| 2016 Valero Alamo Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Alamo Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Bram Kohlhausen (TCU) Defensive: Travin Howard (TCU) Sportsmanship Award: Rodney Hardrick (ORE) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon by 7[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marc Curles (SEC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 64,569[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$7.85 million combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, & Alison Williams (ESPN) Tom Hart, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN Radio) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 23rd edition of the Alamo Bowl featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference. It was televised at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN and heard on ESPN Radio. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
The Horned Frogs trailed 31–0 at halftime, but an injury to Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. just before the halftime break would result in a scoreless second half for the Ducks. TCU scored on all 9 possessions after halftime (6 in the second half and 3 in overtime), completing the comeback in the second half with a late field goal. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime and field goals in the second. The Horned Frogs scored in the third extra period, failed their 2-point conversion, but held the Ducks out of the end zone. The 31-point comeback tied the largest comeback in NCAA college football bowl game history with the 2006 Insight Bowl.