2016 Alamo Bowl (January)

the Alamo Bowl that followed the 2015 season, played on January 2, 2016 the game that followed the 2016 season, played on December 29, 2016 2016 Alamo Bowl (December) August 2023 May 2026 Alamo Bowl 23rd Alamo Bowl Valero January 2 2016 2015 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Oregon Ducks Oregon Ducks 9–3 Pac-12 15 14 15 Mark Helfrich 21 10 0 0 7 3 0 TCU Horned Frogs TCU Horned Frogs 10–2 Big 12 11 10 11 Gary Patterson 0 0 17 14 7 3 6 Oregon by 7Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015 Offensive: Bram Kohlhausen (TCU)Defensive: Travin Howard (TCU)Sportsmanship Award: Rodney Hardrick (ORE) Marc Curles (SEC) 64,569 7.85 million combined ESPN/ESPN Radio Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, & Alison Williams (ESPN)Tom Hart, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN Radio) TBD 2015 2016 (Dec) The 2016 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 23rd edition of the Alamo Bowl featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference. It was televised at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN and heard on ESPN Radio. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. The Horned Frogs trailed 31–0 at halftime, but an injury to Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. just before the halftime break would result in a scoreless second half for the Ducks. TCU scored on all 9 possessions after halftime (6 in the second half and 3 in overtime), completing the comeback in the second half with a late field goal. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime and field goals in the second. The Horned Frogs scored in the third extra period, failed their 2-point conversion, but held the Ducks out of the end zone. The 31-point comeback tied the largest comeback in NCAA college football bowl game history with the 2006 Insight Bowl. Teams Oregon from the Pac-12 Conference (9–3, 7-2 Pac-12) and TCU from the Big 12 Conference (10–2, 7-2 Big 12) were announced to play in this bowl game on December 6, 2015. They arrived on December 27 and 28. Oregon 2015 Oregon Ducks football team The 2015 season for the Oregon Ducks was a tale of two teams. A finger injury during the first game would keep Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. sidelined or completely ineffective for a month and by the time Adams returned to form the Ducks stood at 3-3. With a healthy Adams at the helm, the Oregon Ducks finished the season by winning their last 6 games, including a road win over Stanford, a division rival ranked #7 nationally. TCU 2015 TCU Horned Frogs football team Starting the 2015 season by winning 8 straight games, the TCU Horned Frogs finished the season by winning 2 of their last 4 games, including a 28–21 double overtime victory over rival Baylor. The Frogs were playing the bowl game without two key offensive starters. Wide receiver Josh Doctson, a first-team All-American this season, did not play in the Frogs' final two regular-season games due to a wrist injury that required surgery, and was ultimately ruled out of the bowl game.https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/22/tcu-josh-doctson-wrist-injury-alamo-bowl All-America TCU receiver Josh Doctson will not play in bowl game Sports Illustrated December 22, 2015 January 3, 2016 Quarterback Trevone Boykin was suspended from the team for a violation of team rules; according to multiple media reports, he had been involved in a bar fight in San Antonio early in the morning of December 31, and was alleged to have swung at multiple police officers and struck one. Boykin faced several criminal charges in the wake of the incident, the most serious being a felony charge of assaulting a public servant.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/14472105/tcu-quarterback-trevone-boykin-was-arrested-bar-fight TCU QB Trevone Boykin charged with striking officer, suspended for bowl game ESPN.com January 1, 2016 January 3, 2016 The suspension caused a dramatic change in the Las Vegas betting line, with TCU going from a 1-point favorite to a 7-point underdog.http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article53024140.html Bram Kohlhausen's one career start capped thrilling TCU season Mac Engel Star-Telegram Fort Worth, TX January 4, 2016 January 5, 2016 After Boykin's suspension, Patterson turned to Bram Kohlhausen, a fifth-year seniorhttp://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bram_kohlhausen_914095.html 6: Bram Kohlhausen TCU Athletics January 5, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073103/http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bram_kohlhausen_914095.html dead walk-on, to start at quarterback. As a high school senior in 2010, he had been rated by