the last time the iowa cyclones won a bowl game was 2017.
the last time the iowa cyclones won a bowl game was 2017.
when was the last time the iowa cyclones won a bowl game?
2017
prior to joining conference usa, smu had only one winning season since returning from the "death penalty", in 1997. in 2009, the mustangs made their first bowl appearance since 1984, a 45–10 victory over nevada in the hawaii bowl. they succeeded in winning the c-usa west division in 2010, giving them their first shot at winning a conference since 1984, but they lost in the conference usa championship to ucf, 17–7. they did receive a second consecutive bowl bid, however. smu was invited to participate in that year's armed forces bowl to face army in what amounted to another home game for smu: because of construction at the game's primary site, amon g. carter stadium in fort worth, the game was held at smu's gerald j. ford stadium. they would end losing this game despite playing it on home turf by a score of 16–14. in 2011, the mustangs were invited to the bbva compass bowl in birmingham, alabama—the first time they'd made three consecutive bowl appearances since the glory years of the early 1980s. the game was played on january 7, 2012, the first january bowl game for smu since their appearance in the cotton bowl in 1983. by coincidence, they played pittsburgh, the team they had defeated in that cotton bowl game, in the bbva compass bowl and defeated them 28–6 for their second bowl win in three seasons. they moved to the american athletic conference in 2013. in 2017, the mustangs played in a bowl game for the first time since 2012, losing to louisiana tech 51–10 in the inaugural edition of the frisco bowl.
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the 2000 iowa state cyclones football team represented the iowa state university in the 2000 ncaa division i-a football season. this was dan mccarney's sixth season as head coach. the team captains were chris anthony, ryan harklau, reggie hayward, and sage rosenfels. the cyclones were quarterbacked by sage rosenfels. sage is among many former cyclones from the 2000 team to make it to the nfl. others were j. j. moses, reggie hayward, ennis haywood, tony yelk, mike banks, jordan carstens, tyson smith and james reed. it was iowa state's first appearance in a bowl game since the 1978 peach bowl. the insight.com bowl victory was the programs first victory ever in bowl game. iowa state was picked by the media to finish 5th in the big 12 north division. two players participated in post season bowl games. sage rosenfels played in the senior bowl and reggie hayward played in the hula bowl where he won the defensive mvp. iowa state's nine victories were the most since 1906.
2000 iowa state cyclones football team