2012 Alamo Bowl
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Date | December 29, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Announcers | Sean McDonough (ESPN) & Craig Way (LHN) (Play-by-Play) Chris Spielman (ESPN) & Roger Wallace (LHN) (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (ESPN) & Kaylee Hartung (LHN) (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Valero
Texas was selected as a participant in the 2012 Alamo Bowl following an 8–4 regular season, during which they won their first four games before losing two games. Texas then won four straight games before losing the final two contests of the season. Facing the Longhorns were the Oregon State Beavers with a regular season record of 9–3, highlighted with wins against two top–25 teams in a six-game winning streak to start the season, including then-No. 13[Note 1] Wisconsin. However, the Beavers lost three of their final six games.
The first half of the game featured a dominant performance by Oregon State. Texas was held to no
Texas
Teams
The Alamo Bowl had contracts with the Big 12 and Pac-12 Conferences that allowed them to select one team from each conference to participate in their annual game. By virtue of being the Big 12 champion, the Kansas State Wildcats were awarded an automatic Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl berth; they would play in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl. Although the Oklahoma Sooners finished the season as Big 12 co–champions and qualified for selection in a BCS bowl berth, they were not selected for at-large positions in the Fiesta Bowl or the Sugar Bowl. No. 4 Oregon and No. 3 Florida took the at-large BCS positions, respectively. As a result, Oklahoma was selected to play in the Cotton Bowl.[4] This caused Texas, ranked third in the conference at the end of the season, to be selected to play in the Alamo Bowl.[5]
Oregon State finished fourth in the Pac-12 at the end of the season. As Pac-12 champion, the Stanford Cardinal was awarded an automatic invitation to the Rose Bowl after defeating the UCLA Bruins in the 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Despite not participating in the conference championship because of its loss to Stanford, Oregon was selected to fill the at-large position in the BCS. UCLA was instead selected to play in the 2012 Holiday Bowl.[4] This left Oregon State, the only remaining ranked team in the Pac-12 conference, to be selected to play in the Alamo Bowl.[6]
On December 2, 2012, Texas and Oregon State accepted invitations to play in the 20th edition of the Alamo Bowl on December 29, 2012.
Texas
Entering 2012, the Texas Longhorns had finished an 8–5 season in
Texas opened the regular season at
After a
Following the two game losing skid, Texas rebounded with a
Following a second and final bye week, Texas faced recently joined Big 12 member
The Texas Longhorns finished the regular season with eight wins and four losses, matching the previous season's win total for the entire season, including the win against California in the
Oregon State
Oregon States has a 2–0 record in bowl games played in the State of Texas (2–0 in Sun Bowl). The 2012 team has the school's best points per game record averaging 33.0 points per game. Its scoring defense ranks 22nd in FBS allowing 19.75 points per game, while its rushing defense ranks 28th allowing 130.5 yards per game. The Beavers led the Pac-12 for red zone efficiency at 90.6 percent (48–53).
Under the school's winningest head coach Mike Riley (81 victories), All-America senior cornerback Jordan Poyer led the Pac-12 with seven interceptions and was second in FBS with 0.64 interceptions per game. During the season, wide receiver Markus Wheaton set a career reception record with 224 catches. Wheaton had 88 passes for 1,207 yards. Sophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks had 64 receptions for 1,120 yards. At the end of the season Wheaton was 11th (100.6 ypg) and Cooks was 21st (93.3 ypg) in the nation.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Final statistics
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1st downs | 16 | 21 |
Total yards | 358 | 297 |
Passing yards | 241 | 194 |
Rushing yards | 117 | 103 |
Penalties | 9–78 | 2–10 |
3rd down conversions | 5–16 | 3–11 |
4th down conversions | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
Time of possession | 29:02 | 30:58 |
See also
- Glossary of American football
- American football positions
Notes
- Associated Press (AP) Pollunless otherwise noted.
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