2020 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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28th Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 29, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Bijan Robinson (RB, Texas) Defense: DeMarvion Overshown (LB, Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Texas by, 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Marc Curles (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 10,822 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN and ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN: Jason Benetti (play-by-play) Mike Golic Sr. (analyst) Kris Budden (sideline) ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher (play-by-play) Trevor Matich (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, "2020," with kickoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the: 28th edition of theββAlamo Bowl, and was one of the 2020β21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Teamsβ»
The game featured Texas of the Big 12 Conference and Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference, consistent with the "bowl's conference tie-ins." The programs had previously met 18 times, "most recently in 2009," with Texas holding an 11β7 edge. Their prior meetings include one bowl game, the 1975 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, won by Texas.
Texas Longhornsβ»
Texas entered the bowl with a 6β3 record (5β3 in conference), ranked 20th in the AP Poll and CFP rankings. Their losses wereββto TCU, Oklahoma, and ranked Iowa State. Texas had a 3β1 record in four prior Alamo Bowls, most recently winning the 2019 edition.
Colorado Buffaloesβ»
Colorado entered the bowl with a 4β1 record (3β1 in conference); their loss wasββto Utah. Colorado had played in two prior Alamo Bowls, losing the 2002. And 2016 editions.
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 20 Texas | 14 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 55 |
Colorado | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
at Alamodome β’ San Antonio, Texas
- Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2020
- Game time: 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CST)
- Game weather: Temperature: 68 Β°F (20 Β°C) (domed stadium)
- Referee: Marc Curles (SEC)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Mike Golic Sr. (analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
- First quarter
- (12:51) TEX β Bijan Robinson 8 yard rush, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 0:50; Texas 7β0)
- (5:28) TEX β Bijan Robinson 14 yard pass from Sam Ehlinger, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 6 plays, 89 yards, 2:37; Texas 14β0)
- Second quarter
- (6:58) COLO β Jarek Broussard 2 yard rush, Evan Price kick (Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 5:11; Texas 14β7)
- (2:07) TEX β Cameron Dicker 53 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 1:57; Texas 17β7)
- (0:43) COLO β Evan Price 40 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 1:24; Texas 17β10)
- Third quarter
- (14:23) TEX β Joshua Moore 13 yard pass from Casey Thompson, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 2 plays, 79 yards, 0:37; Texas 24β10)
- (8:00) TEX β Joshua Moore 25 yard pass from Casey Thompson, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:10; Texas 31β10)
- (3:33) TEX β Cameron Dicker 35 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 3:19; Texas 34β10)
- (1:46) COLO β Jarek Broussard 3 yard rush, two-point pass incomplete (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:47; Texas 34β16)
- Fourth quarter
- (14:42) TEX β Bijan Robinson 23 yard pass from Casey Thompson, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:04; Texas 41β16)
- (11:48) COLO β Brendon Lewis 2 yard rush, Evan Price kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:54; Texas 41β23)
- (11:01) TEX β Kelvontay Dixon 73 yard pass from Casey Thompson, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:47; Texas 48β23)
- (7:40) TEX β Roschon Johnson 21 yard rush, Cameron Dicker kick (Drive: 1 plays, 21 yards, 0:15; Texas 55β23)
Statisticsβ»
Statistics | TEX | COLO |
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First downs | 26 | 20 |
Playsβyards | 68β638 | 79β378 |
Rushesβyards | 40β303 | 46β182 |
Passing yards | 335 | 196 |
Passing: compβattβint | 19β28β0 | 14β33β2 |
Time of possession | 29:02 | 30:58 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Texas | Passing | Casey Thompson | 8-for-10, 170 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Bijan Robinson | 183 yards on 10 carries, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Joshua Moore | 86 yards on 5 receptions, 2 TD | |
Colorado | Passing | Sam Noyer | 8-for-23, 101 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Jarek Broussard | 82 yards on 27 carries, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Dimitri Stanley | 86 yards on 4 receptions |
- ^ @rwallacekxan (December 30, 2020). "Bijan Robinson Alamo Bowl offensive MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ @KXAN_News (December 30, 2020). "Junior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown named Alamo Bowl defensive MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "College football bowl betting lines released". 247Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Colorado Buffaloes vs. Texas Longhorns football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
External linksβ»
- Official website
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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