2006 Alamo Bowl
The 2006 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game, one of the 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on December 30. The game matched the Texas Longhorns versus the Iowa Hawkeyes and was televised on ESPN and ESPN-HD. It was the most watched bowl game in ESPN history.
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| Date | December 30, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Colt McCoy, Texas Defensive: Aaron Ross, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jay Stricherz (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 65,875 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Rob Stone | ||||||||||||||||||
Alamo Bowl officials announced that both schools sold their entire allotment of tickets, resulting in the fastest sellout in Alamo Bowl history. The attendance for the game was 65,875, which established a new record for the most people to gather in San Antonio to view a sporting event. Texas won the game 26–24.
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