Year Game Played: | 1994 |
Title Sponsor: | Builders Square |
Game Name: | Alamo Bowl |
Subheader: | Second edition |
Football Season: | 1994 |
Visitor Name Short: | Washington State |
Visitor Nickname: | Cougars |
Visitor School: | Washington State University |
Home Name Short: | Baylor |
Home Nickname: | Bears |
Home School: | Baylor University |
Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
Visitor Conference: | Pacific-10 |
Home Record: | 7–4 |
Home Conference: | Southwest |
Visitor Coach: | Mike Price |
Home Coach: | Chuck Reedy |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 24 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 23 |
Visitor Rank Bowlcoalition: | 25 |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Date Game Played: | December 31 |
Stadium: | Alamodome |
City: | San Antonio, Texas |
Odds: | Washington State by 5 points[1] |
Referee: | Terry Turlington (Big Eight) |
Attendance: | 44,106 |
Us 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.