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The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It matches the fourth or fifth choice (not necessarily fourth or fifth place) teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference. Image File history File links AlamoBowlColorRS.jpgâ€Ž The Alamo Bowl logo. ... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 1067. ... Big Ten redirects here. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Builders Square was founded as a big-box home improvement retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. ... OSRAM is one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world and is part of the Siemens AG. This international company, with its headquarters in Munich (Germany), employs more than 36,000 people throughout the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season, or the college football season, began on August 31, 2006, progresses through the regular season and bowl season, and will conclude with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona, USA, when the #2 Florida... The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team is representing the University of Texas in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes is an American football team that competes as a member of the Big Ten Conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A and represents the University of Iowa. ... 2006 Alamo Bowl Bowl Game Texas Longhorns at Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes (6-6) 24 3:30pm Central Time December 30, 2006 - Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game is a college football bowl game. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 1067. ... Big Ten redirects here. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ...

History

The game was previously known as the Builders Square Alamo Bowl (1993–1998), the Sylvania Alamo Bowl (1999–2001) and the MasterCard Alamo Bowl (2002–2005). The logo of the event has evolved to reflect the changes in sponsorship. The game is currently seeking a new title sponsor. Builders Square was founded as a big-box home improvement retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. ... OSRAM is one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world and is part of the Siemens AG. This international company, with its headquarters in Munich (Germany), employs more than 36,000 people throughout the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

During the 1996 Alamo Bowl, the Iowa Hawkeyes wore plain black helmets (removing their tigerhawk logo and gold stripe) in honor of linebacker Mark Mitchell's mother, who died in a car accident while travelling to San Antonio for the game.

The 2002 Alamo Bowl played between Colorado and Wisconsin is the only game to have gone into overtime, with the unranked Badgers defeating the No. 14 ranked Buffaloes after kicking a field goal to win 31-28.

The 2005 Alamo Bowl ended on one of the most controversial plays in bowl game history,^[1] a multi-lateral play in which almost the entire Nebraska team and coaching staff (as well as a few Michigan players, Michigan coaches and media) entered onto the field before the play was blown dead, bringing up memories of 1982's "The Play", 2000's "Music City Miracle", and 2002's "Bluegrass Miracle." 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The last lateral of The Play; Stanford Band seen at right. ...

The 2006 Alamo Bowl between the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes was attended by 65,875, which set an Alamodome facility-record crowd for a sporting event.^[2]^[3] 2006 Alamo Bowl Bowl Game Texas Longhorns at Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes (6-6) 24 3:30pm Central Time December 30, 2006 - Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game is a college football bowl game. ... The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team is representing the University of Texas in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes is an American football team that competes as a member of the Big Ten Conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A and represents the University of Iowa. ...

The Alamo Bowl has sold out five of its 14 games (1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2006).^[4]

Media coverage

The Alamo Bowl has produced eight of the top 20 most-watched bowl games in ESPN history. In 2006, the Alamo Bowl featured the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes in a game that earned a 6.0 rating, making it the most-watched college football game in ESPN history as more than 8.83 million viewers saw the telecast.^[5] ESPN (an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The UT Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of a National Championship team Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes is the team name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the University of Iowa. ... ESPN (an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

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2006 Alamo Bowl Bowl Game Texas Longhorns at Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes (6-6) 24 3:30pm Central Time December 30, 2006 - Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game is a college football bowl game. ... // From the 1998 season until the 2005 season, four BCS bowls have determined the national champion on a rotating basis. ...

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