Indiana Hoosiers Football Bowl History

The Indiana Hoosiers do not have the football history of the Big Ten’s top teams Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State with just a handful of bowl appearances in program history. After a great stretch where the Hoosiers played in 6 bowl games in 7 years under Bill Mallory in 1986-1993, Indiana Ince again struggled to play in the postseason for years, and despite the major expansion of bowl games during the 2000s, Indiana played in a bowl game just once between 1994 and 2014 – in the 2007 Insight Bowl. The Peach Bowl is the lone bowl game that the IU Hoosiers have ever appeared in twice in the program’s history, but Indiana did appear in the first ever College Football Playoff, facing Notre Dame at the end of the 2024 season.

Indiana Hoosiers Bowl Record: 3-11

Stats through 2024-2025 College Bowl Games

Historic Bowl Scores – Indiana Hoosiers

• 2024-2025 College Football Playoff – Notre Dame 27 – Indiana 17
• 2020 Outback Bowl – Ole Miss 26 – Indiana 20
• 2019 Gator Bowl – Tennessee 23 – Indiana 22
• 2016 Fosters Farms Bowl – Utah 26 – Indiana 24
• 2015 Pinstripe Bowl – Duke 44 – Indiana 41 – OT
• 2007 Insight Bowl – Oklahoma State 49 – Indiana 33
• 1993 Independence Bowl – Virginia Tech 45 – Indiana 20
• 1991 Copper Bowl – Indiana 24 – Baylor 0
• 1990 Peach Bowl – Auburn 27 – Indiana 23
• 1988 Liberty Bowl – Indiana 34 – South Carolina 10
• 1987 Peach Bowl – Tennessee 27 – Indiana 22
• 1986 All-American Bowl – Florida State 27 – Indiana 13
• 1979 Holiday Bowl – Indiana 38 – BYU 37
• 1967 Rose Bowl – USC 14 – Indiana 3