2022 Valero Alamo Bowl Media Guide - Manual / Resource - Page 4
2022 VALERO ALAMO BOWL
GAME NOTES
Texas
Washington
Texas finished the 2022 regular season ranked
#20 in the final CFP poll with a record of 8-4 and
went 6-3 in Big 12 conference play.
Washington finished the season ranked #20
going 10-2 overall and 7-2 in Pac-12 play with three
wins against Top 25 teams.
Led by Head Coach Steve Sarkisian, the Longhorns
feature a balanced attack that is averaging 35.7
points per game (20th NCAA) and allowing just 21.2
points per game (30th NCAA).
Led by Pac-12 Co-Head Coach of the Year Kalen
DeBoer, Washington is on a six game winning streak
(sixth longest active streak in the NCAA) including a
51-33 Apple Cup road win over Washington State.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has thrown
for 1,808 yards and 14 touchdowns with six
interceptions this season. This is Texas’ sixth Valero
Alamo Bowl, but only the second time a first-year
starter at quarterback was at the helm. In 2006, Colt
McCoy won offensive MVP honors completing 26 of
40 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns.
This will be the sixth time in the last seven years
that the Valero Alamo Bowl will feature a team with a
Pac-12 Coach of the Year award winner.
Ewers attended several Valero Alamo Bowls
growing up including Mack Brown’s last game on
the Texas sideline in 2013.
While winning 6 of their last 8 games, the
Longhorns are 1-3 this season against AP Top 25
teams. Against the Pac-12, Texas was won 6 of their
last 7 including their last two (the 2019 Valero Alamo
Bowl against Utah and 2020 Valero Alamo Bowl
against Colorado).
The 30th annual Valero Alamo Bowl will be Texas’
58th all-time bowl appearance this season, the
third-most in the country behind only Alabama and
Georgia.
Texas players hold a couple of seemingly
unbreakable Valero Alamo Bowl records:
• Alex Okafor turned in a dominating performance
in the 2012 game sacking Oregon State
quarterbacks a record 4.5 times.
• In 2020, Bijan Robinson ran for 183 yards on only
10 carries for a record 18.3 yards per carry.
Texas has a 4-1 record at the Valero Alamo Bowl:
2006: 26-24 come-from-behind win over Iowa.
2012: Another double digit comeback with a
31-27 victory over Oregon State.
2013: Marcus Mariota spoiled Mack Brown’s last
game as Texas head coach as Oregon won 30-7.
2019: Texas upended #11 Utah 38-10 thanks to
Sam Ehlinger and defensive MVP Joseph Ossai.
2020: Texas dominated Colorado 55-23 led by
offensive MVP Bijan Robinson.
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The Huskies are an offensive juggernaut ranking
#1 in the nation in first downs (27.4 per game), #2
in total offense (522.2 yards per game), and #4 in
scoring (40.8 points per game).
Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who
played at Indiana while DeBoer was the Hoosiers
offensive coordinator, leads the nation with 4,354
passing yards and 362.8 passing yards per game.
With 105 passing yards in the Valero Alamo Bowl,
Penix will break Washington’s single season passing
record. He already holds the school record for most
passing yards in a game with 516 in their 49-39 win
over Arizona on October 15.
If Penix wants any Valero Alamo Bowl passing
records, he’ll have to beat out Washington
quarterback Keith Price who rewrote the Bowl’s
record book in 2011.
Price holds Valero Alamo Bowl records for passing
yards (438), total touchdowns (7), and passing
touchdowns (4, tied with Texas’ Charles Thompson).
Washington is the first team in Valero Alamo Bowl
history to have two receivers with over 1,000 yards in
Jalen McMillian (1040 yards) and Rome Odunze (1088
yards). The only other two teams in the NCAA this
year with two 1,000+ yard receivers are Arizona and
Ohio State.
Washington’s Jermaine Kearse holds the Valero
Alamo Bowl record for most receiving yards with
198 yards in 2011. That also ranks as a Washington
all-time bowl record.
Looking to win 11+ games for just the 2nd time
in the last 20 years (12-2 in 2016), Washington has
lost 4 straight bowl games to current Big 12 schools
(including the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl against
Baylor) with their last win coming over #2 Oklahoma
in the 1985 Orange Bowl.