1985 Bluebonnet Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Bluebonnet Bowl December 31 1985 1985 Texas Longhorns 8–3 Fred Akers 7 0 3 6 Pat Evans, FB, Air Force Air Force Falcons 11–1 Fisher DeBerry 10 7 14 0 7 3 bg Courtney Mauzy (ACC) Rice Stadium Houston, Texas 42,000 Lorimar Sports Network Tom HammondGifford Nielsen Air Force by 6 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6iBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LIEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769%2C57801 Victoria Advocate Texas Odds Jimmy the Greek Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator) December 31, 1985 3B The 1985 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and Air Force Falcons, played on December 31 at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B9xVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6515%2C7899981 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Today's bowl games: Bluebonnet December 31, 1985 2Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xmAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4733%2C109172 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Falcons finish season with a rush January 1, 1986 3Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z49TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=soYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6900%2C6196311 The Bulletin Bend, Oregon UPI Air Force rumbles past Texas January 1, 1986 D2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iThIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VoEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1301%2C7574995 Victoria Advocate Texas Slavik Coy Air Force downs Longhorns, 24-16 1B Background The Falcons ran the wishbone offense and had the most regular season victories in program history with eleven, but a conference loss to defending national champion BYU at Provo on November 16 cost them a shot at the national title and an outright Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eg8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654%2C4410290 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press BYU throws No. 4 Falcons for a loss, 28-21 November 17, 1985 2B This was the fourth consecutive bowl appearance for Air Force, the previous three were victories. Unranked Texas tied for second in the Southwest Conference (SWC) but had lost to rival Texas A&M to end the regular season; it was their ninth straight bowl appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl in five years. This Bluebonnet Bowl was the first at Rice Stadium since 1967; the previous seventeen editions (1968–1984) were at the Astrodome. Nearly a dozen years earlier, Rice Stadium hosted Super Bowl VIII (January 1974). Kickoff was at 1:45 pm CST.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YLkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mu8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6320%2C8361002 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Football: College bowls December 31, 1985 C3 Game summary Texas – Harris 34 pass from Stafford (Ward kick), 11:14 remaining Air Force – Pshsniak 1 run (Ruby kick), 3:37 remaining Air Force – Weiss 1 run (Ruby kick), 1:38 remaining Texas – Ward 24 FG, 6:19 remaining Air Force – Evans 19 run (Ruby kick), 3:35 remaining Texas – Ward 31 FG, 14:14 remaining Texas – Ward 28 FG, 7:34 remaining Air Force – Ruby 40 FG, :43 remaining Source: Air Force fullback Pat Evans had 18 carries for 129 yards in an MVP effort.http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bowl_afahistory.html Archived copy 2015-12-22 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022741/http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bowl_afahistory.html dead Statistics Statistics Air Force   Texas  First downs1714Rushes5349Rushing yards189214Passes1–59–18Passing yards588Punts–average11–49.26–44.5Fumbles–lost1–00–0Interceptions02Penalties–yards6–458–67 Source: Aftermath The Falcons (12–1) finished in the top ten in both major polls (fifth in Coaches, eighth in AP), which remains their highest ranking ever. Texas (8–4) lost its fourth straight bowl and did not make a bowl game the following season (at 5–6), and head coach Fred Akers was soon fired. References Bluebonnnet Bowl Category:Bluebonnet Bowl Category:Air Force Falcons football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Bluebonnnet Bowl Bluebonnnet Bowl Bluebonnnet Bowl