ALAMO BOWL

The 'Valero Alamo Bowl' is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It matches the fourth or fifth choice (not necessarily fourth or fifth place) teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference.

Contents

History

Media coverage

Previous results

MVPs

See also

References

External links

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 Valero Energy Corporation.
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 travelling to San Antonio for the game.
The 2002 Alamo Bowl played between Colorado and Wisconsin is the only game to have gone into overtime, with the unranked Badgers defeating the No. 14 ranked Buffaloes after kicking a field goal to win 31-28.
The 2005 Alamo Bowl ended on one of the most controversial plays in bowl game history,^[1] a multi-lateral play in which almost the entire Nebraska team and coaching staff (as well as a few Michigan players, Michigan coaches and media) entered onto the field before the play was blown dead, bringing up memories of 1982's "The Play", 2000's "Music City Miracle", and 2002's "Bluegrass Miracle."
The 2006 Alamo Bowl between the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes was attended by 65,875, which set an Alamodome facility-record crowd for a sporting event.2006 Alamo Bowl attendance ranks as the #1 all-time sports attendence in Alamodome history, The San Antonio Bowl Association, December 30, 2006.^[2]
The Alamo Bowl has sold out five of its 14 games (1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2006).2006 Alamo Bowl Media Guide, pp. 1–22, (PDF), The San Antonio Bowl Association.

Media coverage

The Alamo Bowl 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.^[3]

Previous results

Date Played	Away Team		Home Team		Attendance	Notes
December 31, 1993	California	'37'	Iowa	3	45,716
December 31, 1994	Baylor	3	(24) Washington State	'10'	44,106
December 28, 1995	(14) Michigan	20	(19) Texas A&M	'22'	64,597
December 29, 1996	Texas Tech	0	(21) Iowa	'27'	55,677
December 30, 1997	(16) Purdue	'33'	(24) Oklahoma State	20	55,552
December 29, 1998	(4) Kansas State	34	Purdue	'37'	60,780
December 28, 1999	(13) Penn State	'24'	(18) Texas A&M	0	65,380
December 30, 2000	(8) Nebraska	'66'	(19) Northwestern	17	60,028
December 29, 2001	Iowa	'19'	Texas Tech	16	65,232
December 28, 2002	(14) Colorado	28	Wisconsin	'31'	50,690
December 29, 2003	Michigan State	3	(22) Nebraska	'17'	56,229
December 29, 2004	Oklahoma State	7	(24) Ohio State	'33'	65,265	notes
December 28, 2005	(20) Michigan	28	Nebraska	'32'	62,016	notes
December 30, 2006	(18) Texas	'26'	Iowa	24	65,875[4]	notes

^†Rankings reflect rank at time of bowl game and taken from AP Top 25 poll

MVPs

Date played	MVPs	Team	Position
December 31, 1993	Dave Barr	California	QB
	Jerrot Willard	California	LB
December 31, 1994	Chad Davis	Washington State	QB
	Ron Childs	Washington State	LB
December 28, 1995	Kyle Bryant	Texas A&M	K
	Keith Mitchell	Texas A&M	LB
December 29, 1996	Sedrick Shaw	Iowa	RB
	Jared DeVries	Iowa	DL
December 30, 1997	Billy Dicken	Purdue	QB
	Adrian Beasley	Purdue	S
December 29, 1998	Drew Brees	Purdue	QB
	Rosevelt Colvin	Purdue	DE
December 28, 1999	Rashard Casey	Penn State	QB
	LaVar Arrington	Penn State	LB
December 30, 2000	Dan Alexander	Nebraska	RB
	Kyle Vanden Bosch	Nebraska	DL
December 29, 2001	Aaron Greving	Iowa	RB
	Derrick Pickens	Iowa	DL
December 29, 2002	Brooks Bollinger	Wisconsin	QB
	Jeff Mack	Wisconsin	LB
December 29, 2003	Jammal Lord	Nebraska	QB
	Trevor Johnson	Nebraska	DL
December 29, 2004	Ted Ginn Jr.	Ohio State	WR/PR/KR
	Simon Fraser	Ohio State	DE
December 28, 2005	Cory Ross	Nebraska	RB
	Leon Hall	Michigan	CB
December 30, 2006	Colt McCoy	Texas	QB
	Aaron Ross	Texas	CB

See also

★ 2006 Alamo Bowl

★ List of college bowl games

References

1. 2005 Alamo Bowl: Michigan v. Nebraska end of game, YouTube.
2. Alamo Bowl crowd sets Alamodome record
3. 2006 Alamo Bowl ranks as ESPN's most-watched bowl game, MackBrown-TexasFootball.com, January 3, 2007.
4. Texas survives the Alamo

External links

★ Official website of the Alamo Bowl

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★ 2006 Alamo Bowl Media Guide, pp. 1–22, (PDF), The San Antonio Bowl Association.

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★ 2006 Alamo Bowl Media Guide, pp. 23–41, (PDF), The San Antonio Bowl Association.

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★ 2006 Alamo Bowl Media Guide, pp. 42–59, (PDF), The San Antonio Bowl Association.