| 2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 13th Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | NRG Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Charlie Brewer (QB, Baylor)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Vanderbilt by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gary Patterson (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,104[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$6,300,000 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2018, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST.[5] It was the 13th edition of the Texas Bowl, and was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, the game was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl.
The 2018 Texas Bowl featured the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference and the Vanderbilt Commodores of the Southeastern Conference. Both teams had a 6–6 record coming in to the game, making the Texas Bowl the only bowl game of the season without a team with a winning record.[6] Despite featuring a pair of .500 teams, fans were treated to one of the highest-scoring games of the bowl season that included five touchdown plays of 50 yards or more, and more than 1,200 yards (combined) of total offense.[7]
The matchup of Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Vanderbilt from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) was announced on December 2.[8] The teams had previously met twice, with Baylor winning both games, played in 1953 and 1954.[8]
Baylor received and accepted a bid to the Texas Bowl on December 2.[8] The Bears entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (4–5 in conference).
Vanderbilt received and accepted a bid to the Texas Bowl on December 2.[8] The Commodores entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–5 in conference).
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| Commodores | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Statistics | BAY | VAN |
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| First downs | 30 | 22 |
| Plays–yards | 81–668 | 62–573 |
| Rushes–yards | 46–284 | 24–287 |
| Passing yards | 384 | 286 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 21–35–1 | 18–38–0 |
| Time of possession | 35:26 | 24:34 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Baylor | Passing | Charlie Brewer | 21/34, 384 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Charlie Brewer | 16 car, 109 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Trestan Ebner | 3 rec, 109 yds, 1 TD | |
| Vanderbilt | Passing | Kyle Shurmur | 18/37, 286 yds, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Ke'Shawn Vaughn | 13 car, 243 yds, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Khari Blasingame | 3 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD |
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