2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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14th Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 27, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | NRG Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Kellen Mond (QB, Texas A&M)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Texas A&M by 4.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mark Kluczynski (Big Ten)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 68,415 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$6,400,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||
International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Brasil | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Matheus Suman (play-by-play) Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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.[5] 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.