ESPN above both Boykin and future Heisman Trophy winner and NFL player Johnny Manziel, and he started his college career at Houston, redshirting in 2011. After seeing little playing time in 2012, he went to the junior college ranks, playing the 2013 season at Los Angeles Harbor College in California and then walking on at TCU. This game would be Kohlhausen's first and only career start at the FBS level. Game summary Scoring summary ORE TCU 1 9:29 ORE 8 81 2:32 RecTD Darren Carrington Vernon Adams Jr. 37 Aidan Schneider good 7 0 1 5:12 ORE 8 79 2:19 RushTD Royce Freeman 4 Aidan Schneider good 14 0 1 0:27 ORE 7 84 1:54 RushTD Royce Freeman 5 Aidan Schneider good 21 0 2 13:30 ORE 3 62 0:43 RushTD Tony Brooks-James 5 Aidan Schneider good 28 0 2 0:32 ORE 9 37 2:47 FG 47 Aidan Schneider good 31 0 3 10:52 TCU 10 69 4:08 FG 24 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 3 3 4:18 TCU 11 64 4:58 RecTD Jaelan Austin Bram Kohlhausen 26 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 10 3 0:36 TCU 7 16 3:31 RushTD Bram Kohlhausen 2 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 17 4 7:45 TCU 11 76 4:13 FG 34 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 20 4 3:32 TCU 7 91 3:08 RushTD Aaron Green 2 pass from Shaun Nixon to Buck Jones good 31 28 4 0:19 TCU 8 31 1:58 FG 22 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 31 OT – TCU 4 25 – RecTD Emanuel Porter Bram Kohlhausen 7 Jaden Oberkrom good 31 38 OT – ORE 6 25 – RushTD Royce Freeman 1 Aidan Schneider good 38 38 2OT – ORE 4 -2 – FG 44 Aidan Schneider good 41 38 2OT – TCU 4 -3 – FG 46 Jaden Oberkrom good 41 41 3OT – TCU 3 25 – RushTD Bram Kohlhausen 8 pass from Bram Kohlhausen failed 41 47 41 47 Source:http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=112024 2015 Alamo Bowl: Oregon vs. TCU Stats Stat Broadcast 2016-01-02 Statistics Statistics Oregon TCU First downs 21 27 Total offense, plays – yards 83–419 94–545 Rushes-yards (net) 48–186 47–174 Passing yards (net) 233 371 Passes, Comp-Att-Int 20–35–0 30–47–1 Time of Possession 24:18 35:42 Aftermath Two days after the game, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich demoted defensive coordinator Don Pellum to linebackers coach. Pellum, a former Ducks linebacker who had been involved with the program for more than 30 years as a player, administrator, and coach, had been criticized for the shortcomings of Oregon's defense in 2015. The Ducks finished the season ranked 93rd or worse (among 128 FBS teams) in eight defensive categories, and had set a school record for most points allowed per game at 37.5. The Ducks also lost outside linebackers coach Erik Chinander, who accepted the defensive coordinator position at UCF.http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2016/01/oregon_demotes_defensive_coord.html#incart_most-read_ducks_article Oregon Ducks demote defensive coordinator Don Pellum, lose Erik Chinander in staff shakeup Andrew Greif The Oregonian January 4, 2016 January 5, 2016 Shortly after Kohlhausen was named offensive MVP for the game, he found out that TCU had begun the process of placing him on scholarship for his final semester in spring 2016. See also Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills, 1993 Wildcard Playoff – Bills come back from a 35–3 third-quarter deficit to win in overtime. Known in NFL lore as "The Comeback". Largest comeback in NFL playoff history. Monday Night Miracle – The New York Jets, trailing the Miami Dolphins 30–7 entering the fourth quarter, tie the game at 30 and 37 in that quarter, winning in overtime. 2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game – a 35-point comeback. Largest comeback in college football history (regular season or bowl game). 2006 Insight Bowl – the only other comeback from a 31-point deficit in any bowl game. Choke at Doak – Florida State comes back from 31–3 deficit in fourth quarter to tie the game with the Florida Gators, 31–31, before the inception of overtime in Division I-A college football. Super Bowl LI – Patriots rally from 28–3 deficit to win 34–28 in overtime. As such, the game is commonly referred to as "28–3" due to the Falcons choke. 2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January) – Houston rallies from 31–6 deficit with 11 minutes remaining in 4th quarter to beat Pittsburgh 35–34. This remains the largest fourth quarter comeback in college football bowl history. 2022 Indianapolis Colts–Minnesota Vikings game – Vikings rally from 33–0 down at halftime to win 39–36 in overtime. This surpassed "The Comeback" as the largest comeback in NFL history. References 30em Category:2015–16 NCAA football bowl games 2016,01 2016 Alamo Bowl 2016 Alamo Bowl Category:2016 in sports in Texas Category:January 2016 sports events in the United States