the aggies have played in eight bowl games in their history, winning three. the team's first victory came in the 1993 las vegas bowl against . the team has made three consecutive bowl appearances, the famous idaho potato bowl, in 2011 and 2012, and the san diego county credit union poinsettia bowl, in 2013. the team lost to ohio in the 2011 edition and defeated toledo 41–15 in the 2012 edition. in 2013 usu defeated northern illinois university in the san diego county credit union poinsettia bowl.