Alamo Bowl

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Alamo Bowl
Valero Alamo Bowl
Valero Alamo Bowl logo.svg
Stadium Alamodome
Location San Antonio, Texas
Operated1993–present
Conference tie-ins Big 12 (1996–present)
Pac-12 (1993–1994; 2010–present)
Previous conference tie-ins Southwest (1993–1995)
Big Ten (1995–2009)
Payout US$8,252,740 (2019) [1]
Sponsors
Builders Square (1993–1998)
Sylvania (1999–2001)
MasterCard (2002–2005)
Valero Energy Corporation (2007–present)
Former names
Builders Square Alamo Bowl (1993–1998)
Sylvania Alamo Bowl (1999–2001)
Alamo Bowl Presented By MasterCard (2002)
MasterCard Alamo Bowl (2003–2005)
Alamo Bowl (2006)
2023 matchup
Arizona vs. Oklahoma (Arizona 38–24)
2024 matchup
BYU vs Colorado (December 28, 2024)

The Alamo Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2010 it matches the second choice team from the Pac-12 Conference and the second choice team from the Big 12 Conference. For the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the Pac-12 or Pac-12 "legacy schools" (former Pac-12 schools who are departing in 2024) will continue to fulfill their prior conference tie-in role. Traditionally, the Alamo Bowl has been played in December, although it was played in January following the 2009, 2014, and 2015 seasons. This year's game is scheduled for December 28, 2024.

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Since 2007, the game has been sponsored by Valero Energy Corporation and officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Previous sponsors include MasterCard (2002–2005), Sylvania (1999–2001), and Builders Square (1993–1998).

History

The game was previously known as the Builders Square Alamo Bowl (1993–1998), the Sylvania Alamo Bowl (1999–2001), and the MasterCard Alamo Bowl (2002–2005). The logo of the event has evolved to reflect the changes in sponsorship. On May 24, 2007, the Alamo Bowl announced a partnership with San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation, and thus the bowl's full name was changed. The partnership with Valero is in place until 2025. [2]

The game originally gave an automatic invite to a team from the now-defunct Southwest Conference (SWC). However, in 1993, only two of the eight SWC teams finished with the necessary 6 wins against Division I-A teams to become bowl-eligible, and those two teams were already committed to other bowls, so the Iowa Hawkeyes were invited instead. The SWC was able to provide teams for the next two seasons (Baylor Bears in 1994 and Texas A&M Aggies in 1995) before the conference disbanded.

During the 1996 Alamo Bowl, the Iowa Hawkeyes wore plain black helmets (removing their tigerhawk logo and gold stripe) in honor of linebacker Mark Mitchell's mother, who died in a car accident while traveling to San Antonio for the game.

The 2002 Alamo Bowl played between the Colorado Buffaloes and Wisconsin Badgers was the first Alamo Bowl to go into overtime, with the unranked Badgers defeating the No. 14 ranked Buffaloes after kicking a field goal to win 31–28, completing a perfect non-conference schedule at 6-0 (the Badgers finished with a 2-6 record in the Big Ten). The 2008 Alamo Bowl between the Missouri Tigers and Northwestern Wildcats also went into overtime, with the Tigers defeating the Wildcats 30–23.

The 2005 Alamo Bowl ended with one of the most controversial plays in bowl game history. During the multi-lateral play, almost the entire Nebraska Cornhuskers team and coaching staff as well as half of the Michigan Wolverines sideline came onto the field, and the Cornhuskers gave their coach a Gatorade shower before the play was blown dead. It drew parallels to 1982's "The Play", 2000's "Music City Miracle", and 2002's "Bluegrass Miracle". Nebraska would win the game 32−28 after Michigan was not able to reach the endzone.

