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Texas Bowl

Texas Bowl Information

The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas. Each edition of the bowl has been played at Reliant Stadium, previously known as NRG Stadium. The bowl replaced the defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005, and before that the Bluebonnet Bowl, the first bowl game in Houston, played from 1959 through 1987. Current conference tie ins are the Big 12 and the SEC.

Website: https://kinderstexasbowl.com/

Stadium: Reliant Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas
Surface: Natural Grass

Sponsor(s)
Meineke Car Care (2011 to 12)
AdvoCare (2014?2016)
Academy Sports + Outdoors (2017?2019)
Mercari (2020)
TaxAct (2021?2023)
Kinder's (2024?present)

Previous Name(s)
Texas Bowl (2006 to 2010)
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (2011 to 12)
Texas Bowl (2013)
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (2014?2016)
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (2017?2019)
Mercari Texas Bowl (2020, game canceled)
TaxAct Texas Bowl (2021?2023)

Texas Bowl Results

Texas Bowl Game Results

Date	Bowl Name	Result	Attendance
27-Dec-25	Kinder's Texas Bowl	Houston 38, Louisiana State 35	63,867
31-Dec-24	Kinder's Texas Bowl	Louisiana State 44, Baylor 31	59,940
27-Dec-23	TaxAct Texas Bowl	Oklahoma State (22) 31, Texas A&M 23	55,212
28-Dec-22	TaxAct Texas Bowl	Texas Tech 42, Mississippi 25	53,251
4-Jan-22	TaxAct Texas Bowl	Kansas State 42, Louisiana State 20	52,207
27-Dec-19	Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl	Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State (25) 21	68,415
27-Dec-18	Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl	Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38	51,104
27-Dec-17	Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl	Texas 33, Missouri 16	67,820
28-Dec-16	AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl	Kansas State 33, Texas A&M 28	71,054
29-Dec-15	AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl	Louisiana State (22) 56, Texas Tech 27	71,054
29-Dec-14	AdvoCare Texas Bowl	Arkansas 31, Texas 7	71,115
27-Dec-13	Texas Bowl	Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17	32,327
28-Dec-12	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31	50,386
31-Dec-11	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22	68,395
29-Dec-10	Texas Bowl	Illinois 38, Baylor 14	68,211
31-Dec-09	Texas Bowl	Navy 35, Missouri 13	69,441
30-Dec-08	Texas Bowl	Rice 38, Western Michigan 14	75,504
28-Dec-07	Texas Bowl	Texas Christian 20, Houston 13	59,215
28-Dec-06	Texas Bowl	Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10	50,134
30-Dec-05	EV1.net Houston Bowl	Texas Christian 27, Iowa State 24	72,919
29-Dec-04	EV1.net Houston Bowl	Colorado 33, Texas-El Paso 28	16,750
30-Dec-03	EV1.net Houston Bowl	Texas Tech 38, Navy 14	62,011
27-Dec-02	EV1.net Houston Bowl	Oklahoma State 33, Southern Mississippi 23	34,428
28-Dec-01	galleryfurniture.com Bowl	Texas A&M 28, Texas Christian 9	48,174
27-Dec-00	galleryfurniture.com Bowl	East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27	74,118

Texas Bowl MVP Awards

Texas Bowl MVP Awards

Date	MVP
27-Dec-25	Houston QB Conner Weigman
31-Dec-24	LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier
27-Dec-23	Oklahoma State WR Rashod Owens
28-Dec-22	Texas Tech QB Tyler Shough
4-Jan-22	Kansas State QB Skylar Thompson
27-Dec-19	Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond
27-Dec-18	Baylor QB Charlie Brewer
27-Dec-17	Texas P Michael Dickson
28-Dec-16	KSU QB Jesse Ertz
29-Dec-15	LSU RB Leonard Fournette
29-Dec-14	Brandon Allen Arkansas QB
27-Dec-13	Terrel Hunt Syracuse QB
28-Dec-12	Seth Doege Texas Tech QB
31-Dec-11	Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M QB
29-Dec-10	Mikel Leshoure Illinois RB
31-Dec-09	Ricky Dobbs Navy QB
30-Dec-08	Chase Clement Rice QB
28-Dec-07	Andy Dalton TCU QB
28-Dec-06	Ray Rice Rutgers RB
30-Dec-05	Jeff Ballard TCU QB	Jason Berryman Iowa State DL
29-Dec-04	Joel Klatt Colorado QB	Tom Hubbard Colorado S
30-Dec-03	B.J. Symons Texas Tech QB	Adell Duckett Texas Tech DL
27-Dec-02	Rashaun Woods Oklahoma State WR	Kevin Williams Oklahoma State DT
28-Dec-01	Byron Jones Texas A&M DB	Joe Weber Texas A&M RB
27-Dec-00	David Garrard East Carolina QB	Bernard Williams East Carolina DT