Alamo Bowl
The Alamo Bowl is a major post-season United States college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It usually matches the fourth-choice (not necessarily fourth-place) teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference.
The game was previously known as the Builders Square Alamo Bowl (1993-1998), the Sylvania Alamo Bowl (1999-2001) and is currently known as the MasterCard Alamo Bowl (2002-present).
There was an unrelated game called the Alamo Bowl played once, on January 4, 1947. Hardin-Simmons defeated Denver 20-0.
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Previous results
| Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1993 | California | 37 | Iowa | 3 |
| December 31, 1994 | Washington State | 10 | Baylor | 3 |
| December 28, 1995 | Texas A&M | 22 | Michigan | 20 |
| December 29, 1996 | Iowa | 27 | Texas Tech | 0 |
| December 30, 1997 | Purdue | 33 | Oklahoma State | 20 |
| December 29, 1998 | Purdue | 37 | Kansas State | 34 |
| December 28, 1999 | Penn State | 24 | Texas A&M | 0 |
| December 30, 2000 | Nebraska | 66 | Northwestern | 17 |
| December 29, 2001 | Iowa | 19 | Texas Tech | 16 |
| December 28, 2002 | Wisconsin | 31 | Colorado | 28 |
| December 29, 2003 | Nebraska | 17 | Michigan State | 3 |
| December 29, 2004 | Ohio State | 33 | Oklahoma State | 7 |
| December 28, 2005 | Nebraska | 32 | Michigan | 28 |
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 | FL |
| Simon Fraser | Ohio State | DE |
See also
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| 2005-06 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season: New Orleans (Dec. 20) | GMAC (Dec. 21) | Poinsettia (Dec. 22) | Las Vegas (Dec. 22) | Fort Worth (Dec. 23) | Hawaii (Dec. 24) | Motor City (Dec. 26) | Champs Sports (Dec. 27) | Insight (Dec. 27) | MPC Computers (Dec. 28) | Alamo (Dec. 28) | Emerald (Dec. 29) | Holiday (Dec. 29) | Music City (Dec. 30) | Sun (Dec. 30) | Independence (Dec. 30) | Peach (Dec. 30) | Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31) | Liberty (Dec. 31) | Houston (Dec. 31) | Outback (Jan. 2) | Cotton (Jan. 2) | Gator (Jan. 2) | Capital One (Jan. 2) | ||||
Bowl Championship Series games:
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| All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24) | Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 14) | East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) | Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) | Senior Bowl (Jan. 28) |
