1994 Alamo Bowl Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Today's odds: College football. Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . December 31, 1994 . C6.
  2. News: Waiting is over: WSU is ready for the Alamo . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington) . Miedema . Laurence . December 31, 1994 . 1D.
  3. News: Cougs win Alamo Bowl with defense . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . January 1, 1995 . 3F.
  4. News: Defense does it again for Cougars . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington) . Miedema . Laurence . January 2, 1995 . 1C.