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| Date | December 27, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Reliant Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Terrel Hunt (QB), Syracuse[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Minnesota by 4½[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Moore (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,327 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play) Brock Huard (analyst) Kaylee Hartung (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Texas Bowl is an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The eighth edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference against the Syracuse Orange of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 5:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.
Syracuse defeated Minnesota, 21–17. Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt, who completed 19 of his 29 passes for 188 yards and rushed for 2 touchdowns, was named the game's most valuable player.[1]