| 2013 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Marcus Mariota (QB) Defense: Avery Patterson (SS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon by 13[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Oregon Marching Band & The University of Texas Longhorn Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dennis Hennigan (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | World Strides Heritage Performance Program | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 65,918 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 4.6 (6.757 million viewers)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 21st edition of the Alamo Bowl, it featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference. It was telecast at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Oregon defeated Texas by a score of 30–7.
Oregon, ranked number 10 in the BCS, finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (7–2 Pac-12), co-champions of the Pac-12 North Division. Texas finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (7–2 Big 12), tied for second place in the Big 12.