List of Navy Midshipmen bowl games
A player celebrates after the Midshipmen win the 2004 Emerald Bowl .
The Navy Midshipmen college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing United States Naval Academy in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Since the first season in 1879, Navy has appeared in 24. Included three games in the New Year's Six with a record of 1–1–1. Through the history of the program, Navy had the most bowl games with coach Ken Niumatalolo having the most appearances with eleven. The Midshipmen have a bowl record of 12–11–1 (.521) through the 2022 season.
Key
General
†
Bowl game record attendance
‡
Former bowl game record attendance
*
De facto national championship game
Results
W
Win
L
Loss
T
Tie
Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[ B 1]
#
Bowl
Score[ B 2]
Date
Season[ B 3]
Opponent[ B 4]
Stadium
Location
Attendance
Head coach
1
Rose Bowl
T 14–14
January 1, 1924
1923
Washington Huskies
Rose Bowl (stadium)
Pasadena
40,000
Bob Folwell
2
Sugar Bowl
W 21–0
January 1, 1955
1954
Ole Miss Rebels
Tulane Stadium
New Orleans
83,000
Eddie Erdelatz
3
Cotton Bowl Classic
W 20–7
January 1, 1958
1957
Rice Owls
Cotton Bowl
Dallas
75,500
Eddie Erdelatz
4
Orange Bowl
L 14–21
January 2, 1961
1960
Missouri Tigers
Miami Orange Bowl
Miami
71,218
Wayne Hardin
5
Cotton Bowl Classic *
L 6–28
January 1, 1964
1963
Texas Longhorns
Cotton Bowl
Dallas
75,504
Wayne Hardin
6
Holiday Bowl
W 23–16
December 22, 1978
1978
BYU Cougars
San Diego Stadium
San Diego
52,500‡ [ B 5]
George Welsh
7
Garden State Bowl
L 0–35
December 14, 1980
1980
Houston Cougars
Giants Stadium
East Rutherford
41,417† [ B 6]
George Welsh
8
Liberty Bowl
L 28–31
December 30, 1981
1981
Ohio State Buckeyes
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis
43,216
George Welsh
9
Aloha Bowl
W 42–38
December 25, 1996
1996
California Golden Bears
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu
30,411
Charlie Weatherbie
10
Houston Bowl
L 14–38
December 30, 2003
2003
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Reliant Stadium
Houston
51,068
Paul Johnson
11
Emerald Bowl
W 34–19
December 30, 2004
2004
New Mexico Lobos
SBC Park
San Francisco
30,563‡ [ B 7]
Paul Johnson
12
Poinsettia Bowl
W 51–30
December 22, 2005
2005
Colorado State Rams
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
36,842‡ [ B 8]
Paul Johnson
13
Meineke Car Care Bowl
L 24–25
December 30, 2006
2006
Boston College Eagles
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte
52,303
Paul Johnson
14
Poinsettia Bowl
L 32–35
December 20, 2007
2007
Utah Utes
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
39,129‡
Ken Niumatalolo [ B 9]
15
EagleBank Bowl
L 19–29
December 20, 2008
2008
Wake Forest
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C.
28,777‡ [ B 10]
Ken Niumatalolo
16
Texas Bowl
W 35–13
December 31, 2009
2009
Missouri Tigers
Reliant Stadium
Houston
69,441†
Ken Niumatalolo
17
Poinsettia Bowl
L 14–35
December 23, 2010
2010
San Diego State Aztecs
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
48,049†
Ken Niumatalolo
18
Fight Hunger Bowl
L 28–62
December 29, 2012
2012
Arizona State Sun Devils
AT&T Park
San Francisco
34,172
Ken Niumatalolo
19
Armed Forces Bowl
W 24–6
December 30, 2013
2013
Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth
39,246
Ken Niumatalolo
20
Poinsettia Bowl
W 17–16
December 23, 2014
2014
San Diego State Aztecs
Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego
33,077
Ken Niumatalolo
21
Military Bowl
W 44–28
December 28, 2015
2015
Pittsburgh Panthers
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis, Maryland
36,352[ 8]
Ken Niumatalolo
22
Armed Forces Bowl
L 45–48
December 23, 2016
2016
Louisiana Tech
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth
40,542
Ken Niumatalolo
23
Military Bowl
W 49–7
December 28, 2017
2017
Virginia Cavaliers
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis
35,921
Ken Niumatalolo
24
Liberty Bowl
W 20–17
December 31, 2019
2019
Kansas State Wildcats
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis
50,515
Ken Niumatalolo
Record by bowl game
Notes
^ Statistics correct as of 2011–12 season .
^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Navy win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory .
^ Links to the season article for the Navy team that competed in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Navy competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
^ This was the inaugural Holiday Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[ 3]
^ The Garden State Bowl was last held in 1981. The attendance for the 1980 bowl remains the record.[ 4]
^ Surpassed by the 2006 Emerald Bowl .[ 5]
^ This was the inaugural Poinsettia Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[ 6]
^ Paul Johnson held the position of head coach at Navy until he was hired as the new head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets prior to the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. The school promoted Ken Niumatalolo to interim head coach and then made the position permanent prior to the bowl game.
^ This was the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[ 7]
References
Footnotes
^ Staff. "The 1978 Holiday Bowl" . Game History . Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Garden State Bowl Receives Praise From Participants" . The Tuscaloosa News . Associated Press. December 5, 1981. Retrieved December 11, 2012 . Last year's attendance of 41,417 for Navy–Houston remains the Garden State Bowl Record
^ "Banner Year for Emerald Bowl" (Press release). Fight Hunger Bowl . February 14, 2005. Retrieved December 12, 2012 . The in-stadium attendance of 28,856, also a record, was up 28% from the previous game.
^ Staff. "Inaugural San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl" . Poinsettia Bowl . Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Navy, Wake Forest meet again in EagleBank Bowl" . Sporting News . Associated Press . December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
^ "Military Bowl scores & updates: Navy 44, Pitt 28" . December 29, 2015.
Bibliography
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