Indiana Football Bowl Game History

Indiana has played in 12 football games during its history, and has a 3-9 overall record. The Hoosiers have lost five straight bowl games, including a 23-22 loss to Tennessee last year in the Gator Bowl.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana is going bowling again this season, thanks to an impressive 6-1 season that got them their finest bowl berth since their first, the Rose Bowl after the 1967 season.

Indiana's opponent will be Ole Miss in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The game is on Saturday, Jan. 2, with a 12:30 p.m. ET kickoff. More than a dozen players on Indiana's roster are from the Tampa Bay area, including stars Michael Penix Jr., Whop Philyor, Micah McFadden and more.

Indiana has participated in only 12 bowl games, and the Hoosiers have a bowl record of 3–9. It's been 29 years now since Indiana has won a bowl game.

The Hoosiers have lost five bowl games in a row, and last year's defeat still hurts because they had Tennessee beaten but let them off the hook after a botched onsides kick.

Here's the complete list of previous Indiana bowl games.

Indiana bowl history

• 1967 (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.) – USC 14, INDIANA 3
• 1979 (Holiday Bowl, San Diego, Calif) — INDIANA 38, BYU 37
• 1986 (All-American Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.) — FLORIDA STATE 27, INDIANA 13
• 1987 (Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Ga). — TENNESSEE 27, INDIANA 22
• 1988 (Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.) —INDIANA 34, SOUTH CAROLINA 10
• 1990 (Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Ga.) — AUBURN 27, INDIANA 21
• 1991 (Copper Bowl, Tucson, Ariz.) — INDIANA 24, BAYLOR 0
• 1993 (Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La.) — VIRGINIA TECH 45, INDIANA 20
• 2007 (Insight Bowl, Tempe, Ariz.) — OKLAHOMA STATE 49, INDIANA 33 
• 2015 (Pinstripe Bowl, New York, N.Y.) — DUKE 44, INDIANA 41, OT
• 2016 Foster Farms Bowl, Santa Clara, Calif.) — UTAH 26, INDIANA 24
• 2019 (Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla.) – TENNESSEE 23, INDIANA 22