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Alamo Bowl Valero December 30 2013 2013 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas, U.S. University of Oregon Oregon Ducks 10–2 10 12 10 Mark Helfrich Pac-12 10 10 3 7 University of Texas, Austin Texas Longhorns 8–4 Mack Brown 7 Big 12 0 0 0 Oregon by 13Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2013 Offense: Marcus Mariota (QB)Defense: Avery Patterson (SS) Oregon Marching Band & The University of Texas Longhorn Band Dennis Hennigan (ACC) World Strides Heritage Performance Program 65,918 3 million per team ESPN Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe 4.6 (6.757 million viewers)http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2013/01/03/saturdays-cable-ratings-espns-valero-alamo-buffalo-wild-wings-bowls-top-the-night-45311/cable_20121229/ Ratings - Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN's Valero Alamo, Buffalo Wild Wings Bowls Top the Night - TheFutonCritic.com www.TheFutonCritic.com October 27, 2017 2015
The 2013 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 21st edition of the Alamo Bowl, it featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference. It was telecast at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Oregon defeated Texas by a score of 30–7.
Oregon, ranked number 10 in the BCS, finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (7–2 Pac-12), co-champions of the Pac-12 North Division. Texas finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (7–2 Big 12), tied for second place in the Big 12.
Teams
Oregon
2013 Oregon Ducks football team
Oregon was selected to represent the Pac-12 after a 10–2 regular season, finishing second overall in the conference. In their first season with new head coach Mark Helfrich after Chip Kelly's departure to the NFL, they started the season ranked third in both major polls, and won their first eight games over Nicholls State, Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA. Going into November sitting at 8–0 and contending for the a slot in the BCS National Championship Game they finished the season 2–2 with road losses to Stanford and Arizona and home wins against Utah and arch-rival Oregon State finishing the season ranked tenth in the AP and BCS polls.
Texas
2013 Texas Longhorns football team
Texas was selected to represent the Big 12 after an 8–4 season, finishing third overall in the conference. Starting the season ranked 15th in both major polls, Texas would start the season disappointingly by going 1–2 against non-conference opponents with a win over New Mexico State and losses to BYU and Ole Miss. They would eventually contend for the Big-12 Championship by starting their conference schedule at 6–0 with wins over Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and West Virginia. They would finish their remaining conference slate with a home loss to Oklahoma State, rebound to beat Texas Tech after a bye week and finish the season with a road loss to Baylor, finishing the season unranked in the polls.
Game summary
Scoring summary
; ;text-align:center; autocollapse 2013 Valero Alamo Bowl – Game summary December 30, 2013 6:51 p.m. EST #10 Oregon 10 10 3 7 Texas 7 0 0 0 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX 65,918 Indoors Dennis Hennigan (ACC) • Umpire: Jim Hyson • Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald • Line judge: Deon Lawerence • Back judge: Barry Hendon • Field judge: Bill Dolbow • Side judge: Mike Safrit ESPN Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe First quarter
ORE – Avery Patterson 37-yard interception return (Matt Wogan kick)
ORE – Wogan 25-yard field goal
TEX – Case McCoy 1-yard run (Anthony Fera kick)
Second quarter
ORE – Wogan 32-yard field goal
ORE – Josh Huff 16 yard-pass from Marcus Mariota (Wogan kick)
Third quarter
ORE – Wogan 39-yard field goal
Fourth quarter
ORE – Derrick Malone 38-yard interception return (Wogan kick) Texas leads the series with Oregon, 4–1 (.800). The series began in 1941 at Texas, Texas 71, Oregon 7. The last meeting was the 2000 Holiday Bowl, Oregon 35, Texas 30.http://www.collegefootball.bz/oregon/opponents/texas Glam Doll Donuts - Minneapolis Minnesota Glam Doll Donuts www.CollegeFootball.bz October 27, 2017 October 28, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094016/http://www.collegefootball.bz/oregon/opponents/texas dead
Top passers
ORE – Marcus Mariota, 18–26, 253 yards, 1 TD
TEX – Case McCoy, 8–17, 48 yards, 2 INT
Top rushers
ORE – Marcus Mariota, 15 attempts, 134 yards
TEX – Malcolm Brown, 26 attempts, 130 yards
Top receiving
ORE – Josh Huff, 5 receptions, 104 yards, 1 TD
TEX – Joe Bergeron, 2 receptions, 16 yards
Top tackler
ORE –
TEX –
Oregon Texas collapsed
1 13:52 ORE 4 -8 1:08 IntTD Avery Patterson 37 good Matt Wogan 7 0
1 8:36 ORE 11 68 3:02 FG 25 Wogan 10 0
