| Game Name: | Texas Bowl |
| Subheader: | 14th Texas Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Academy Sports + Outdoors |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Year Game Played: | 2019 |
| Football Season: | 2019 |
| Stadium: | NRG Stadium |
| City: | Houston, Texas |
| Visitor School: | Oklahoma State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Oklahoma State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Cowboys |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 25 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | RV |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 25 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mike Gundy |
| Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | Texas A&M University |
| Home Name Short: | Texas A&M |
| Home Nickname: | Aggies |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home Coach: | Jimbo Fisher |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 10 |
| Mvp: | Kellen Mond (QB, Texas A&M)<ref>suzhalliburton . 1210760082348052491 . Kellen Mond is the Texas Bowl MVP. . December 27, 2019 . December 27, 2019. |
| Odds: | Texas A&M by 4.5[1] |
| Referee: | Mark Kluczynski (Big Ten)[2] |
| Attendance: | 68,415 |
| Payout: | 6,400,000[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN & ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Kevin Brown (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline) ESPN Radio: Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) and Taylor Davis (sideline) |
| Intl Network: | ESPN Brasil |
| Intl Announcers: | Matheus Suman (play-by-play) Weinny Eirado (analyst) |
| Different Next: | 2022 (Jan.) |
The 2019 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2019, with kickoff at 6:45 p.m. EST (5:45 p.m. local CDT) on ESPN.[4] It was the 14th edition of the Texas Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, the game was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl.
The game was played between the Oklahoma State Cowboys from the Big 12 Conference and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the 28th overall meeting between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M; Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 17–10.[5] Both Oklahoma State and Texas A&M were charter members of the Big 12, playing in the conference from 1996 until 2012, when Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC. Oklahoma State entered the bowl with a four-game win streak against Texas A&M.
See main article: 2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team. Oklahoma State entered the game with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference) and ranked 25th in the AP Poll. The Cowboys finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big 12. Oklahoma State was 2–3 against ranked teams.
This was Texas A&M's third Texas Bowl, the most appearances of any team. Their 2011 team won that season's Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (as the game was then named) over Northwestern, 33–22, and their 2016 team lost that season's Texas Bowl to Kansas State, 33–28. Texas A&M entered the game at 7–5 (4–4 in conference), having finished in fourth place in the SEC's West Division. Texas A&M was 0–5 against ranked teams.