The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Minnesota in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference . Since the establishment of the team in 1882, Minnesota has appeared in 24 bowl games . Included in these games are 2 appearances in the Rose Bowl . The latest bowl appearance for Minnesota came in their win against Bowling Green in the 2023 Quick Lane Bowl . A win in that game brought Minnesota's all-time bowl record to 12 wins and 12 losses (12–12).
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 Rose Bowl L 7–17 January 2, 1961 1960 Washington Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 97,314 Murray Warmath 2 Rose Bowl W 21–3 January 1, 1962 1961 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 98,214 Murray Warmath 3 Hall of Fame Classic L 7–17 December 22, 1977 1977 Maryland Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 47,000 Cal Stoll 4 Independence Bowl W 20–13 December 21, 1985 1985 Clemson Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 42,800 John Gutekunst 5 Liberty Bowl L 14–21 December 29, 1986 1986 Tennessee Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee 51,327 John Gutekunst 6 Sun Bowl L 20–24 December 31, 1999 1999 Oregon Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas 48,757 Glen Mason 7 MicronPC.com Bowl L 30–38 December 28, 2000 2000 NC State Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 28,359 Glen Mason 8 Music City Bowl W 29–14 December 30, 2002 2002 Arkansas The Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee 39,183 Glen Mason 9 Sun Bowl W 31–30 December 31, 2003 2003 Oregon Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas 49,894 Glen Mason 10 Music City Bowl W 20–16 December 31, 2004 2004 Alabama The Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee 66,089 Glen Mason 11 Music City Bowl L 31–34 December 30, 2005 2005 Virginia The Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee 40,519 Glen Mason 12 Insight Bowl L 41–44 December 29, 2006 2006 Texas Tech Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona 48,391 Glen Mason 13 Insight Bowl L 21–42 December 31, 2008 2008 Kansas Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona 49,103 Tim Brewster 14 Insight Bowl L 13–14 December 31, 2009 2009 Iowa State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona 45,090 Tim Brewster 15 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas L 31–34 December 28, 2012 2012 Texas Tech Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas 50,386 Jerry Kill 16 Texas Bowl L 17–21 December 27, 2013 2013 Syracuse Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas 32,327 Jerry Kill 17 Citrus Bowl L 17–33 January 1, 2015 2014 Missouri Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, Florida 48,624 Jerry Kill 18 Quick Lane Bowl W 21–14 December 28, 2015 2015 Central Michigan Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 34,217 Tracy Claeys (interim) 19 Holiday Bowl W 17–12 December 27, 2016 2016 Washington State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California 48,704 Tracy Claeys 20 Quick Lane Bowl W 34–10 December 26, 2018 2018 Georgia Tech Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 27,228 P. J. Fleck 21 Outback Bowl W 31–24 January 1, 2020 2019 Auburn Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 45,652 P. J. Fleck 22 Guaranteed Rate Bowl W 18–6 December 28, 2021 2021 West Virginia Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 21,220 P. J. Fleck 23 Pinstripe Bowl W 28–20
December 29, 2022 2022 Syracuse Yankee Stadium Bronx, New York 31,131 P. J. Fleck 24 Quick Lane Bowl W 30–24
December 26, 2023 2023 Bowling Green Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 28,521 P. J. Fleck
General National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF) . 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA.org. Retrieved February 9, 2013 .
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