, TX70,000 17Cotton Bowl*1969Notre Dame Fighting IrishCotton BowlDallas, TX71,938 18Cotton Bowl*1970Notre Dame Fighting IrishCotton BowlDallas, TX72,000 19Cotton Bowl1971Penn State Nittany LionsCotton BowlDallas, TX70,000 20Cotton Bowl1972Alabama Crimson TideCotton BowlDallas, TX72,000 21Cotton Bowl1973Nebraska CornhuskersCotton BowlDallas, TX68,500 22Gator Bowl1974Auburn TigersGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FL63,811 23Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1975Colorado BuffaloesAstrodomeHouston, TX52,748 24Cotton Bowl1977Notre Dame Fighting IrishCotton BowlDallas, TX76,701Fred Akers 25Sun Bowl1978Maryland TerrapinsSun BowlEl Paso, TX32,000 26Sun Bowl1979Washington HuskiesSun BowlEl Paso, TX33,412 27Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1980North Carolina Tar HeelsAstrodomeHouston, TX36,667 28Cotton Bowl1981Alabama Crimson TideCotton BowlDallas, TX73,243 29Sun Bowl1982North Carolina Tar HeelsSun BowlEl Paso, TX31,359 30Cotton Bowl1983Georgia BulldogsCotton BowlDallas, TX67,891 31Freedom Bowl1984Iowa HawkeyesAnaheim StadiumAnaheim, CA24,093 32Bluebonnet Bowl1985Air Force FalconsRice StadiumHouston, TX42,000 33Bluebonnet Bowl1987Pittsburgh PanthersAstrodomeHouston, TX33,122David McWilliams 34Cotton Bowl1990Miami HurricanesCotton BowlDallas, TX73,521 35Sun Bowl1994North Carolina Tar HeelsSun BowlEl Paso, TX50,612John Mackovic 36Sugar Bowl1995Virginia Tech HokiesLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA70,283 37Fiesta Bowl1996Penn State Nittany LionsSun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ65,106 38Cotton Bowl1998Mississippi State BulldogsCotton BowlDallas, TX72,611Mack Brown 39Cotton Bowl1999Arkansas RazorbacksCotton BowlDallas, TX72,723 40Holiday Bowl2000Oregon DucksQualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA63,278 41Holiday Bowl2001Washington HuskiesQualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA60,548 42Cotton Bowl2002LSU TigersCotton BowlDallas, TXN/A 43Holiday Bowl2003Washington StateQualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA61,102 44Rose Bowl2004MichiganRose BowlPasadena, CA93,467 45Rose Bowl*2005USCRose BowlPasadena, CA93,988 46Alamo Bowl2006IowaAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX65,875 47Holiday Bowl2007Arizona StateQualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA64,020 48Fiesta Bowl2008Ohio StateUniversity of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ72,047 49BCS National Championship Game*2009AlabamaRose BowlPasadena, CA94,906 50Holiday Bowl2011CaliforniaQualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA56,313 51Alamo Bowl2012Oregon StateAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX65,277 52Alamo Bowl2013OregonAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX65,918 53Texas Bowl2014ArkansasNRG StadiumHouston, TX71,115Charlie Strong 54Texas Bowl2017MissouriNRG StadiumHouston, TX67,820Tom Herman 55Sugar Bowl2018GeorgiaMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA71,449 56Alamo Bowl2019UtahAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX60,147 57Alamo Bowl2020ColoradoAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX10,822 58Alamo Bowl2022WashingtonAlamodomeSan Antonio, TX62,730Steve Sarkisian 59 Sugar Bowl§2023WashingtonCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA 68,791 60 CFP (First Round)§ 2024ClemsonDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX 101,150 61 Peach Bowl§Arizona StateMercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA71,105 62 Cotton Bowl§Ohio StateAT&T StadiumArlington, TX74,527 63Citrus Bowl2025MichiganCamping World StadiumOrlando, FL47,316
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