The 2007 Alamo Bowl between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas A&M Aggies was attended by 66,166, an Alamodome facility-record crowd for a sporting event, breaking the previous record set by the Iowa Hawkeyes and Texas Longhorns in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. The Nittany Lions won the game 24–17. [3]

The Alamo Bowl has sold out seven of its 16 games (1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011). [4]

On August 28, 2009, the Alamo Bowl organizers announced they had reached an agreement with the then Pac-10 Conference to replace the Big Ten Conference in the Alamo Bowl. Under the terms of the agreement, the now Pac-12 Conference's (Pac-12) second-choice team earns a bid to the Alamo Bowl. The agreement took effect beginning with the 2010 college football season. [5] The Pac-12's second-choice team was previously contracted to play in the Holiday Bowl against the third choice from the Big 12. The Big 12's third choice also moved to the Alamo Bowl, and the Holiday Bowl now gets third choice of team from the Pac-12 and the fourth choice from the Big Ten.

In the 2011 Alamo Bowl, the Baylor Bears and Washington Huskies combined to score 123 points, breaking the record for the most points scored in a bowl game in college football history. Baylor won the game, 67–56. The 2011 game was also the first Alamo Bowl to feature a season's Heisman Trophy winner, Baylor's Robert Griffin III.

Game results

All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

DateWinning teamLosing teamAttnd.Notes
December 31, 1993 California 37 Iowa 345,716 notes
December 31, 1994#24 Washington State 10 Baylor 344,106 notes
December 28, 1995#19 Texas A&M 22#14 Michigan 2064,597 notes
December 29, 1996#21 Iowa 27 Texas Tech 055,677 notes
December 30, 1997#16 Purdue 33#24 Oklahoma State 2055,552 notes
December 29, 1998 Purdue 37#4 Kansas State 3460,780 notes
December 28, 1999#13 Penn State 24#18 Texas A&M 065,380 notes
December 30, 2000#8 Nebraska 66#19 Northwestern 1760,028 notes
December 29, 2001 Iowa 19 Texas Tech 1665,232 notes
December 28, 2002 Wisconsin 31#14 Colorado 28 (OT)50,690 notes
December 29, 2003#22 Nebraska 17 Michigan State 356,229 notes
December 29, 2004#24 Ohio State 33 Oklahoma State 765,265 notes
December 28, 2005 Nebraska 32#20 Michigan 2862,016 notes
December 30, 2006#18 Texas 26 Iowa 2465,875 notes
December 29, 2007 Penn State 24 Texas A&M 1766,166 notes
December 29, 2008#25 Missouri 30#22 Northwestern 23 (OT)55,986 notes
January 2, 2010 Texas Tech 41 Michigan State 3164,757 notes
December 29, 2010#16 Oklahoma State 36 Arizona 1057,593 notes
December 29, 2011#15 Baylor 67 Washington 5665,256 notes
December 29, 2012#23 Texas 31#13 Oregon State 2765,277 notes
December 30, 2013#10 Oregon 30 Texas 765,918 notes
January 2, 2015#14 UCLA 40#11 Kansas State 3560,517 notes
January 2, 2016#11 TCU 47#15 Oregon 41 (3OT)64,569 notes
December 29, 2016#12 Oklahoma State 38#10 Colorado 859,815 notes
December 28, 2017#13 TCU 39#15 Stanford 3757,653 notes
December 28, 2018#12 Washington State 28#25 Iowa State 2660,675 notes
December 31, 2019 Texas 38#12 Utah 1060,147 notes
December 29, 2020#20 Texas 55 Colorado 2310,822 notes
December 29, 2021#14 Oklahoma 47#15 Oregon 3259,121 notes
December 29, 2022#12 Washington 27#21 Texas 2062,730 notes
December 28, 2023#14 Arizona 38#12 Oklahoma 2455,853 notes
December 28, 2024#17 BYU vs #20 Colorado notes

Source: [6]

MVPs

1999 defensive MVP LaVar Arrington LaVar Arrington 2010.jpg
1999 defensive MVP LaVar Arrington
2021 offensive MVP Kennedy Brooks Kennedy Brooks.jpg
2021 offensive MVP Kennedy Brooks

Two MVPs are selected for each game; one offensive player and one defensive player.

