The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA -sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston , Texas . Each edition of the bowl has been played at NRG Stadium , previously known as Reliant Stadium. The bowl replaced the defunct Houston Bowl , which was played annually from 2000 to 2005, and before that the Bluebonnet Bowl , the first bowl game in Houston, played from 1959 through 1987.
17-547: Speculation surfaced questioning the long-term survival of the former Houston Bowl . The three-year contract with EV1.net expired on December 31, 2005, leaving the bowl game without a title sponsor. A college football official told the Houston Chronicle that the bowl was in danger of ceasing operations, as a result of the game losing its title sponsor and because the Houston Bowl still owed roughly $ 600,000 to
34-603: A $ 462,535 loss, before travel expenses, to pay for the privilege of playing in the bowl. The 2020 edition, slated for December 31 between TCU and Arkansas , was cancelled on December 29 due to COVID-19 issues within the TCU program. Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played. Source: † LSU's win in the 2015 edition was vacated in 2023 by the NCAA for a booster-related violation. Source: Updated through
51-517: A stake in the bowl, and would be carried on ESPN . On April 12, 2011, ESPN announced Meineke Car Care signed a three-year title sponsorship deal beginning in 2011, changing name of the bowl to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. On February 12, 2014, it was announced that AdvoCare will be the title sponsor for the bowl game. That sponsorship concluded after the 2016 game. On November 15, 2017, Academy Sports + Outdoors became
68-648: A virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic . TCU released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will host 1 non-conference game against Prairie View A&M and will travel to non-conference games at California and SMU. TCU will host Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Texas Tech and travel to West Virginia, Baylor, Texas, and Kansas in regular season conference play. The Horned Frogs scheduled games against Cal , Prairie View A&M , were canceled due to
85-563: Is a top-15 team that was three yards away from a BCS game. We couldn't be happier to have them here." 2010 marked the eleventh consecutive year a bowl game has played in Houston, and the 40th year overall with a bowl game there (the Bluebonnet Bowl lasted 29 years). It was also announced on December 30, 2009, that ESPN Events would take over as part owner and operator of the game, while Lone Star Sports and Entertainment will maintain
102-578: The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Horned Frogs competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas . They were led by 20th-year head coach Gary Patterson . In a season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic , the Horned Frogs compiled a 6–4 record (5–4 in conference). The team was slated to face Arkansas in
119-691: The Big 12 and Mountain West conferences following the 2005 game. However, the NCAA approved Lone Star Sports & Entertainment, a division of the Houston Texans , who also play in Reliant Stadium, to take over game management. In July 2006, the NFL Network acquired TV rights and naming rights to the bowl. The Texas Bowl name and logo were officially unveiled on August 10, 2006, at a press conference along with conference affiliations for
136-494: The Texas Bowl , but had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues within the program. In December 2019, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper was hired as the offensive coordinator at Missouri . The other co-offensive coordinator, Sonny Cumbie , was promoted to offensive coordinator. Brian Applewhite was hired to fill his role as running backs coach. The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in
153-506: The 2015 season is excluded from the SEC's win–loss totals and winning percentage . The first three editions of the bowl were televised by NFL Network . Since 2009, it has been carried by ESPN . Houston Bowl The Houston Bowl was an NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was played annually in Houston, Texas , from 2000 to 2005. For its first two years,
170-464: The December 2023 edition (17 games, 34 total appearances). ‡ LSU's win in the 2015 edition was vacated by the NCAA in 2023. Won (7): Arkansas , Illinois , Navy , Rice , Rutgers , Syracuse , TCU Lost (5): Houston , Northwestern , Ole Miss , Vanderbilt , Western Michigan Updated through the December 2023 edition (17 games, 34 total appearances). ‡ LSU's vacated victory following
187-535: The bowl spots. The Big 12 , Big East and Conference USA will be affiliated with the game, as well as Texas Christian University of the Mountain West . The 2006 matchup featured teams from the Big 12 and Big East Conferences. On December 3, 2006, Rutgers accepted an invitation to play Kansas State in the inaugural Texas Bowl. "We're ecstatic about having Rutgers," Texas Bowl director David Brady said. "This
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#1732766073316204-473: The final Bluebonnet Bowl in 1987. The bowl played in two locations during its tenure. For the 2000 and 2001 games, Houston's Astrodome was the venue. In 2002, the game moved to Reliant Stadium , the home of the NFL 's Houston Texans . The bowl initially had tie-ins with the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA . The Big 12 extended their commitment in 2002 and again in 2005. Big 12 teams played in each of
221-462: The game was known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl , named for the website of the sponsor, a Houston furniture chain operated by Jim McIngvale , better known as "Mattress Mack". In 2002, the Houston Bowl was born and later named the EV1.net Houston Bowl , after sponsor EV1.net , for the remainder of the game's existence. The Houston Bowl marked the return of bowl games to Houston for the first time since
238-545: The new title sponsor of the bowl. That sponsorship concluded after the 2019 game. On December 14, 2020, Mercari was announced as the new title sponsor of the game. The 2020 game was later canceled due to COVID-19 issues. On November 24, 2021, TaxAct was named as the new title sponsor of both the Texas Bowl and the Camellia Bowl . This arrangement remained in place through the 2023 edition. On May 17, 2007, it
255-510: The rules of the agreements as usually, the Big East (or Big 12) would have received $ 750,000 for playing and C-USA would have received a $ 500,000 stipend for their team playing. According to Sports Illustrated , in 2008 the bowl required Western Michigan University to purchase 11,000 tickets at full price in order to accept the invitation to play in the bowl. The university was only able to sell 548 tickets at that price, forcing it to accept
272-783: The six bowls, compiling a 4–2 record. After the 2005 game, the bowl failed to return EV1.net as a sponsor. Game management was turned over to the Texans, and the NFL Network changed the game's name to the Texas Bowl . While the 2006 playing of the Texas Bowl maintained continuity of having a Houston-based bowl game, NCAA records treat the Texas Bowl and Houston Bowl as separate games. Colorado (1–0) Oklahoma State (1–0) Texas A&M (1–0) Iowa State (0–1) Southern Miss (0–1) TCU (0–1) 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) during
289-578: Was announced Conference USA would have a team in the 2007 Texas Bowl . The Texas Bowl has a rotating commitment with the Big East Conference and Conference USA for 2006–09 while the Big 12 Conference will have a team in all four of those games. In 2007, TCU took the place of the Big 12 team when Kansas and Oklahoma were put into the BCS , and Houston , a " home team ," represented C-USA. The conferences would receive $ 612,500 each as per
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