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 …
Tailgating 101
Tailgating is permitted in the Alamodome parking lots with a valid Alamo Bowl parking pass. All lots are fully committed as of November 15 and will go onsale in March for the 2013 game. Lot B is the main tailgating lot. Vehicles without an Alamo Bowl parking pass will not be allowed into the parking …
Valero Alamo Bowl Scholarships to Pass $1 Million Mark in 2012
This year 30 graduating high school seniors will receive a Valero Alamo Bowl Scholarship. With their selection, the program will have awarded over 350 winners more than $1 million since 2000. Any graduating high school senior in Bexar County interested in applying can find scholarship information in the Bexar County Scholarship Clearing House book available …
Valero Alamo Bowl Shatters Record Book
The national telecast of the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl between Washington and Baylor earned a 5.1 rating and averaged 5.1 million households making it the #5 most-watched non-BCS bowl game in ESPN history. The Valero Alamo Bowl now holds three of Top 5 positions on that list including the #1 and #2 most-watched non-BCS games …
Washington, Baylor To Play in 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl
The University of Washington and Baylor University have both accepted invitations today to play in the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl on Thursday, December 29 at 8:00 p.m. CST in San Antonio’s 65,000-seat Alamodome. Washington Head Coach Steve Sarkisian is in his third year at the helm and has led his squad to a bowl game …
Bowl Generates $56.7 Million Economic Impact
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl generated $56.7 million in total economic impact based on direct visitor spending of $32.6 million for San Antonio last December, according to a survey conducted by Strategic Marketing Services and SportsEconomics. The direct spending from the 46,349 visitors attending the bowl game between Arizona and Oklahoma …