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List of Navy Midshipmen bowl games

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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 26. 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 14–11–1 (.558) through the 2025 season.

An American football player in uniform points to the sky in rainy conditions under stadium lights.
A player celebrates after the Midshipmen win the 2004 Emerald Bowl.

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Bowl games

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List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[B 1]
# Bowl[1] Score[B 2] Date Season[B 3] Opponent[B 4] Stadium Location Attendance[2] 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
25 Armed Forces Bowl W 21–20 December 27, 2024 2024 Oklahoma Sooners Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 50,754† Brian Newberry
26 Liberty Bowl W 35–13 January 2, 2026 2025 Cincinnati Bearcats Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 21,908 Brian Newberry
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Record by bowl game

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Bowl Game # W L T %
Poinsettia Bowl 4 2 2 0 .500
Armed Forces Bowl 3 2 1 0 .667
Military Bowl
(EagleBank Bowl)		 3 2 1 0 .667
San Francisco Bowl
(Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)
(Emerald Bowl)		 2 1 1 0 .500
Cotton Bowl Classic 2 1 1 0 .500
Liberty Bowl 3 2 1 0 .667
Rose Bowl 1 0 0 1 .500
Sugar Bowl 1 1 0 0 1.000
Orange Bowl 1 0 1 0 .000
Texas Bowl 1 1 0 0 1.000
Duke's Mayo Bowl
(Meineke Car Care Bowl)		 1 0 1 0 .000
Holiday Bowl 1 1 0 0 1.000
Garden State Bowl 1 0 1 0 .000
Aloha Bowl 1 1 0 0 1.000
Houston Bowl 1 0 1 0 .000
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Statistics correct as of 2011–12 season.
  2. [2]
    Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Navy win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    This was the inaugural Holiday Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[3]
  6. [6]
    The Garden State Bowl was last held in 1981. The attendance for the 1980 bowl remains the record.[4]
  7. [7]
    Surpassed by the 2006 Emerald Bowl.[5]
  8. [8]
    This was the inaugural Poinsettia Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[6]
  9. [9]
    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.
  10. [10]
    This was the inaugural EagleBank Bowl, therefore giving it the highest recorded attendance at the time.[7]

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