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1993 Alamo Bowl

Field	Value
year_game_played	1993
title_sponsor	Builders Square
game_name	Alamo Bowl
subheader	Inaugural edition
image	BuildersSquareAlamoBowl.png
image_size	200
football_season	1993
visitor_name_short	California
visitor_nickname	Golden Bears
visitor_school	University of California
home_name_short	Iowa
home_nickname	Hawkeyes
home_school	University of Iowa
visitor_record	8–4
visitor_conference	Pacific-10
home_record	6–5
home_conference	Big Ten
visitor_coach	Keith Gilbertson
home_coach	Hayden Fry
visitor_1q	6
visitor_2q	17
visitor_3q	7
visitor_4q	7
home_1q	0
home_2q	0
home_3q	3
home_4q	0
date_game_played	December 31
stadium	Alamodome
city	San Antonio, Texas
odds	California by 6 to 11 points
referee	Gene Wurtz (WAC)
attendance	45,716
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Dave Sims
first_game_ever_played	yes

The 1993 Alamo Bowl was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game and featured the California Golden Bears of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.

Part of the 1993–94 bowl schedule, it was played on New Year's Eve at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Held on Friday night, it was televised by ESPN and kicked off shortly after 8:30 p.m. CST.

Teams

The bowl had planned to feature the third place team from the Texas-based Southwest Conference (SWC) against the fourth place team from the Pacific-10 Conference.

However, only two of the SWC's eight teams (Texas A&M and Texas Tech) reached the necessary six wins for bowl eligibility, and those teams were committed to the Cotton Bowl and the Hancock Bowl (Sun Bowl), respectively. Texas had played a rigorous non-conference schedule, going 0–3–1, and finished with an ineligible 5–5–1 record.

Bowl officials subsequently invited Iowa, who had finished eighth in the Big Ten, but won their final four games for a bowl-eligible 6–5 record.

Washington finished fourth in the Pac-10 with a conference record of 5–3, but was ineligible, due to conference sanctions. California and Arizona State were tied behind Washington, with 4–4 conference records. Bowl officials unanimously decided to invite California (8–4) over the Sun Devils (6–5).

Game summary

Cal placekicker Doug Brien connected on field goals of 37 and 20 yards in the first quarter, as Cal took a 6–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Brien's third field goal, a 30 yarder gave Cal a 9–0 lead. Cal quarterback Dave Barr threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Mike Caldwell as Cal went up 16–0. A 61-yard interception return by linebacker Jerrot Willard gave Cal a 23–0 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter, Iowa's Brion Hurley kicked a 42-yard field goal to get the Hawkeyes on the scoreboard at 23–3. Barr threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Iheanyi Uwaezuoke to take a 30–3 lead after three quarters. He added a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brian Remington in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 37–3, the final score.

With the win, California improved to 9–4 and was ranked #25 in the final AP poll.

References

(December 31, 1993). "Today's bowl games at a glance: Alamo Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(December 31, 1993). "America's Line: college football". Toledo Blade.
Miedema, Laurence. (December 31, 1994). "Waiting is over: WSU is ready for the Alamo". Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
(January 1, 1994). "Cal's bullish on future after 37-3 bowl rout". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 26, 1993). "FOOTBALL: Bowl loses team". [[The Advocate (Newark).
(November 26, 1993). "SWC gives up spot in Alamo Bowl". [[Indianapolis News]].
(November 27, 1993). "Inaugural Alamo Bowl remembers Hawkeyes". [[The Indianapolis Star]].
(November 29, 1993). "California, Iowa receive bids to first Alamo Bowl". [[The Paris News]].

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