Bowl game season is underway after an exciting 2022 college football campaign. One successful program taking part in the postseason once again is the Pittsburgh Panthers, who will face UCLA in the Sun Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30.
Here's every thing you need to know about Pittsburgh's bowl game history before making its next appearance.
Pittsburgh Bowl Game History
College football fans shouldn't be shocked to find out Pittsburgh has built a compelling bowl game history. The Panthers are set to make a bowl game appearance for the fourth time in the last five years and have played in a total of 36 bowl games prior to the Sun Bowl on Friday afternoon.
Pittsburgh's first bowl appearance came in the 1927 Rose Bowl under head coach Jock Sutherland. The Panthers fell just short in a 7-6 loss to Stanford and their first bowl win did not come until nine years later. They took down the Washington Huskies by a score of 21-0 in the 1936 Rose Bowl.
The Panthers' most recent bowl appearance came in last year's Peach Bowl under the guidance of head coach Pat Narduzzi. Pittsburgh couldn't up in a 31-21 loss to Michigan State and has dropped five of its last six bowl games. It will look to buck that trend in front of the El Paso crowd.
Pittsburgh Bowl Game Wins and Appearances
Pittsburgh owns a 14-22 all-time record (38.9%) in bowl games prior to facing UCLA. Check out the school's full bowl results below.
- Rose Bowl (Jan. 2, 1928): Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6
- Rose Bowl (Jan. 1, 1930): USC 47, Pittsburgh 14
- Rose Bowl (Jan. 2, 1933): USC 35, Pittsburgh 0
- Rose Bowl (Jan. 1, 1937): Pittsburgh 21, Washington 0
- Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2, 1956): Georgia Tech 7, Pittsburgh 0
- Gator Bowl (Dec. 29, 1956): Georgia Tech 21, Pittsburgh 14
- Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 21, 1973): Arizona State 28, Pittsburgh 7
- Sun Bowl (Dec. 26, 1975): Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19
- Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1, 1977): Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3
- Gator Bowl (Dec. 30, 1977): Pittsburgh 34, Clemson 3
- Tangerine Bowl (Dec. 23, 1978): NC State 30, Pitts burgh 17
- Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 25, 1979): Pittsburgh 16, Arizona 10
- Gator Bowl (Dec. 29, 1980): Pittsburgh 37, South Carolina 9
- Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1, 1982): Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20
- Cotton Bowl Classic (Jan. 1, 1983): SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3
- Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 2, 1984): Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23
- Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl (Dec. 31, 1987): Texas 32, Pittsburgh 27
- John Hancock Bowl (Dec. 30, 1989): Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28
- Liberty Bowl (Dec. 31, 1997): Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7
- Insight.com Bowl (Dec. 28, 2000): Iowa State 37, Pittsburgh 29
- Tangerine Bowl (Dec. 20, 2001): Pittsburgh 34, NC State 19
- Insight Bowl (Dec. 26, 2002): Pittsburgh 38, Oregon State 13
- Continental Tire Bowl (Dec. 27, 2003): Virginia 23, Pittsburgh 16
- Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1, 2005): Utah 35, Pittsburgh 7
- Sun Bowl (Dec. 31, 2008): Oregon State 3, Pittsburgh 0
- Meineke Car Care Bowl (Dec. 26, 2009): Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17
- BBVA Compass Bowl (Jan. 8, 2011): Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10
- BBVA Compass Bowl (Jan. 7, 2012): SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6
- BBVA Compass Bowl (Jan. 5, 2013): Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17
- Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (Dec. 26, 2013): Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27
- Armed Forces Bowl (Jan. 2, 2015): Houston 35, Pittsburgh 34
- Military Bowl (Dec. 28, 2015): Navy 44, Pittsburgh 28
- Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 28, 2016): Northwestern 31, Pittsburgh 24
- Sun Bowl (Dec. 31, 2018): Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13
- Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26, 2019): Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30
- Peach Bowl (Dec. 30, 2021): Michigan State 31, Pittsburgh 21
- Sun Bowl (Dec. 30, 2022): Pittsburgh TBD, UCLA TBD