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The Houston Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually in Houston, Texas, since 2000. Initially played at the Reliant Astrodome (2000-2001), the venue for the games was moved to 69,500-seat Reliant Stadium in 2002. Image File history File links EV1. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Downtown Houston City nickname: Space City Official website: www. ... The Reliant Astrodome, formerly the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind. ... Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas is the home base for the Houston Texans, a professional NFL football team. ...


The game was formerly known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl from 2000 to 2001 and is now known as the EV1.net Houston Bowl.
This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Everyones Internet is a Houston, Texas-based internet service provider. ...


Previous results

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team
December 27, 2000 East Carolina 40 Texas Tech 27
December 28, 2001 Texas A&M 28 TCU 9
December 27, 2002 Oklahoma State 33 Southern Miss 23
December 30, 2003 Texas Tech 38 Navy 14
December 29, 20041 Colorado 33 UTEP 28
December 31, 20052 TCU vs. Iowa State

1 — UTEP replaced the SEC as they did not have enough teams for bowl qualifacation. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university located in Greenville, North Carolina. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... Texas Christian University (abbreviated TCU) is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, OK, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ... The University of Southern Mississippi Logo The University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Texas Tech University is a Tier I research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. ... The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is located in Annapolis, Maryland. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU–Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a public, coeducational university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Texas Christian University (abbreviated TCU) is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant university and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States. ...


2 — TCU replaced the SEC as they did not have enough teams for bowl qualifacation.


See Also

List of college bowl games // Bowl Championship Series Games Since the 1998 season, the four BCS bowls have determined the national champion on a rotating basis. ...


External link

  • Official Website of the Houston Bowl


2005-06 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season:

New Orleans (Dec. 20) | GMAC (Dec. 21) | Poinsettia (Dec. 22) | Las Vegas (Dec. 22) | Fort Worth (Dec. 23) | Hawaii (Dec. 24) | Motor City (Dec. 26) | Champs Sports (Dec. 27) | Insight (Dec. 27) | MPC Computers (Dec. 28) | Alamo (Dec. 28) | Emerald (Dec. 29) | Holiday (Dec. 29) | Music City (Dec. 30) | Sun (Dec. 30) | Independence (Dec. 30) | Peach (Dec. 30) | Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31) | Liberty (Dec. 31) | Houston (Dec. 31) | Outback (Jan. 2) | Cotton (Jan. 2) | Gator (Jan. 2) | Capital One (Jan. 2) Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The 2005-06 NCAA college football bowl season is a series of 32 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) that will be played in December 2005 and January 2006 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. ... The New Orleans Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from 2001 to 2004. ... The GMAC Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division 1-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,646-seat Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, since 1999. ... The Poinsettia Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was created in 2005 to replace the Silicon Valley Football Classic. ... The Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1992. ... The Fort Worth Bowl is an annual postseason college American football game that was inaugurated in 2003 under corporate sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank and was previously titled the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl. ... The Hawaii Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu since 2002. ... The Motor City Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually since 1997. ... The Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football game that is played in Orlando, Florida. ... The Insight Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college American football bowl game played in Arizona since 1989. ... The MPC Computers Bowl (formerly the Humanitarian Bowl) is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at 30,000-seat Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, since 1997. ... The Alamo Bowl is a major post-season United States college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. ... The Emerald Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat SBC Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. ... The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978. ... The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. ... Sun Bowl is an annual college football game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. ... The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia since December, 1968. ... The Meineke Car Care Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 73,367-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2002. ... The Liberty Bowl is an annual college football game played in December of each year since 1959. ... Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. ... The Cotton Bowl Classic is a United States college football bowl game played annually since 1937 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. ... The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. ... The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl (1947-1982) and the Florida Citrus Bowl (1983-2002). ...

Bowl Championship Series games:
Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 2) Orange Bowl (Jan. 3) Rose Bowl (Jan. 4)
Post-BCS All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) | Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) | Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)

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Houston Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (254 words)
The Houston Bowl is a now-defunct NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was played annually in Houston, Texas from 2000-2005.
In 2002, the Houston Bowl was born and later named the EV1.net Houston Bowl for the remainder of the game's existence.
The Houston Bowl was played in two locations during its tenure.
ESPN.com - NCF - EV1.net HOUSTON BOWL (377 words)
As with many of the bowl games this year, the yellow flag was thrown often.
For more information on the EV1.net Houston Bowl please visit the official bowl Web site.
Peter LoCoco blasted a 45-yard field goal with 8:52 left to lift TCU past Iowa State 27-24 in the Houston Bowl.
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