Bowl Surprises Student With Scholarship
Over the last 14 years, the Valero Alamo Bowl has selected 356 graduating high school seniors to split over $1 million in scholarships to the university of their choice courtesy of the bowl. Each scholarship winner received an award letter in early December, attended a luncheon at Fleming’s Steakhouse with their parents the next week …
Bowl Improves Selection Rights
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced today an extension of its partnership with the Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences. The six year arrangement covers the 2014-2019 Valero Alamo Bowls and will match the #1 Big 12 team vs. the #1 Pac-12 team outside of the College Football Playoff group. “The Big 12 Conference has enjoyed a …
Pat Frost Returns as Bowl Chairman
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced its officers who will oversee this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl and its Community Festival of Events. Pat Frost succeeds Randy Cain as chairman of the Valero Alamo Bowl’s Board of Directors. A board member since the bowl’s inception and Chairman of the organization in 2003, Frost joined Frost in 1984 …
2013 Valero Alamo Bowl Kicks Off Monday, December 30
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The 2013 Valero Alamo Bowl will kick off on Monday, December 30 at 5:45 p.m. CST in the 65,000 seat Alamodome and be televised on ESPN. This marks the third time in the bowl’s history the game will be played on a Monday night. It will also be the fourth December …
Bowl Delivers $40 Million Economic Impact in 2012
The 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl generated $40 million in total economic impact based on direct visitor spending of $23.4 million for San Antonio last December, according to a survey conducted by Strategic Marketing Services and SportsEconomics. The direct spending from the 33,580 incremental visitors attending the bowl game between Oregon State and Texas translated into …
Valero Alamo Bowl Highlights
Building On A Track Record of Success Since its inception in 1993, the Valero Alamo Bowl has developed a growing track record of top ESPN ratings, capacity crowds and exciting games. The 20th Annual Valero Alamo Bowl lived up to its billing as #23 Texas overcame a 10 point second half deficit to beat #13 …
2012 Game #5 Most-Watched in Bowl History
The national television telecast of the 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl between #23 Texas and #13 Oregon State earned a 4.8 household coverage rating. The game averaged 4.70 million households making it the #5 most-watched game in Valero Alamo Bowl history and the 14th most-viewed non-BCS bowl in ESPN history in terms of household impressions. In …
#23 Longhorns Come Back to Defeat #13 Oregon State 31-27
Postgame notes from the 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl. Final Score, #23 Texas 31, #13 Oregon State 27. NEVER SAY DIE Texas trailed Oregon State 27-17 before rallying back to win the game. Texas quarterback David Ash threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Johnathan Gray to cut the lead to three and later threw a 36-yard …
Valero Alamo Bowl Releases “The San Antonio Challenge” To Promote Downtown
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced the release of the “The San Antonio Challenge,” a video highlighting San Antonio’s compact, walkable downtown. In the Challenge, two tourists race around in a downtown scavenger hunt educating themselves about San Antonio history while also demonstrating the convenience of world-class attractions, restaurants and sporting events right outside their hotel …
OREGON STATE, TEXAS TO PLAY IN 20TH ANNIVERSARY VALERO ALAMO BOWL
San Antonio, TX – The University of Texas and Oregon State University have accepted invitations today to play in the 20th Anniversary Valero Alamo Bowl on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 5:45 p.m. CST in San Antonio’s 65,000-seat Alamodome. #13 Oregon State is led by Head Coach Mike Riley, the Beavers all-time winningest coach with …