2010 Alamo Bowl (January)

the Alamo Bowl that followed the 2009 season, played on January 2, 2010 the game that followed the 2010 season, played on December 29, 2010 2010 Alamo Bowl (December) August 2023 May 2026 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl 2009 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State University Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech University 6–6 Big Ten 8–4 Big 12 Mark Dantonio Ruffin McNeill(interim) 7 7 14 3 7 13 7 14 January 2 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Offensive: Taylor Potts (QB, Texas Tech)Defensive: Jamar Wall (Texas Tech) Texas Tech by 9 College Football Texas Tech Red Raiders Team Page at VegasInsider.com, The Leader in Sportsbook and Gaming Information VegasInsider.com 2010-05-19 2010-02-11 http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/teams/team-page.cfm/team/texas-tech https://web.archive.org/web/20100305133702/http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/teams/team-page.cfm/team/texas-tech 2010-03-05 live Alamo City Brass Tom Ritter (Southeastern Conference) 64,757Bowl Ranks #1 as ESPN's Most-Watched Game Valero Alamo Bowl 2010-01-05 2010-01-05 http://alamobowl.com/main/press_release_detail.php?uid=226 https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075424/http://alamobowl.com/main/press_release_detail.php?uid=226 2011-08-11 dead 2,200,000 (2006) ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Mike Patrick, Bob Davieand Holly Rowe 4.8Jon Solomon, 2009-10 Bowl TV Ratings, The Birmingham News, January 13, 2010 2008 2010 (Dec) The 2010 Alamo Bowl (known via corporate sponsorship as the Valero Alamo Bowl) was a college football bowl game played at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, January 2, 2010. It was the 17th edition of the Alamo Bowl. The game featured the Michigan State Spartans against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.http://newsok.com/ou-to-take-on-stanford-in-sun-bowl/article/3423075?custom_click=lead_story_title Stanford in Sun Bowl 2009-12-06 2011-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110902204921/http://newsok.com/ou-to-take-on-stanford-in-sun-bowl/article/3423075?custom_click=lead_story_title dead http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120609aab.html Texas Tech Accepts Valero Alamo Bowl Invitation 2009-12-06 Texas Tech Athletics 2009-12-06 The 2010 game was the last one to feature a team from the Big Ten Conference. In the fall of 2009, it was announced that the Pacific-10 Conference's second-place team would take part in the Alamo Bowl instead of the Holiday Bowl.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4429272 Valero Alamo Bowl, Pacific-10 Conference agree on deal starting in 2010 season Griffin Tim August 28, 2008 2009-08-31http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/13/holiday-bowl-now-lower-team-selection/?sports/college&zIndex=182099 Holiday Bowl drops down in the pecking order 4 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091016010458/http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/13/holiday-bowl-now-lower-team-selection/?sports%2Fcollege&zIndex=182099 16 October 2009 live This was the third Alamo Bowl appearance and first Alamo Bowl win for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Their previous appearance was a 19–16 loss to Iowa in the 2001 game. Michigan State played in one previous Alamo Bowl, losing the 2003 game to Nebraska, 17–3. The game also marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools. With approximately 5,553,630 households watching it, the game was the most viewed Alamo Bowl in history. It also drew the highest rating of any bowl ever shown by ESPN. Behind the BCS bowl games and the Capital One Bowl, it was the most viewed bowl shown up to that point in the 2009–10 bowl season.Griffin Tim Alamo Bowl draws largest rating in ESPN bowl history ESPN 2009-01-05 https://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/9204/techs-alamo-bowl-victory-sparks-largest-television-rating-in-espn-history 2009-01-06 Game buildup The game featured two programs which, prior to the event, were undergoing controversies. On December 28, 2009, Texas Tech suspended, and fired two days later, head coach Mike Leach over the alleged mistreatment of an injured player.Texas Tech Fires Coach Mike Leach https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/sports/ncaafootball/31leach.html New York Times 2009-12-31 Thayer Evans Pete Thamel Pete Thamel 2010-04-23 Defensive Coordinator Ruffin McNeill was named interim head coach. Leach suspended after player complaint https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls09/news/story?id=4776848 ESPN.com 2009-12-28 2009-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20091231020012/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/news/story?id=4776848 31 December 2009 live Meanwhile, on November 22, 2009, Michigan State had suspended 14 players for the bowl resulting from a fight at one of the school's dormitories. Game summary First quarter Texas Tech won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The 67 yard kick off by the Red Raiders was returned by Keshawn Martin for 33 yards. The Spartans made it all the way to the Texas Tech 32-yard line before their opening driving ended in disappointment, when Jamar Wall intercepted a pass by quarterback Kirk Cousins. The Red Raiders opening drive ended with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by Barron Batch. Both teams went three-and-out in their next drive. Michigan State's first score came in their third drive of the game by way of an explosive run by Edwin Baker for a 46-yard rushing touchdown. The Spartan's scoring drive would be the last of the quarter, bringing the score at the end of the quarter to 7–7. Second quarter At the end of the second quarter the Red Raiders were leading with a score of 20–14. Third quarter At the end of the third quarter the Spartans were leading with a score of 28–27. Fourth quarter Michigan State took a four-point lead with 8:05 left in the game after a field goal, but it was all Red Raiders after that point. The game ended with Texas Tech winning the game with a final score of 41–31. Scoring summary MSU TTU expand 1 8:00 TTU 9 61 3:43 RushTD Baron Batch 3 good Matt Williams 0 7 1 3:47 MSU 2 65 0:36 RushTD Edwin Baker 46 good Brett Swenson 7 7 2 14:11 TTU 11 70 4:17 FG 21 Matt Williams 7 10 2 11:01 TTU 4 53 2:00 RecTD Lyle Leong Taylor Potts 2 good Matt Williams 7 17 2 8:06 MSU 6 77 2:48 RecTD Keshawn Martin Kirk Cousins 48 good Brett Swenson 14 17 2 0:20 TTU 9 37 2:28 FG 38 Matt Williams 14 20 3 12:15 MSU 5 26 2:40 RushTD Keith Nichol 7 good Brett Swenson 21 20 3 6:32 TTU 9 92 3:05 RecTD Jacoby Franks Taylor Potts 14 good Matt Williams 21 27 3 1:18 MSU 6 80 2:19 RecTD Blair White Keshawn Martin 8 good Brett Swenson 28 27 4 8:05 MSU 10 46 5:36 FG 44 Brett Swenson 31 27 4 5:03 TTU 8 77 3:02 RecTD Detron Lewis Steven Sheffield 11 good Matt Williams 31 34 4 2:08 TTU 9 35 2:11 RushTD Baron Batch 13 good Matt Williams 31 41 |- |Final |colspan="6"| |31 |41 |} Source:https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=300022641 Michigan State Spartans vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Box Score, January 2, 2010 - NCAA College Football - ESPN 2010-01-03 ESPN 2010-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106131038/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=300022641 6 January 2010 live |} References Alamo Category:Alamo Bowl Category:Michigan State Spartans football bowl games Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football bowl games Category:January 2010 sports events in the United States Category:2010 in sports in Texas