Bowl History

BOWL HISTORY

• The Bruins has a string of eight straight bowl victories spanning from 1983 to 1991.
• Had string of eight straight bowl invitations from 1981 to 1988
• UCLA's overall bowl record is 16-20-1.

Here is the list of the Bruins' 36 Bowl games (plus one exhibition):

2017 Cactus Bowl
Kansas St 35 UCLA 17

2015 Foster Farms Bowl
Nebraska 37 UCLA 29

2015 Alamo Bowl
UCLA 40 Kansas St 35

2013 Sun Bowl
UCLA 42 Virginia Tech 12

2012 Holiday Bowl
Baylor 49, UCLA 26

2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois 20, UCLA 14

2009 EagleBank Bowl
UCLA 30, Temple 21

2007 Las Vegas Bowl
BYU 28, UCLA 16

2006 Emerald Bowl
Florida State 44, UCLA 27

2005 Sun Bowl
UCLA 55, Northwestern 38

2004 Las Vegas Bowl
Wyoming 24, UCLA 21

2003 Silicon Valley Classic
Fresno St 17, UCLA 9

2002 Las Vegas Bowl
UCLA 27, New Mexico 13

2000 Sun Bowl
Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20

1999 Rose Bowl
Wisconsin 38, UCLA 31

1998 Cotton Bowl
UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23

1995 Aloha Bowl
Kansas 51, UCLA 30

1994 Rose Bowl
Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16

1991 Hancock (Sun) Bowl
UCLA 6, Illinois 3

1989 Cotton Bowl
UCLA 17, Arkansas 3

1987 Aloha Bowl
UCLA 20, Florida 16

1986 Freedom Bowl
UCLA 31, BYU 10

1986 Rose Bowl
UCLA 45, Iowa 28

1985 Fiesta Bowl
UCLA 39, Miami (FL) 37

1984 Rose Bowl
UCLA 45, Illinois 9

1983 Rose Bowl
UCLA 24, Michigan 14

1981 Bluebonnet Bowl
Michigan 33, UCLA 14

1978 Fiesta Bowl
UCLA 10, Arkansas 10

1976 Liberty Bowl
Alabama 36, UCLA 6

1976 Rose Bowl
UCLA 23, Ohio State 10

1966 Rose Bowl
UCLA 14, Michigan State 12

1962 Rose Bowl
Minnesota 21, UCLA 3

1956 Rose Bowl
Michigan State 17, UCLA 14

1954 Rose Bowl
Michigan State 28, UCLA 20

1947 Rose Bowl
Illinois 45, UCLA 14

1943 Rose Bowl
Georgia 9, UCLA 0

1939 Pineapple Bowl*
UCLA 32, Hawaii 7

The Pineapple Bowl was not a NCAA-sanctioned bowl game, but was a post-season invitation nonetheless.