| Season |
Bowl |
Date |
Bowl Matchup |
| 2024 | Playoff1 | 12/21/2024 | Southern Methodist - Penn State |
| 2023 | Peach | 12/30/2023 | Mississippi 38-25 Penn State |
| 2022 | Rose | 1/2/2023 | Penn State 35-21 Utah |
| 2021 | Outback | 1/1/2022 | Arkansas 24-10 Penn State |
| 2019 | Cotton | 12/28/2019 | Penn State 53-39 Memphis |
| 2018 | Citrus | 1/1/2019 | Kentucky 27-24 Penn State |
| 2017 | Fiesta | 12/30/2017 | Penn State 35-28 Washington |
| 2016 | Rose | 1/2/2017 | Southern California 52-49 Penn State |
| 2015 | TaxSlayer | 1/2/2016 | Georgia 24-17 Penn State |
| 2014 | Pinstripe | 12/27/2014 | Penn State 31-30 Boston College |
| 2011 | TicketCity | 1/2/2012 | Houston 30-14 Penn State |
| 2010 | Outback | 1/1/2011 | Houston 37-24 Penn State |
| 2009 | Capital One | 1/1/2010 | Penn State 19-17 Louisiana State |
| 2008 | Rose | 1/1/2009 | Southern California 38-24 Penn State |
| 2007 | Alamo | 12/29/2007 | Penn State 24-17 Texas A&M |
| 2006 | Outback | 1/1/2007 | Penn State 20-10 Tennessee |
| 2005 | Orange | 1/3/2006 | Penn State 26-23 Florida State |
| 2002 | Capital One | 1/1/2003 | Auburn 13-9 Penn State |
| 1999 | Alamo | 12/28/1999 | Penn State 24-0 Texas A&M |
| 1998 | Outback | 1/1/1999 | Penn State 26-14 Kentucky |
| 1997 | Capital One | 1/1/1998 | Florida 21-6 Penn State |
| 1996 | Fiesta | 1/1/1997 | Penn State 38-15 Texas |
| 1995 | Outback | 1/1/1996 | Penn State 43-14 Auburn |
| 1994 | Rose | 1/2/1995 | Penn State 38-20 Oregon |
| 1993 | Capital One | 1/1/1994 | Penn State 31-13 Tennessee |
| 1992 | Micron PC | 1/1/1993 | Stanford 24-3 Penn State |
| 1991 | Fiesta | 1/1/1992 | Penn State 42-17 Tennessee |
| 1990 | Micron PC | 12/28/1990 | Florida State 24-17 Penn State |
| 1989 | Holiday | 12/29/1989 | Penn State 50-39 Brigham Young |
| 1987 | Capital One | 1/1/1988 | Clemson 35-10 Penn State |
| 1986 | Fiesta | 1/2/1987 | Penn State 14-10 Miami (Florida) |
| 1985 | Orange | 1/1/1986 | Oklahoma 25-10 Penn State |
| 1983 | Aloha Classic | 12/26/1983 | Penn State 13-10 Washington |
| 1982 | Sugar | 1/1/1983 | Penn State 27-23 Georgia |
| 1981 | Fiesta | 1/1/1982 | Penn State 26-10 Southern California |
| 1980 | Fiesta | 12/26/1980 | Penn State 31-19 Ohio State |
| 1979 | Liberty | 12/22/1979 | Penn State 9-6 Tulane |
| 1978 | Sugar | 1/1/1979 | Alabama 14-7 Penn State |
| 1977 | Fiesta | 12/25/1977 | Penn State 42-30 Arizona State |
| 1976 | Gator | 12/27/1976 | Notre Dame 20-9 Penn State |
| 1975 | Sugar | 12/31/1975 | Alabama 13-6 Penn State |
| 1974 | Cotton | 1/1/1975 | Penn State 41-20 Baylor |
| 1973 | Orange | 1/1/1974 | Penn State 16-9 Louisiana State |
| 1972 | Sugar | 12/31/1972 | Oklahoma 14-0 Penn State |
| 1971 | Cotton | 1/1/1972 | Penn State 30-6 Texas |
| 1969 | Orange | 1/1/1970 | Penn State 10-3 Missouri |
| 1968 | Orange | 1/1/1969 | Penn State 15-14 Kansas |
| 1967 | Gator | 12/30/1967 | Florida State 17-17 Penn State |
| 1962 | Gator | 12/29/1962 | Florida 17-7 Penn State |
| 1961 | Gator | 12/30/1961 | Penn State 30-15 Georgia Tech |
| 1960 | Liberty | 12/17/1960 | Penn State 41-12 Oregon |
| 1959 | Liberty | 12/19/1959 | Penn State 7-0 Alabama |
| 1947 | Cotton | 1/1/1948 | Southern Methodist 13-13 Penn State |
| 1922 | Rose | 1/1/1923 | Southern California 14-3 Penn State |
