List of Utah Utes bowl games
# Bowl Date Winning team Score Losing team Stadium Location Attendance Head coach MVP
1 Sun Bowl January 2 , 1939 Utah W 26-0 New Mexico Kidd Field El Paso , TX 13,000 Ike Armstrong
2 Pineapple Bowl * January 1 , 1947 Hawaii L 19-16 Utah Honolulu Stadium Honolulu , HI 22,000 Ike Armstrong
3 Liberty Bowl December 19 , 1964 Utah W 32-6 West Virginia Atlantic City Convention Hall Atlantic City , NJ 6,059 Ray Nagel Ernest Allen ( Utah )
4 Copper Bowl December 29 , 1992 Washington State L 31-28 Utah Arizona Stadium Tucson , AZ 40,826 Ron McBride Drew Bledsoe ( Washington State ) Phillip Bobo ( Washington State ) Kareem Leary ( Utah )
5 Freedom Bowl December 30 , 1993 USC L 28-21 Utah Anaheim Stadium Anaheim , CA 37,203 Ron McBride Johnnie Morton ( USC ) Henry Lusk ( Utah )
6 Freedom Bowl December 27 , 1994 Utah W 16-13 Arizona Anaheim Stadium Anaheim , CA 27,477 Ron McBride Tedy Bruschi ( Arizona ) Cal Beck ( Utah )
7 Copper Bowl December 27 , 1996 Wisconsin L 38-10 Utah Arizona Stadium Tucson , AZ 42,122 Ron McBride Ron Dayne ( Wisconsin ) Tarek Saleh ( Wisconsin )
8 Las Vegas Bowl December 18 , 1999 Utah W 17-16 Fresno State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney , NV 28,227 Ron McBride Mike Anderson ( Utah )
9 Las Vegas Bowl December 25 , 2001 Utah W 10-6 USC Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney , NV 30,894 Ron McBride Dameon Hunter ( Utah )
10 Liberty Bowl December 31 , 2003 Utah W 17-0 Southern Miss Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis , TN 55,989 Urban Meyer Morgan Scalley ( Utah )
11 Fiesta Bowl January 1 , 2005 Utah W 35-7 Pittsburgh Sun Devil Stadium Tempe , AZ 73,519 Urban Meyer Alex Smith ( Utah ) Paris Warren ( Utah ) Steve Fifita ( Utah )
12 Emerald Bowl December 29 , 2005 Utah W 38-10 Georgia Tech AT & T Park San Francisco , CA 25,742 Kyle Whittingham Travis LaTendresse ( Utah ) Eric Weddle ( Utah )
13 Armed Forces Bowl December 23 , 2006 Utah W 25-13 Tulsa Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth , TX 32,412 Kyle Whittingham Louie Sakoda ( Utah )
14 Poinsettia Bowl December 20 , 2007 Utah W 35-32 Navy Qualcomm Stadium San Diego , CA 39,129 Kyle Whittingham Brian Johnson ( Utah ) Joe Dale ( Utah )
15 Sugar Bowl January 2 , 2009 Utah W 31-17 Alabama Louisiana Superdome New Orleans , LA 71,872 Kyle Whittingham Brian Johnson ( Utah )
16 Poinsettia Bowl December 23 , 2009 Utah W 37-27 California Qualcomm Stadium San Diego , CA 32,665 Kyle Whittingham Jordan Wynn ( Utah ) Stevenson Sylvester ( Utah )
17 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas December 22 , 2010 Boise State L 26-3 Utah Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney , NV 41,923 Kyle Whittingham Kellen Moore ( Boise State )
18 Sun Bowl December 31 , 2011 Utah W 30-27 Georgia Tech Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso , TX 48,123 Kyle Whittingham John White ( Utah ) Devonte Christopher ( Utah ) Star Lotulelei ( Utah )
19 Las Vegas Bowl December 20 , 2014 Utah W 45-10 Colorado State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney , NV 33,067 Kyle Whittingham Travis Wilson ( Utah )
20 Las Vegas Bowl December 19 , 2015 Utah W 35-28 Brigham Young Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney , NV 42,213 Kyle Whittingham Tevin Carter ( Utah )
Bowl games
This is a list of Utah Utes bowl games. The Utah Utes football team has played in 22 bowl games in its history, compiling a record of 17-5.