Alamo Bowl | |
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Valero Alamo Bowl | |
Stadium | Alamodome |
Location | San Antonio, Texas |
Operated | 1993–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.
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).
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.
All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.
Date | Winning team | Losing team | Attnd. | Notes | ||
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December 31, 1993 | California | 37 | Iowa | 3 | 45,716 | notes |
December 31, 1994 | #24 Washington State | 10 | Baylor | 3 | 44,106 | notes |
December 28, 1995 | #19 Texas A&M | 22 | #14 Michigan | 20 | 64,597 | notes |
December 29, 1996 | #21 Iowa | 27 | Texas Tech | 0 | 55,677 | notes |
December 30, 1997 | #16 Purdue | 33 | #24 Oklahoma State | 20 | 55,552 | notes |
December 29, 1998 | Purdue | 37 | #4 Kansas State | 34 | 60,780 | notes |
December 28, 1999 | #13 Penn State | 24 | #18 Texas A&M | 0 | 65,380 | notes |
December 30, 2000 | #8 Nebraska | 66 | #19 Northwestern | 17 | 60,028 | notes |
December 29, 2001 | Iowa | 19 | Texas Tech | 16 | 65,232 | notes |
December 28, 2002 | Wisconsin | 31 | #14 Colorado | 28 (OT) | 50,690 | notes |
December 29, 2003 | #22 Nebraska | 17 | Michigan State | 3 | 56,229 | notes |
December 29, 2004 | #24 Ohio State | 33 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 65,265 | notes |
December 28, 2005 | Nebraska | 32 | #20 Michigan | 28 | 62,016 | notes |
December 30, 2006 | #18 Texas | 26 | Iowa | 24 | 65,875 | notes |
December 29, 2007 | Penn State | 24 | Texas A&M | 17 | 66,166 | notes |
December 29, 2008 | #25 Missouri | 30 | #22 Northwestern | 23 (OT) | 55,986 | notes |
January 2, 2010 | Texas Tech | 41 | Michigan State | 31 | 64,757 | notes |
December 29, 2010 | #16 Oklahoma State | 36 | Arizona | 10 | 57,593 | notes |
December 29, 2011 | #15 Baylor | 67 | Washington | 56 | 65,256 | notes |
December 29, 2012 | #23 Texas | 31 | #13 Oregon State | 27 | 65,277 | notes |
December 30, 2013 | #10 Oregon | 30 | Texas | 7 | 65,918 | notes |
January 2, 2015 | #14 UCLA | 40 | #11 Kansas State | 35 | 60,517 | notes |
January 2, 2016 | #11 TCU | 47 | #15 Oregon | 41 (3OT) | 64,569 | notes |
December 29, 2016 | #12 Oklahoma State | 38 | #10 Colorado | 8 | 59,815 | notes |
December 28, 2017 | #13 TCU | 39 | #15 Stanford | 37 | 57,653 | notes |
December 28, 2018 | #12 Washington State | 28 | #25 Iowa State | 26 | 60,675 | notes |
December 31, 2019 | Texas | 38 | #12 Utah | 10 | 60,147 | notes |
December 29, 2020 | #20 Texas | 55 | Colorado | 23 | 10,822 | notes |
December 29, 2021 | #14 Oklahoma | 47 | #15 Oregon | 32 | 59,121 | notes |
December 29, 2022 | #12 Washington | 27 | #21 Texas | 20 | 62,730 | notes |
December 28, 2023 | #14 Arizona | 38 | #12 Oklahoma | 24 | 55,853 | notes |
December 28, 2024 | #17 BYU vs #20 Colorado | notes | ||||
Source: [6]
Two MVPs are selected for each game; one offensive player and one defensive player.
