The 2022 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game held on December 29, 2022, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 30th annual Alamo Bowl, the game featured the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference and the Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 8:10 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Teams The game featured Texas from the Big 12 and Washington from the Pac-12. Both teams entered the bowl ranked in all major polls. This was the fifth meeting between the programs; entering the bowl, Texas led the all-time series, 3–1, as Washington's lone win came in the 1979 Sun Bowl.
Texas Longhorns
Texas played to a 8–4 regular-season record, 6–3 in conference play. They were ranked as high as No. 18 during the season. The Longhorns faced four ranked opponents, defeating Kansas State while losing to Alabama, Oklahoma State, and TCU. Texas entered the bowl 20th in the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking.
Washington Huskies
Washington completed their regular season with a 10–2 record, 7–2 in conference play. Their only losses came in back-to-back contests against UCLA and Arizona State. The Huskies faced, and defeated, three ranked opponents: Michigan State, Oregon State, and Oregon. Washington entered the bowl 12th in the CFP ranking. They also had a chance to go to the Rose Bowl because if USC had won the Pac-12 Championship, it would’ve put the Trojans in the Playoff and sent the Huskies to Pasadena. But since Utah won and clenched the Pac—12’s automatic bid to the Rose Bowl, Washington was frozen out.
Game summary
Statistics
+Team statistical comparisonStatisticTexasWashingtonFirst downs 19 25First downs rushing 2 9First downs passing 16 16First downs penalty 1 0Third down efficiency 6–15 11–20Fourth down efficiency 2–3 2–3Total plays–net yards 65–420 83–445Rushing attempts–net yards 18–51 28–158Yards per rush 2.8 5.6Yards passing 369 287Pass completions–attempts 31–47 32–55Interceptions thrown 0 1Punt returns–total yards 1–0 0–0Kickoff returns–total yards 2–40 1–12Punts–average yardage 4–37.3 3–39.0Fumbles–lost 0–0 0–0Penalties–yards 6–45 7–45Time of possession 24:14 35:46
+Texas statisticsLonghorns passingPlayer Quinn Ewers 31–47 369 1–0Longhorns rushingPlayer Keilan Robinson 8 27 0 Jonathon Brooks 6 18 1 Quinn Ewers 4 6 0Longhorns receivingPlayer Casey Cain 4 106 0 Xavier Worthy 7 84 0 Jonathon Brooks 2 37 1 Jordan Whittington 5 44 0 Keilan Robinson 6 42 0 Ja'Tavion Sanders 5 36 0 Gunnar Helm 1 19 0 Savion Red 1 1 0Longhorns kickingPlayer Bert Auburn 2–2 2–2 30
+Washington statisticsHuskies passingPlayer Michael Penix Jr. 32–54 287 2–1Huskies rushingPlayer Wayne Taulapapa 14 108 1 Richard Newton 11 44 0 Michael Penix Jr. 3 6 0Huskies receivingPlayer Jalen McMillan 8 58 1 Rome Odunze 5 57 0 Ja'Lynn Polk 3 45 0 Taj Davis 4 32 1 Jack Westover 4 32 0 Devin Culp 4 29 0 Wayne Taulapapa 3 17 0 Quentin Moore 1 17 0 Huskies kickingPlayer Peyton Henry 2–2 3–3 46
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