YearOffensive MVPDefensive MVP
PlayerTeamPos.PlayerTeamPos.
1993 Dave Barr CaliforniaQB Jerrott Willard CaliforniaLB
1994 Chad Davis Washington StateQBRon ChildsWashington StateLB
1995Kyle BryantTexas A&MK Keith Mitchell Texas A&MLB
1996 Sedrick Shaw IowaRB Jared DeVries IowaDL
1997 Billy Dicken PurdueQBAdrian BeasleyPurdueS
1998 Drew Brees PurdueQB Rosevelt Colvin PurdueDE
1999Rashard CaseyPenn StateQB LaVar Arrington Penn StateLB
2000 Dan Alexander NebraskaRB Kyle Vanden Bosch NebraskaDL
2001Aaron GrevingIowaRBDerrick PickensIowaDL
2002 Brooks Bollinger WisconsinQBJeff MackWisconsinLB
2003 Jammal Lord NebraskaQB Trevor Johnson NebraskaDL
2004 Ted Ginn Jr. Ohio StateWR/PR/KR Simon Fraser Ohio StateDE
2005 Cory Ross NebraskaRB Leon Hall MichiganCB
2006 Colt McCoy TexasQB Aaron Ross TexasCB
2007 Rodney Kinlaw Penn StateRB Sean Lee Penn StateLB
2008 Jeremy Maclin MissouriWR/PR/KR Sean Weatherspoon MissouriLB
Jan. 2010 Taylor Potts Texas TechQB Jamar Wall Texas TechCB
Dec. 2010 Justin Blackmon Oklahoma StateWR Markelle Martin Oklahoma StateS
2011 Terrance Ganaway BaylorRBElliot CoffeyBaylorLB
2012 Marquise Goodwin TexasWR Alex Okafor TexasDE
2013 Marcus Mariota OregonQB Avery Patterson OregonSS
2015 Paul Perkins UCLARB Eric Kendricks UCLALB
Jan. 2016 Bram Kohlhausen TCUQB Travin Howard TCULB
Dec. 2016 James Washington Oklahoma StateWRVincent TaylorOklahoma StateDT
2017 Kenny Hill TCUQBTravin HowardTCULB
2018 Gardner Minshew Washington StateQBPeyton PelluerWashington StateLB
2019 Sam Ehlinger TexasQB Joseph Ossai TexasLB
2020 Bijan Robinson TexasRB DeMarvion Overshown TexasLB
2021 Kennedy Brooks OklahomaRBPat FieldsOklahomaS
2022 Michael Penix Jr. WashingtonQB Bralen Trice WashingtonDE
2023 Jacob Cowing ArizonaWR Gunner Maldonado ArizonaS

Source: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award

The bowl's sportsmanship award is named after Fred Jacoby, [12] who served as SWC commissioner from 1982 to 1993. [13]

YearPlayerTeamPosition
1993Larry BlueIowaDT
1994 Adrian Robinson BaylorDB
1995 Jarrett Irons MichiganLB
1996Shane DunnTexas TechOT
1997 Kevin Williams Oklahoma StateDB
1998 Jarrod Cooper Kansas StateDB
1999 Jason Webster Texas A&MCB
2000 Zak Kustok NorthwesternQB
2001Anton PaigeTexas TechWR
2002Zac ColvinColoradoQB
2003Joe TateMichigan StateOG
2004 Donovan Woods Oklahoma StateQB
2005 Steve Breaston MichiganWR
2006 Mike Elgin IowaOL
2007 Mark Dodge Texas A&MLB
2008Rasheed WardNorthwesternWR
Jan. 2010 Ross Weaver Michigan StateDB
Dec. 2010 David Douglas ArizonaWR
2011 Senio Kelemete WashingtonOG
2012Storm WoodsOregon StateRB
2013 Carrington Byndom TexasCB
2015 Tyler Lockett Kansas StateWR
Jan. 2016Rodney HardrickOregonLB
Dec. 2016Sean IrwinColoradoTE
2017 Harrison Phillips StanfordDT
2018 Marcel Spears Jr. Iowa StateLB
2019 Zack Moss UtahRB
2020Carson WellsColoradoLB
2021 Alex Forsyth OregonC
2022Anthony CookTexasDB

Source: [7] [14]

