Year Game Played: | 1995 |
Title Sponsor: | Builders Square |
Game Name: | Alamo Bowl |
Subheader: | Third edition |
Football Season: | 1995 |
Visitor Name Short: | Michigan |
Visitor Nickname: | Wolverines |
Visitor School: | University of Michigan |
Home Name Short: | Texas A&M |
Home Nickname: | Aggies |
Home School: | Texas A&M |
Visitor Record: | 9 - 3 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Home Record: | 8 - 3 |
Home Conference: | SWC |
Visitor Coach: | Lloyd Carr |
Home Coach: | R. C. Slocum |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 14 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 14 |
Visitor Rank Bowlalliance: | 14 |
Home Rank Ap: | 19 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 18 |
Home Rank Bowlalliance: | 18 |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 1Q: | 10 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Date Game Played: | December 28 |
Stadium: | Alamodome |
City: | San Antonio, Texas |
Odds: | Michigan by 5 points[1] |
Referee: | Mack Gentry (SEC) |
Attendance: | 64,597 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried |
The 1995 Alamo Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game and matched the #14 Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference and the #19 Texas A&M Aggies of the Southwest Conference. Part of the 1995–96 bowl schedule, it was held on Thursday night, December 28, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.[2]
Texas A&M scored first on a nine-yard run by running back Eric Bernard to take a 7–0 lead. Michigan answered with a 41-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brian Griese to wide receiver Amani Toomer, tying the game. Texas A&M scored again following a 27-yard field goal by kicker Kyle Bryant, and Texas A&M reclaimed the lead at 10–7.
In the second quarter, Remy Hamilton kicked a 28-yard field goal for Michigan to tie the game at ten. Bryant kicked his second field goal of the game, a 49-yarder before half to give Texas A&M a 13–10 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Bryant added another 47-yard field goal to increase the lead to 16–10.
Michigan's 26-yard field goal from Hamilton closed the margin to three, but Bryant added field goals of 31 and 37 yards to put the game out of reach, giving Texas A&M a 22–13 lead with 22 seconds left in the game. Griese's 44-yard touchdown pass to Toomer pulled Michigan to within 22–20 with only five seconds left.[3] [4]
This was the final bowl win for the Southwest Conference, which disbanded the following spring. In the final AP poll, Texas A&M climbed to fifteenth and Michigan fell to seventeenth.