List of UConn Huskies bowl games
# Season Bowl game Result Opponent Stadium Location Attendance
1 2004 2004 Motor City Bowl W 39-10 Toledo Rockets Ford Field Detroit , Michigan 52,552
2 2007 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl L 24-10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Bank of America Stadium Charlotte , North Carolina 53,126
3 2008 2009 International Bowl W 38-20 Buffalo Bulls Rogers Centre Toronto , ON 40,184
4 2009 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl W 20-7 South Carolina Gamecocks Legion Field Birmingham , Alabama 45,254
5 2010 2011 Fiesta Bowl L 48-20 Oklahoma Sooners University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale , Arizona 67,232
6 2015 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl L 16-10 Marshall Thundering Herd Tropicana Field St. Petersburg , Florida 14,652
Summary table
Key # Number of bowl games † Attendance record ‡ Former attendance record W Win L Loss Attendance records are correct as of the end of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
The UConn Huskies football team has represented the University of Connecticut in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football since the team's founding in 1896. The Huskies have played in six post-season bowl games, all following their transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A in 2000 and entry into the Big East Conference for football in 2004. UConn's longest bowl invitation streak is four seasons, from 2007 to 2010. Under head coach Randy Edsall, the UConn Huskies football program has enjoyed success. Prior to his hiring, UConn only appeared in two post-season football contests, during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. During his first tenure as head coach (1999-2011), the Huskies played in five bowl games including one Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game. The team also shared two Big East conference championships and were ranked at various times in the Associated Press (AP), Coaches', and Harris polls, as well as the BCS standings. During the six years between Edsall's departure after the 2010 season and return for the 2017 season, UConn played in only one bowl game: in 2015, under former head coach Bob Diaco. Multiple future National Football League (NFL) draft picks have had superior performances for Connecticut in bowl games, including the first UConn player ever to be picked in the first round of the draft: running back Donald Brown. Brown made appearances in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, where he led all Connecticut rushers with 72 yards - tied for fifth-best in UConn bowl game history - and the 2009 International Bowl, where he rushed for 261 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's most valuable player (MVP) - the best rushing performance in Connecticut bowl game history. Dan Orlovsky earned MVP honors for his UConn-bowl game-best passing performance in 2004; he was drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Wide receiver Marcus Easley was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.