Year Game Played: | 2001 |
Game Name: | Galleryfurniture.com Bowl |
Football Season: | 2001 |
Visitor Name Short: | TCU |
Visitor Nickname: | Horned Frogs |
Visitor School: | Texas Christian University |
Home Name Short: | Texas A&M |
Home Nickname: | Aggies |
Home School: | Texas A&M University |
Visitor Record: | 6 - 5 |
Visitor Conference: | Conference USA |
Home Record: | 7 - 4 |
Home Conference: | Big 12 |
Visitor Coach: | Gary Patterson |
Home Coach: | R. C. Slocum |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 2 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 14 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | December 28 |
Stadium: | Reliant Astrodome |
City: | Houston, Texas |
Referee: | Jim Fogltance (Pac-10) |
Attendance: | 53,480 |
Payout: | 750,000 per team[1] |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Different Next: | 2002 |
The 2001 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game (renamed the Houston Bowl the following year), and was played at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the Texas A&M Aggies from the Big 12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from Conference USA (C-USA). The game was the final competition of the 2001 football season for each team and resulted in a 28 - 9 Texas A&M victory. The teams were rivals in the Southwest Conference for many years.