Year | Offensive MVP | Defensive MVP | ||||
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Player | Team | Pos. | Player | Team | Pos. | |
1993 | Dave Barr | California | QB | Jerrott Willard | California | LB |
1994 | Chad Davis | Washington State | QB | Ron Childs | Washington State | LB |
1995 | Kyle Bryant | Texas A&M | K | Keith Mitchell | Texas A&M | LB |
1996 | Sedrick Shaw | Iowa | RB | Jared DeVries | Iowa | DL |
1997 | Billy Dicken | Purdue | QB | Adrian Beasley | Purdue | S |
1998 | Drew Brees | Purdue | QB | Rosevelt Colvin | Purdue | DE |
1999 | Rashard Casey | Penn State | QB | LaVar Arrington | Penn State | LB |
2000 | Dan Alexander | Nebraska | RB | Kyle Vanden Bosch | Nebraska | DL |
2001 | Aaron Greving | Iowa | RB | Derrick Pickens | Iowa | DL |
2002 | Brooks Bollinger | Wisconsin | QB | Jeff Mack | Wisconsin | LB |
2003 | Jammal Lord | Nebraska | QB | Trevor Johnson | Nebraska | DL |
2004 | Ted Ginn Jr. | Ohio State | WR/PR/KR | Simon Fraser | Ohio State | DE |
2005 | Cory Ross | Nebraska | RB | Leon Hall | Michigan | CB |
2006 | Colt McCoy | Texas | QB | Aaron Ross | Texas | CB |
2007 | Rodney Kinlaw | Penn State | RB | Sean Lee | Penn State | LB |
2008 | Jeremy Maclin | Missouri | WR/PR/KR | Sean Weatherspoon | Missouri | LB |
Jan. 2010 | Taylor Potts | Texas Tech | QB | Jamar Wall | Texas Tech | CB |
Dec. 2010 | Justin Blackmon | Oklahoma State | WR | Markelle Martin | Oklahoma State | S |
2011 | Terrance Ganaway | Baylor | RB | Elliot Coffey | Baylor | LB |
2012 | Marquise Goodwin | Texas | WR | Alex Okafor | Texas | DE |
2013 | Marcus Mariota | Oregon | QB | Avery Patterson | Oregon | SS |
2015 | Paul Perkins | UCLA | RB | Eric Kendricks | UCLA | LB |
Jan. 2016 | Bram Kohlhausen | TCU | QB | Travin Howard | TCU | LB |
Dec. 2016 | James Washington | Oklahoma State | WR | Vincent Taylor | Oklahoma State | DT |
2017 | Kenny Hill | TCU | QB | Travin Howard | TCU | LB |
2018 | Gardner Minshew | Washington State | QB | Peyton Pelluer | Washington State | LB |
2019 | Sam Ehlinger | Texas | QB | Joseph Ossai | Texas | LB |
2020 | Bijan Robinson | Texas | RB | DeMarvion Overshown | Texas | LB |
2021 | Kennedy Brooks | Oklahoma | RB | Pat Fields | Oklahoma | S |
2022 | Michael Penix Jr. | Washington | QB | Bralen Trice | Washington | DE |
2023 | Jacob Cowing | Arizona | WR | Gunner Maldonado | Arizona | S |
The bowl's sportsmanship award is named after Fred Jacoby, [12] who served as SWC commissioner from 1982 to 1993. [13]
Year | Player | Team | Position |
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1993 | Larry Blue | Iowa | DT |
1994 | Adrian Robinson | Baylor | DB |
1995 | Jarrett Irons | Michigan | LB |
1996 | Shane Dunn | Texas Tech | OT |
1997 | Kevin Williams | Oklahoma State | DB |
1998 | Jarrod Cooper | Kansas State | DB |
1999 | Jason Webster | Texas A&M | CB |
2000 | Zak Kustok | Northwestern | QB |
2001 | Anton Paige | Texas Tech | WR |
2002 | Zac Colvin | Colorado | QB |
2003 | Joe Tate | Michigan State | OG |
2004 | Donovan Woods | Oklahoma State | QB |
2005 | Steve Breaston | Michigan | WR |
2006 | Mike Elgin | Iowa | OL |
2007 | Mark Dodge | Texas A&M | LB |
2008 | Rasheed Ward | Northwestern | WR |
Jan. 2010 | Ross Weaver | Michigan State | DB |
Dec. 2010 | David Douglas | Arizona | WR |
2011 | Senio Kelemete | Washington | OG |
2012 | Storm Woods | Oregon State | RB |
2013 | Carrington Byndom | Texas | CB |
2015 | Tyler Lockett | Kansas State | WR |
Jan. 2016 | Rodney Hardrick | Oregon | LB |
Dec. 2016 | Sean Irwin | Colorado | TE |
2017 | Harrison Phillips | Stanford | DT |
2018 | Marcel Spears Jr. | Iowa State | LB |
2019 | Zack Moss | Utah | RB |
2020 | Carson Wells | Colorado | LB |
2021 | Alex Forsyth | Oregon | C |
2022 | Anthony Cook | Texas | DB |
Updated for the December 2024 edition (32 games, 64 total appearances).
