2006

Alamo Bowl | Saturday, December 30, 2006
#18 Texas 26 vs. Iowa 24

Attendance: 65,875
TV Rating: 6.0
Team Payout: $4,450,000 combined

Offensive MVP: Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
Defensive MVP: Aaron Ross, CB, Texas
Sportsmanship Winner: Mike Elgin, OL, Iowa

Head Coaches: Texas: Mack Brown, Iowa: Kirk Ferentz
Final Records: Texas 10-3, Iowa 6-7

Game Recap

The Iowa Hawkeye’s were unable to hold on to their 11-point lead at the half as the Texas Longhorns came from behind to win the 2006 Alamo Bowl 26-24.

Texas was the heavy favorite playing in their first Alamo Bowl in front of a then record capacity crowd of 65,875 that was mostly a sea of burnt-orange.

Freshman quarterback Colt McCoy took Offensive MVP honors after throwing for 308 yards and two touchdowns including a 72-yarder to Jamaal Charles which finally put the Longhorns on top. In a losing effort, Iowa quarterback Drew Tate threw for 274 yards including 159 yards to receiver Andy Brodell.

Texas won its third straight bowl game and became the first team to win the Alamo Bowl after trailing at halftime.

This 2006 Alamo Bowl, the only game without a title or presenting sponsor, earned a 6.0 rating which translates into 8.8 million viewers making it the #1 most-watched college football bowl game broadcast in ESPN history at the time.

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

IOWA: Young 1-yd run (Schlicher kick)
IOWA: Brodell 63-yd pass from Tate (Schlicher kick)
UT: Bailey 27-yd FG

Second Quarter

UT: Sweed 20-yd pass from McCoy (Bailey kick)

Third Quarter

UT: Bailey 43-yd FG
UT: Charles 72-yd pass from McCoy (Bailey kick)
IOWA: Brodell 23-yd pass from Tate (Schlicher kick)

Fourth Quarter

UT: Young 2-yd run (conversion failed)
IOWA: Schlicher 38-yd FG

Final Score

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Final
Texas	3	7	10	6	26
Iowa	14	0	7	3	24

Team Stats

Category	Texas	Iowa
First Down	17	17
Net Yards Rushing/Att.	70-21	89-34
Net Yards Passing	308	274
Comp-Att-Int	26-40-0	15-25-1
Total Offense Plays	61	59
Total Net Yards	378	363
Avg. Gain Per Play	6.2	6.2
Possession Time	29:04	30:56
Third-Down Conv.	6/15 (40%)	6/13 (46%)

Individual Stats

Rushing (Att-Yds)

UT: Charles 4-26; Shipley 1-14; Young 12-11; Pittman 1-11; McCoy 2-3
IOWA: Young 13-64; Sims 12-26; Tate 5-10; Christensen 2-1

Passing (Comp-Att-Int, Yds)

UT: McCoy 26-40-0, 308
IOWA: Tate 15-25-1, 274

Receiving (Rec-Yds)

UT: Finley 8-46; Cosby 7-59; Sweed 3-70; Pittman 3-37; Young 2-3; Charles 1-72; Shipley 1-11; Jones 1-10
IOWA: Brodell 6-159; Douglas 3-40; Chandler 2-36; Busch 1-19; Stross 1-13; Moeaki 1-8; Sims 1-2