# 2013 Alamo Bowl

The 2013 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 21st edition of the Alamo Bowl, it featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference. It was telecast at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Oregon defeated Texas by a score of 30–7.
Oregon, ranked number 10 in the BCS, finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (7–2 Pac-12), co-champions of the Pac-12 North Division. Texas finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (7–2 Big 12), tied for second place in the Big 12.

## Teams
### Oregon

Oregon was selected to represent the Pac-12 after a 10–2 regular season, finishing second overall in the conference. In their first season with new head coach Mark Helfrich after Chip Kelly's departure to the NFL, they started the season ranked third in both major polls, and won their first eight games over Nicholls State, Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA. Going into November sitting at 8–0 and contending for the a slot in the BCS National Championship Game they finished the season 2–2 with road losses to Stanford and Arizona and home wins against Utah and arch-rival Oregon State finishing the season ranked tenth in the AP and BCS polls.

### Texas

Texas was selected to represent the Big 12 after an 8–4 season, finishing third overall in the conference. Starting the season ranked 15th in both major polls, Texas would start the season disappointingly by going 1–2 against non-conference opponents with a win over New Mexico State and losses to BYU and Ole Miss. They would eventually contend for the Big-12 Championship by starting their conference schedule at 6–0 with wins over Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and West Virginia. They would finish their remaining conference slate with a home loss to Oklahoma State, rebound to beat Texas Tech after a bye week and finish the season with a road loss to Baylor, finishing the season unranked in the polls.

## Game summary
### Scoring summary

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #10 Oregon | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Texas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
* Date: December 30, 2013
* Game time: 6:51 p.m. EST
* Game weather: Indoors
* Game attendance: 65,918
* Referee: Dennis Hennigan (ACC) • Umpire: Jim Hyson • Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald • Line judge: Deon Lawerence • Back judge: Barry Hendon • Field judge: Bill Dolbow • Side judge: Mike Safrit
* TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
Game information :
First quarter
ORE – Avery Patterson 37-yard interception return (Matt Wogan kick)
ORE – Wogan 25-yard field goal
TEX – Case McCoy 1-yard run (Anthony Fera kick)
Second quarter
ORE – Wogan 32-yard field goal
ORE – Josh Huff 16 yard-pass from Marcus Mariota (Wogan kick)
Third quarter
ORE – Wogan 39-yard field goal
Fourth quarter
ORE – Derrick Malone 38-yard interception return (Wogan kick)
Texas leads the series with Oregon, 4–1 (.800). The series began in 1941 at Texas, Texas 71, Oregon 7. The last meeting was the 2000 Holiday Bowl, Oregon 35, Texas 30.
Top passers
ORE – Marcus Mariota, 18–26, 253 yards, 1 TD
TEX – Case McCoy, 8–17, 48 yards, 2 INT
Top rushers
ORE – Marcus Mariota, 15 attempts, 134 yards
TEX – Malcolm Brown, 26 attempts, 130 yards
Top receiving
ORE – Josh Huff, 5 receptions, 104 yards, 1 TD
TEX – Joe Bergeron, 2 receptions, 16 yards
Top tackler
ORE –
TEX – :
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Oregon | Texas |
| 1 | 13:52 | 4 | -8 | 1:08 | ORE | Interception returned 37 yards for touchdown by Avery Patterson, Matt Wogan kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 8:36 | 11 | 68 | 3:02 | ORE | 25-yard field goal by Wogan | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | 1:24 | 16 | 79 | 7:12 | TEX | Case McCoy 1-yard touchdown run, Anthony Fera kick good | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | 12:30 | 10 | 60 | 3:54 | ORE | 32-yard field goal by Wogan | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | 0:44 | 7 | 88 | 1:24 | ORE | Josh Huff 16-yard touchdown reception from Marcus Mariota, Wogan kick good | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 13:06 | 7 | 44 | 1:54 | ORE | 39-yard field goal by Wogan | 23 | 7 |
| 4 | 8:55 | 10 | 24 | 5:11 | ORE | Interception returned 38 yards for touchdown by Derrick Malone, Wogan kick good | 30 | 7 |
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### Statistics

| Teams | Oregon | Texas |
| 1st downs | 24 | 13 |
| Total yards | 470 | 236 |
| Passing yards | 253 | 56 |
| Rushing yards | 217 | 180 |
| Penalties–Yards | 11-87 | 4–35 |
| 3rd down conversions | 4 of 12 | 6 of 19 |
| 4th down conversions | 0 of 0 | 2 of 3 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 28:15 | 31:45 |