List of Syracuse Orange bowl games

The Syracuse Orange football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Syracuse University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1890, Syracuse has appeared in 28 bowl games.[1] Included in these games are 7 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange) and 1 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances.[2][3] The latest bowl appearance for Syracuse was a loss to South Florida in the 2023 Boca Raton Bowl. This took Syracuse's all-time bowl record to 16 wins, 11 losses and one tie (16–11–1).[1]

In addition to the bowls listed below, Syracuse also declined an invitation to the 1915 Rose Bowl due to an earlier trip to the West Coast.[4]

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
1 Orange Bowl L 6–61 January 1, 1953 1952 Alabama Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 66,280 Ben Schwartzwalder
2 Cotton Bowl Classic L 27–28 January 1, 1957 1956 TCU Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 61,500 Ben Schwartzwalder
3 Orange Bowl L 6–21 January 1, 1959 1958 Oklahoma Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 75,281 Ben Schwartzwalder
4 Cotton Bowl Classic W 23–14 January 1, 1960 1959 Texas Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 75,500 Ben Schwartzwalder
5 Liberty Bowl W 15–14 December 16, 1961 1961 Miami Philadelphia Municipal Stadium[a] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 15,712 Ben Schwartzwalder
6 Sugar Bowl L 10–13 January 1, 1965 1964 LSU Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana 65,000 Ben Schwartzwalder
7 Gator Bowl L 12–18 December 31, 1966 1966 Tennessee Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida 60,312 Ben Schwartzwalder
8 Independence Bowl W 31–7 December 15, 1979 1979 McNeese State Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 27,234 Frank Maloney
9 Cherry Bowl L 18–35 December 21, 1985 1985 Maryland Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan 51,858 Dick MacPherson
10 Sugar Bowl T 16–16 January 1, 1988 1987 Auburn Louisiana Superdome[b] New Orleans, Louisiana 75,495 Dick MacPherson
11 Hall of Fame Bowl W 23–10 January 1, 1989 1988 LSU Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida 51,112 Dick MacPherson
12 Peach Bowl W 19–18 December 30, 1989 1989 Georgia Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 44,991 Dick MacPherson
13 Aloha Bowl W 28–0 December 25, 1990 1990 Arizona Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii 14,185 Dick MacPherson
14 Hall of Fame Bowl W 24–17 January 1, 1992 1991 Ohio State Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida 57,789 Paul Pasqualoni
15 Fiesta Bowl W 26–22 January 1, 1993 1992 Colorado Sun Devil Stadium[c] Tempe, Arizona 70,224 Paul Pasqualoni
16 Gator Bowl W 41–0 January 1, 1996 1995 Clemson Jacksonville Municipal Stadium[d] Jacksonville, Florida 45,202 Paul Pasqualoni
17 Liberty Bowl W 30–17 December 27, 1996 1996 Houston Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium[e] Memphis, Tennessee 49,163 Paul Pasqualoni
18 Fiesta Bowl L 18–35 December 31, 1997 1997 Kansas State Sun Devil Stadium[f] Tempe, Arizona 69,367 Paul Pasqualoni
19 Orange Bowl L 10–31 January 2, 1999 1998 Florida Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 67,919 Paul Pasqualoni
20 Music City Bowl W 20–13 December 29, 1999 1999 Kentucky Adelphia Coliseum[g] Nashville, Tennessee 59,221 Paul Pasqualoni
21 Insight.com Bowl W 26–3 December 29, 2001 2001 Kansas State Bank One Ballpark[h] Phoenix, Arizona 40,028 Paul Pasqualoni
22 Champs Sports Bowl L 14–51 December 21, 2004 2004 Georgia Tech Citrus Bowl[i] Orlando, Florida 28,237 Paul Pasqualoni
23 Pinstripe Bowl W 36–34 December 30, 2010 2010 Kansas State Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 38,274 Doug Marrone
24 Pinstripe Bowl W 38–14 December 29, 2012 2012 West Virginia Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 39,098 Doug Marrone
25 Texas Bowl W 21–17 December 27, 2013 2013 Minnesota Reliant Stadium[j] Houston, Texas 32,327 Scott Shafer
26 Camping World Bowl W 34–18 December 28, 2018 2018 West Virginia Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida 41,125 Dino Babers
27 Pinstripe Bowl L 20-28 December 29, 2022 2022 Minnesota Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 31,131 Dino Babers
28 Boca Raton Bowl L 45-0 December 21, 2023 2023 South Florida FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 20,711 Nunzio Campanile (interim)


Notes

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  1. ^ The stadium's name was changed to John F. Kennedy Stadium in 1964, shortly after the President's assassination. This name was retained until the stadium was demolished in 1992.
  2. ^ Now known as Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
  3. ^ Now known as Mountain America Stadium.
  4. ^ Now known as TIAA Bank Field.
  5. ^ Now known as Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
  6. ^ Now known as Mountain America Stadium.
  7. ^ Now known as Nissan Stadium.
  8. ^ Now known as Chase Field.
  9. ^ Now known as Camping World Stadium.
  10. ^ Now known as NRG Stadium.

References

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General
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
Specific
  1. ^ a b Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 25–26
  2. ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 31
  3. ^ Dunnavant, Keith (2004). The Fifty-Year Seduction: How Television Manipulated College Football, from the Birth of the Modern NCAA to the Creation of the BCS. Macmillan. pp. 93–99. ISBN 978-0-312-32345-5. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "Syracuse Bowl History". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-08.