2019 Texas Bowl
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| 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 14th Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | NRG Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kellen Mond (QB, Texas A&M)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas A&M by 4.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mark Kluczynski (Big Ten)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,415 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$6,400,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: Kevin Brown (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline) ESPN Radio: Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) and Taylor Davis (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brasil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matheus Suman (play-by-play) Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2019, with kickoff at 6:45 p.m. EST (5:45 p.m. local CDT) on ESPN.[5] It was the 14th edition of the Texas Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, the game was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl.
Teams
[edit]The game was played between the Oklahoma State Cowboys from the Big 12 Conference and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the 28th overall meeting between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M; Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 17–10.[6] Both Oklahoma State and Texas A&M were charter members of the Big 12, playing in the conference from 1996 until 2012, when Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC. Oklahoma State entered the bowl with a four-game win streak against Texas A&M.
Oklahoma State Cowboys
[edit]Oklahoma State entered the game with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference) and ranked 25th in the AP Poll. The Cowboys finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big 12. Oklahoma State was 2–3 against ranked teams.
Texas A&M Aggies
[edit]This was Texas A&M's third Texas Bowl, the most appearances of any team. Their 2011 team won that season's Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (as the game was then named) over Northwestern, 33–22, and their 2016 team lost that season's Texas Bowl to Kansas State, 33–28. Texas A&M entered the game at 7–5 (4–4 in conference), having finished in fourth place in the SEC's West Division. Texas A&M was 0–5 against ranked teams.
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 25 Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
at NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas
- Date: Friday, December 27, 2019
- Game time: 6:45 p.m. EST (5:45 p.m. CST)
- Game weather: n/a (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 68,415
- Referee: Mark Kluczynski
- TV announcers (ESPN): Kevin Brown (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
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Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | OSU | A&M |
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| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 59–334 | 60–343 |
| Rushes–yards | 31–150 | 41–248 |
| Passing yards | 184 | 95 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 15–28–0 | 13–19–0 |
| Time of possession | 25:47 | 34:13 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Oklahoma State | Passing | Dru Brown | 15/28, 184 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Chuba Hubbard | 19 carries, 158 yards | |
| Receiving | Braydon Johnson | 5 receptions, 124 yards, 2 TD | |
| Texas A&M | Passing | Kellen Mond | 13/19, 95 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Kellen Mond | 12 carries, 117 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Quartney Davis | 6 receptions, 48 yards |
References
[edit]- ^ @suzhalliburton (December 27, 2019). "Kellen Mond is the Texas Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M - Game Summary". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "Winsipedia - Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Texas A&M Aggies football series history". Retrieved December 9, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com