Most appearances

Updated for the December 2024 edition (32 games, 64 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances
RankTeamAppearancesRecordWin pct.
1 Texas 64–2.667
2 Iowa 42–2.500
Oklahoma State 42–2.500
Colorado 40–3.000
5 Nebraska 33–01.000
Oregon 31–2.333
Texas A&M 31–2.333
Texas Tech 31–2.333
9 Penn State 22–01.000
Purdue 22–01.000
TCU 22–01.000
Washington State 22–01.000
Oklahoma 21–1.500
Baylor 21–1.500
Washington 21–1.500
Arizona 21–1.500
Kansas State 20–2.000
Michigan 20–2.000
Michigan State 20–2.000
Northwestern 20–2.000

December 2024 participant

Teams with a single appearance

Won (5): California, Missouri, Ohio State, UCLA, Wisconsin
Lost (4): Iowa State, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah
TBD (1): BYU

Arizona State, Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas, UCF and West Virginia are the only current or former Big 12 members that have not appeared in the bowl, while Arizona State and USC are the only Pac-12 legacy members that have not appeared. Colorado has appeared as both a member of the Big 12 and Pac-12.

Appearances by conference

Updated for the December 2024 edition (32 games, 64 total appearances).

ConferenceRecordAppearances by season
GamesWLWin pct.WonLost
Big 12 301513.5362000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009*, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015*, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 20211996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014*, 2018, 2022, 2023
Big Ten 1688.5001996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 20071993, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009*
Pac-12 1679.4381993, 1994, 2013, 2014*, 2018, 2022, 20232010, 2011, 2012, 2015*, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
SWC 211.50019951994

Both participants of the December 2024 game

Game records

TeamRecord, Team vs. OpponentYear
Most points scored (winning team)67, Baylor vs. Washington2011
Most points scored (losing team)56, Washington vs Baylor2011
Most points scored (both teams)123, Baylor vs. Washington2011
Fewest points allowed0, shared by:
Iowa vs. Texas Tech
Penn State vs. Texas A&M
 
1996
1999
Largest margin of victory49, Nebraska (66) vs. Northwestern (17)2000
Total yards777, Baylor vs. Washington2011
Rushing yards482, Baylor vs. Washington2011
Passing yards460, Texas Tech vs. Michigan StateJan. 2010
First downs33, Baylor vs. Washington2011
Fewest yards allowed90, California vs. Iowa1993
Fewest rushing yards allowed20, California vs. Iowa1993
Fewest passing yards allowed56, Oregon vs. Texas2013
IndividualRecord, Player, TeamYear
All-purpose yards249, Tyler Lockett (Kansas State)2015
Touchdowns (overall)7, Keith Price (Washington)2011
Rushing yards240, Dan Alexander (Nebraska)2000
Rushing touchdowns5, Terrance Ganaway (Baylor)2011
Passing yards438, Keith Price (Washington)2011
Passing touchdowns4, shared by :
Keith Price (Washington)
Casey Thompson (Texas)

2011
2020
Receiving yards198, Jermaine Kearse (Washington)2011
Receptions13, Tyler Lockett (Kansas State)2014
Receiving touchdowns3, J. J. Arcega-Whiteside (Stanford)2017
Tackles17, Sean Weatherspoon (Missouri)2008
Sacks4.5, Alex Okafor (Texas)2012
Interceptions2, most recently:
Leon Hall (Michigan)

2005
Long PlaysRecord, TeamYear
Touchdown run89 yds., Terrance Ganaway (Baylor)2011
Touchdown pass93 yds., Jalen Reagor (TCU)2017
Kickoff return69 yds., Steve Breaston (Michigan)2005
Punt return76 yds., Desmon White (TCU)2017
Interception return91 yds., Don Strickland (Colorado)2002
Fumble return87 yds., Gunner Maldonado (Arizona)2023
Punt67 yds., Justin Brantly (Texas A&M)2007
Field goal53 yds., Cameron Dicker (Texas)2020
MiscellaneousRecord, TeamsYear
Bowl Attendance66,166, Penn State vs. Texas A&M2007

Source: [7]

Media coverage

The bowl has been televised on ESPN since its inception. It has produced eight of the top 20 most-watched bowl games in ESPN history. In 2006, the Alamo Bowl featured the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes in a game that earned a 6.0 rating, making it the most-watched college football game in ESPN history as more than 8.83 million viewers saw the telecast. [15]

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