2010

Valero Alamo Bowl | Wednesday, December 29, 2010
#14 Oklahoma State 36 vs. Arizona 10

Attendance: 57,595
TV Rating: 3.3
Team Payout: $6,000,000 combined

Offensive MVP: Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma St.
Defensive MVP: Markelle Martin, DB, Oklahoma St.
Sportsmanship Winner: David Douglas, WR, Arizona

Head Coaches: Oklahoma St.: Mike Gundy, Arizona: Mike Stoops
Final Records: Oklahoma State 11-2, Arizona 7-6

Game Recap

Oklahoma State came to San Antonio with the nation’s best offense led by quarterback Brandon Weeden and Biletnikoff Award winning wide receiver Justin Blackmon.

In the game, Blackmon caught two touchdowns, including his 71-yard scamper that he savored as long as possible before scoring.

Down 23-7 at half and averaging only 2.4 yards per rush for the game, Arizona took to the air on the strength of Nick Foles’ arm to mixed results. Foles completed 32 of 50 passes for 280 yards but threw three interceptions.

Oklahoma State extended their lead in the second half claiming a 36-10 victory and their program’s first 11-win. It was also the Cowboys first bowl game win in the last three tries and marked the 11th time the team scored at least 33 points for the season.

Arizona finished the season 7-6 and became the Pac- 10’s first contestant in San Antonio since the conference was an original conference partner with the Alamo Bowl in 1993 and 1994 (an Iowa loss and an Washington State win, respectively).

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

OSU: Smith 6-yd run (Bailey kick)
OSU: Blackmon 71-yd pass from Weeden (Bailey kick)
ARIZ: Criner 5-yd pass from Foles (Zendejas kick)
OSU: Bailey 40-yd kick

Second Quarter

OSU: Martin 62-yd INT return (Bailey kick failed)

Third Quarter

ARIZ: Zendejas 42-yd FG
OSU: Blackmon 3-yd pass from Weeden (Bailey kick)
OSU: Bailey 50-yd FG

Fourth Quarter

OSU: Bailey 44-yd FG

Final Score

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Final
Oklahoma State	17	6	10	3	36
Arizona	7	0	3	0	10

Team Stats

Category	Oklahoma State	Arizona
First Downs	17	25
Net Yards Rushing/Att.	72/20	90/38
Net Yards Passing	240	280
Comp-Att-Int	25-41-0	32-50-3
Total Offense Plays	61	88
Total Net Yards	312	370
Avg. Gain Per Play	5.1	4.2
Possession Time	22:29	37:31
Third-Down Conv.	4/13 (31%)	9/21 (43%)

Individual Stats

Rushing (Att-Yds)

OSU – Hunter 10-32; Smith 5-16; Cooper 1-15; Bowling 1-9; Randle 2-2
ARIZ – Grigsby 16-59; Nwoku 11-36; Antolin 1-1; Criner 1-1

Passing (Comp-Att-Int, Yds)

OSU – Weeden 25-41-0, 240
ARIZ – Foles 32-50-3, 280

Receiving (Rec-Yds)

OSU – Blackmon 9-117; Cooper 7-53; Bowling 3-35; Randle 2-28; Moore 2-13
ARIZ: Criner 9-47; Douglas 6-91; Morrison 6-66; Grigsby 4-26; Roberts 2-19; Nwolu 2-11; Miller 2-5; Cobb 1-15