TCU Football's Bowl Game History

 

Date	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
January 1, 1921	William L. Driver	Fort Worth Classic	Centre College	L 7–63
January 1, 1936	Dutch Meyer	Sugar Bowl	LSU	W 3–2
January 1, 1937	Dutch Meyer	Cotton Bowl Classic	Marquette	W 16–6
January 2, 1939	Dutch Meyer	Sugar Bowl	Carnegie Tech	W 15–7
January 1, 1942	Dutch Meyer	Orange Bowl	Georgia	L 26–40
January 1, 1945	Dutch Meyer	Cotton Bowl Classic	Oklahoma A&M	L 0–34
January 1, 1948	Dutch Meyer	Delta Bowl	Ole Miss	L 9–13
January 1, 1952	Dutch Meyer	Cotton Bowl Classic	Kentucky	L 7–20
January 2, 1956	Abe Martin	Cotton Bowl Classic	Ole Miss	L 13–14
January 1, 1957	Abe Martin	Cotton Bowl Classic	Syracuse	W 28–27
January 1, 1959	Abe Martin	Cotton Bowl Classic	Air Force	T 0–0
December 19, 1959	Abe Martin	Bluebonnet Bowl	Clemson	L 7–23
December 31, 1965	Abe Martin	Sun Bowl	Texas Western	L 12–13
December 31, 1984	Jim Wacker	Bluebonnet Bowl	West Virginia	L 14–31
December 28, 1994	Pat Sullivan	Independence Bowl	Virginia	L 10–20
December 31, 1998	Dennis Franchione	Sun Bowl	USC	W 28–19
December 22, 1999	Dennis Franchione	Mobile Alabama Bowl	East Carolina	W 28–14
December 20, 2000	Gary Patterson	Mobile Alabama Bowl	Southern Miss	L 21–28
December 28, 2001	Gary Patterson	Galleryfurniture.com Bowl	Texas A&M	L 9–28
December 31, 2002	Gary Patterson	Liberty Bowl	Colorado State	W 17–3
December 23, 2003	Gary Patterson	Fort Worth Bowl	Boise State	L 31–34
December 31, 2005	Gary Patterson	Houston Bowl	Iowa State	W 27–24
December 19, 2006	Gary Patterson	Poinsettia Bowl	NIU	W 37–7
December 28, 2007	Gary Patterson	Texas Bowl	Houston	W 20–13
December 23, 2008	Gary Patterson	Poinsettia Bowl	Boise State	W 17–16
January 4, 2010	Gary Patterson	Fiesta Bowl †	Boise State	L 10–17
January 1, 2011	Gary Patterson	Rose Bowl †	Wisconsin	W 21–19
December 21, 2011	Gary Patterson	Poinsettia Bowl	Louisiana Tech	W 31–24
December 29, 2012	Gary Patterson	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl	Michigan State	L 16–17
December 31, 2014	Gary Patterson	Peach Bowl †	Ole Miss	W 42–3
January 2, 2016	Gary Patterson	Alamo Bowl	Oregon	W 47–41
December 30, 2016	Gary Patterson	Liberty Bowl	Georgia	L 23–31
December 28, 2017	Gary Patterson	Alamo Bowl	Stanford	W 39–37
December 26, 2018	Gary Patterson	Cheez-It Bowl	California	W 10–7 OT
December 31, 2022	Sonny Dykes	Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) †	Michigan	W 51–45
January 9, 2023	Sonny Dykes	CFP National Championship †	Georgia	L 7–65
December 28, 2024	Sonny Dykes	New Mexico Bowl	Louisiana	W 34–3