Rank | Team | Appearances | Record | Win pct. |
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1 | Texas | 6 | 4–2 | .667 |
2 | Iowa | 4 | 2–2 | .500 |
Oklahoma State | 4 | 2–2 | .500 | |
Colorado † | 4 | 0–3 | .000 | |
5 | Nebraska | 3 | 3–0 | 1.000 |
Oregon | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | |
Texas A&M | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | |
Texas Tech | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | |
9 | Penn State | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 |
Purdue | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 | |
TCU | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 | |
Washington State | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 | |
Oklahoma | 2 | 1–1 | .500 | |
Baylor | 2 | 1–1 | .500 | |
Washington | 2 | 1–1 | .500 | |
Arizona | 2 | 1–1 | .500 | |
Kansas State | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | |
Michigan | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | |
Michigan State | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | |
Northwestern | 2 | 0–2 | .000 |
† December 2024 participant
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.
Updated for the December 2024 edition (32 games, 64 total appearances).
Conference | Record | Appearances by season | ||||
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Games | W | L | Win pct. | Won | Lost | |
Big 12 ‡ | 30 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009*, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015*, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014*, 2018, 2022, 2023 |
Big Ten | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 | 1993, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009* |
Pac-12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 1993, 1994, 2013, 2014*, 2018, 2022, 2023 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015*, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
SWC | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1995 | 1994 |
‡ Both participants of the December 2024 game
Team | Record, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
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Most points scored (winning team) | 67, Baylor vs. Washington | 2011 |
Most points scored (losing team) | 56, Washington vs Baylor | 2011 |
Most points scored (both teams) | 123, Baylor vs. Washington | 2011 |
Fewest points allowed | 0, shared by: Iowa vs. Texas Tech Penn State vs. Texas A&M | 1996 1999 |
Largest margin of victory | 49, Nebraska (66) vs. Northwestern (17) | 2000 |
Total yards | 777, Baylor vs. Washington | 2011 |
Rushing yards | 482, Baylor vs. Washington | 2011 |
Passing yards | 460, Texas Tech vs. Michigan State | Jan. 2010 |
First downs | 33, Baylor vs. Washington | 2011 |
Fewest yards allowed | 90, California vs. Iowa | 1993 |
Fewest rushing yards allowed | 20, California vs. Iowa | 1993 |
Fewest passing yards allowed | 56, Oregon vs. Texas | 2013 |
Individual | Record, Player, Team | Year |
All-purpose yards | 249, Tyler Lockett (Kansas State) | 2015 |
Touchdowns (overall) | 7, Keith Price (Washington) | 2011 |
Rushing yards | 240, Dan Alexander (Nebraska) | 2000 |
Rushing touchdowns | 5, Terrance Ganaway (Baylor) | 2011 |
Passing yards | 438, Keith Price (Washington) | 2011 |
Passing touchdowns | 4, shared by : Keith Price (Washington) Casey Thompson (Texas) | 2011 2020 |
Receiving yards | 198, Jermaine Kearse (Washington) | 2011 |
Receptions | 13, Tyler Lockett (Kansas State) | 2014 |
Receiving touchdowns | 3, J. J. Arcega-Whiteside (Stanford) | 2017 |
Tackles | 17, Sean Weatherspoon (Missouri) | 2008 |
Sacks | 4.5, Alex Okafor (Texas) | 2012 |
Interceptions | 2, most recently: Leon Hall (Michigan) | 2005 |
Long Plays | Record, Team | Year |
Touchdown run | 89 yds., Terrance Ganaway (Baylor) | 2011 |
Touchdown pass | 93 yds., Jalen Reagor (TCU) | 2017 |
Kickoff return | 69 yds., Steve Breaston (Michigan) | 2005 |
Punt return | 76 yds., Desmon White (TCU) | 2017 |
Interception return | 91 yds., Don Strickland (Colorado) | 2002 |
Fumble return | 87 yds., Gunner Maldonado (Arizona) | 2023 |
Punt | 67 yds., Justin Brantly (Texas A&M) | 2007 |
Field goal | 53 yds., Cameron Dicker (Texas) | 2020 |
Miscellaneous | Record, Teams | Year |
Bowl Attendance | 66,166, Penn State vs. Texas A&M | 2007 |
Source: [7]
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