| 2006 Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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 2006 Alamo Bowl logo | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Rob Stone | ||||||||||||||||||
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.[1] The game matched the Texas Longhorns versus the Iowa Hawkeyes and was televised on ESPN and ESPN-HD.[1] It was the most watched bowl game in ESPN history.[2]
Alamo Bowl officials announced that both schools sold their entire allotment of tickets, resulting in the fastest sellout in Alamo Bowl history.[3] 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.[4][5] Texas won the game 26–24.
- ^ a b "Texas accepts bid to 2006 Alamo Bowl". MackBrownTexasFootball. December 3, 2006. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
- ^ "2006 Alamo Bowl ranks as ESPN's most-watched bowl game". The San Antonio Bowl Association. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- ^ "2006 Alamo Bowl sells out making it the quickest sellout in the game's 14-year history". Alamo Bowl. December 9, 2006. Archived from the original on January 12, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
- ^ "Texas survives the Alamo". Austin American-Statesman. December 30, 2006. Archived from the original on January 21, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
- ^ "Alamo Bowl crowd sets Alamodome record". Austin American-Statesman. December 30, 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2006.