2009 Texas Bowl
The 2009 Texas Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game started at 2:30 PM US CST on Thursday, December 31, 2009. The game was telecast on ESPN for the first time in bowl history after being televised by the NFL Network for the first three games. The Texas Bowl matched the Big 12 Conference sixth-place Missouri Tigers against independent Navy Midshipmen. Navy defeated Missouri 35–13.
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| Date | December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Reliant Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Ricky Dobbs, Navy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Perry Havener (Sun Belt Conference) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 69,441 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones Bob Davie Quint Kessenich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
This was the first time that either team appeared in the Texas Bowl. It was the seventh year in a row that Navy appeared in a bowl game, and a team record fifth year in a row that Missouri made a post-season appearance. Missouri came off two straight bowl wins while Navy had lost three bowl games in a row. The game marked the third time that the two teams had played each other and the second time they had met in a bowl game. Prior to the 2009 Texas Bowl, Missouri held a 2–0 advantage with a 35–14 victory in 1948 and a 21–14 win in 1961 in the Orange Bowl.