| 1994 Builders Square Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Second edition | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington State by 5 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Terry Turlington (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,106 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1994 Alamo Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game and featured the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Baylor Bears of the Southwest Conference. Part of the 1994–95 bowl schedule, it was played on New Year's Eve at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.[2]
Held on Saturday night, it was televised by ESPN and kicked off shortly after 7 p.m. CST. Washington State had the nation's second-ranked defense, and held Baylor to 151 yards of total offense.[3][4]
The Cougars scored in the first quarter on a one-yard run by halfback Kevin Hicks to take a 7–0 lead. With under two minutes left in the first half, Tony Truant kicked a 37-yard field goal to put WSU up by ten at halftime. Late in the third quarter, Baylor scored its only points of the game on a 36-yard field goal by Jarvis Van Dyke, who had missed twice in the second quarter. Washington State was held scoreless in the second half, but won 10–3;[3][4] they improved to 8–4 and climbed to #21 in the final AP poll
Baylor's next bowl appearance was sixteen years later in 2010.