Bowl Games
Indiana has featured in only nine bowl games in 120 seasons, so consistently reaching the postseason is considered a primary goal of the program. An oft-spoken mantra, coined after Terry Hoeppner's death in 2007, is to "play 13," meaning to play an extra game (a bowl game) after the 12-game regular season.
| Date | Bowl | W/L | Opponent | PF | PA |
| January 1, 1968 | Rose Bowl | L | USC | 3 | 14 |
| December 21, 1979 | Holiday Bowl | W | BYU | 38 | 37 |
| December 31, 1986 | All-American Bowl | L | Florida State | 13 | 27 |
| January 2, 1988 | Peach Bowl | L | Tennessee | 22 | 27 |
| December 28, 1988 | Liberty Bowl | W | South Carolina | 34 | 10 |
| December 29, 1990 | Peach Bowl | L | Auburn | 23 | 27 |
| December 31, 1991 | Copper Bowl | W | Baylor | 24 | 0 |
| December 31, 1993 | Independence Bowl | L | Virginia Tech | 20 | 45 |
| December 31, 2007 | Insight Bowl | L | Oklahoma State | 33 | 49 |
| Total | 9 Bowl Games | 3-6 | 157 | 187 |
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Famous quotes containing the words bowl and/or games:
“The bowl will ensnare and enchant
men who crouch by the hearth
till they want
but the riot of stars in the night;
those who dwell far inland
will seek ships.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)