2013 Alamo Bowl

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2013 Valero Alamo Bowl
Oregon Ducks Texas Longhorns
(10–2)(8–4)
Pac-12 Big 12
307
Head coach: 
Mark Helfrich 		Head coach: 
Mack Brown
AP Coaches BCS
101210
1234Total
Oregon10103730
Texas70007
DateDecember 30, 2013
Season 2013
Stadium Alamodome
Location San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
MVPOffense: Marcus Mariota (QB)
Defense: Avery Patterson (SS)
Favorite Oregon by 13 [1]
National anthem Oregon Marching Band & The University of Texas Longhorn Band
Referee Dennis Hennigan (ACC)
Halftime show World Strides Heritage Performance Program
Attendance65,918
Payout US$3 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
Nielsen ratings 4.6 (6.757 million viewers) [2]
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The 2013 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 21st edition of the Alamo Bowl, it featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference. It was telecast at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Oregon defeated Texas by a score of 30–7.

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Oregon, ranked number 10 in the BCS, finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (7–2 Pac-12), co-champions of the Pac-12 North Division. Texas finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (7–2 Big 12), tied for second place in the Big 12.

Teams

Oregon

Oregon was selected to represent the Pac-12 after a 10–2 regular season, finishing second overall in the conference. In their first season with new head coach Mark Helfrich after Chip Kelly's departure to the NFL, they started the season ranked third in both major polls, and won their first eight games over Nicholls State, Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA. Going into November sitting at 8–0 and contending for the a slot in the BCS National Championship Game they finished the season 2–2 with road losses to Stanford and Arizona and home wins against Utah and arch-rival Oregon State finishing the season ranked tenth in the AP and BCS polls.

Texas

Texas was selected to represent the Big 12 after an 8–4 season, finishing third overall in the conference. Starting the season ranked 15th in both major polls, Texas would start the season disappointingly by going 1–2 against non-conference opponents with a win over New Mexico State and losses to BYU and Ole Miss. They would eventually contend for the Big-12 Championship by starting their conference schedule at 6–0 with wins over Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and West Virginia. They would finish their remaining conference slate with a home loss to Oklahoma State, rebound to beat Texas Tech after a bye week and finish the season with a road loss to Baylor, finishing the season unranked in the polls.

Game summary

Scoring summary

2013 Valero Alamo Bowl – Game summary
Period1234Total
#10 Oregon10103730
Texas70007

at Alamodome • San Antonio, TX

  • Date: December 30, 2013
  • Game time: 6:51 PM EST
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 65,918
  • Referee: Dennis Hennigan (ACC) • Umpire: Jim Hyson • Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald • Line judge: Deon Lawerence • Back judge: Barry Hendon • Field judge: Bill Dolbow • Side judge: Mike Safrit
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
Game information

Statistics

TeamsOregonTexas
1st downs2413
Total yards470236
Passing yards25356
Rushing yards217180
Penalties–Yards11-874–35
3rd down conversions4 of 126 of 19
4th down conversions0 of 02 of 3
Turnovers02
Time of possession28:1531:45

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