1 1:24 TEX 16 79 7:12 RushTD Case McCoy 1 good Anthony Fera 10 7
2 12:30 ORE 10 60 3:54 FG 32 Wogan 13 7
2 0:44 ORE 7 88 1:24 RecTD Josh Huff Marcus Mariota 16 good Wogan 20 7
3 13:06 ORE 7 44 1:54 FG 39 Wogan 23 7
4 8:55 ORE 10 24 5:11 IntTD Derrick Malone 38 good Wogan 30 7
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Statistics
Teams Oregon Texas 1st downs 24 13 Total yards 470 236 Passing yards 253 56 Rushing yards 217 180 Penalties–Yards 11-87 4–35 3rd down conversions 4 of 12 6 of 19 4th down conversions 0 of 0 2 of 3 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 28:15 31:45
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=333640251 Oregon vs. Texas - Box Score - December 30, 2013 - ESPN ESPN.com October 27, 2017
Notes
This was the second year in a row that Texas played in the Alamo Bowl, having beaten Oregon State in the 2012 Alamo Bowl, 31–27.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/323640204 Texas vs. Oregon State - Game Recap - December 29, 2012 - ESPN ESPN.com October 27, 2017
This was the second time that Oregon and Texas have faced off in the post-season, the only other time being the 2000 Holiday Bowl, where Oregon beat Texas 35–30, Oregon's only win in the series.http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2000.html holidaybowl.com HolidayBowl.com October 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20080420200338/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2000.html April 20, 2008 dead mdy-all
While all bowl games are technically considered neutral site games, the Ducks and their accompanying fans had to either travel over 1,600 miles by air or drive over 2,000 miles from Eugene, Oregon, whereas the Longhorns are based less than 100 miles away from San Antonio, in Austin.
December 10, 2013 – Oregon starting tight end Pharaoh Brown was suspended for the Alamo Bowl due to his role in a campus snowball fight on December 6 that got out of hand.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10108429 Ducks suspend TE Brown for snowball fight December 9, 2013 ESPN.com October 27, 2017
December 13, 2013 – Oregon defensive back Troy Hill was suspended from all football-related activities after being arrested for fourth-degree assault, menacing and strangulation.http://www.csnnw.com/ducks/oregon-ducks-defensive-back-troy-hill-arrested-assault csnnw.com CSNNW.com October 27, 2017 December 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131220051146/http://www.csnnw.com/ducks/oregon-ducks-defensive-back-troy-hill-arrested-assault dead
December 14, 2013 – Texas head coach Mack Brown announced his resignation following the Alamo Bowl after 16 years as head coach of Longhorns, having led them to six Big 12 South Division Championships, two Big 12 Conference Championships, and the 2005 BCS National Championship with an overall record of 158–47 (.771).https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10138466/mack-brown-resigns-coach-texas-longhorns Texas coach Brown to step down after bowl ESPN.go.com December 15, 2013 October 27, 2017
December 16, 2013 – Troy Hill was arraigned on lesser charges of menacing and criminal mischief, and entered a plea of not guilty.http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2013/12/oregon_football_cornerback_tro.html Oregon football: Cornerback Troy Hill suspended from team after Friday arrest and later arraignment OregonLive.com December 17, 2013 October 27, 2017
December 22, 2013 – Texas wide receiver Daje Johnson (So.), offensive tackle Kennedy Estelle (So.) and running back Jalen Overstreet (Fr.) were declared academically ineligible to participate in the 2013 Alamo Bowl. Johnson had 757 all-purpose yards on the year, Estelle had started 8 games at right tackle and Overstreet has 102 rushing yards with two touchdowns.https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls13/story/_/id/10180623/texas-longhorns-daje-johnson-kennedy-estelle-jalen-overstreet-academically-ineligible-alamo-bowl-vs-oregon-ducks Grades to keep 3 Texas players out of bowl ESPN.go.com December 22, 2013 October 27, 2017
December 27, 2013 – Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti announced his retirement following the Alamo Bowl. Aliotti coached at Oregon for a total of 26 years, as a graduate assistant from 1978 to 1979, as the outside linebackers coach from 1988 to 1992 and then as the defensive coordinator from 1993 to 1994. He then followed former Oregon head coach Rich Brooks to the NFL in 1995 and returned to Oregon after coaching at UCLA for one season, in 1999, where he has coached ever since.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/10201524/oregon-ducks-defensive-coordinator-nick-aliotti-retiring Oregon defensive coordinator Aliotti retiring ESPN.go.com December 27, 2013 October 27, 2017
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