| Season | Bowl | Result |
| 1998 | Outback | Penn State 26, Kentucky 14 |
| 1997 | Citrus | Florida 21, Penn State 6 |
| 1996 | Fiesta | Penn State 38, Texas 15 |
| 1995 | Outback | Penn State 43, Auburn 14 |
| 1994 | Rose | Penn State 38, Oregon 20 |
| 1993 | Citrus | Penn State 31, Tennessee 13 |
| 1992 | Blockbuster | Stanford 24, Penn State 3 |
| 1991 | Fiesta | Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 |
| 1989 | Blockbuster | Florida State 24, Penn State 17 |
| 1988 | Holiday | Penn State 50, BYU 39 |
| 1987 | Citrus | Clemson 35, Penn State 10 |
| 1986 | Fiesta | Penn State 14, Miami (Fla.) 10 |
| 1985 | Orange | Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 |
| 1983 | Aloha | Penn State 13, Washington 10 |
| 1982 | Sugar | Penn State 27, Georgia 23 |
| 1981 | Fiesta | Penn State 26, Southern California 10 |
| 1980 | Fiesta | Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 |
| 1979 | Liberty | Penn State 9, Tulane 6 |
| 1978 | Sugar | Alabama 14, Penn State 7 |
| 1977 | Fiesta | Penn State 42, Arizona State 30 |
| 1976 | Gator | Notre Dame 20, Penn State 9 |
| 1975 | Sugar | Alabama 13, Penn State 6 |
| 1974 | Cotton | Penn State 41, Baylor 20 |
| 1973 | Orange | Penn State 16, LSU 9 |
| 1972 | Sugar | Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0 |
| 1971 | Cotton | Penn State 30, Texas 6 |
| 1969 | Orange | Penn State 10, Missouri 3 |
| 1968 | Orange | Penn State 15, Kansas 14 |
| 1967 | Gator | Penn State 17, Florida State 17 (tie) |
| 1962 | Gator | Florida 17, Penn State 7 |
| 1961 | Gator | Penn State 30, Georgia Tech 15 |
| 1960 | Liberty | Penn State 41, Oregon 12 |
| 1959 | Liberty | Penn State 13, Alabama 0 |
| 1947 | Cotton | Penn State 13, SMU 13 |
| 1922 | Rose | Southern California 14, Penn State 3 |
