| 2018 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gardner Minshew (QB, Washington State) Peyton Pelluer (LB, Washington State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington State by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John O’Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,675[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$7,975,000 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy and Tom Luginbill (ESPN) Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey and Alex Corddry (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2018.[5] It was the 26th edition of the Alamo Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
The game was played between Iowa State from the Big 12 Conference and Washington State from the Pac-12 Conference.[6] This was the first meeting between the two programs.[7]
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Main article: 2018 Iowa State Cyclones football team |
Iowa State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2.[6] The Cyclones entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (6–3 in the Big 12).
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Main article: 2018 Washington State Cougars football team |
Washington State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2.[6] The Cougars entered the bowl with a 10–2 record (7–2 in the Pac-12).
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 24 Cyclones | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| No. 13 Cougars | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Statistics | ISU | WSU |
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| First downs | 22 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 66–515 | 66–327 |
| Rushes–yards | 39–200 | 17–28 |
| Passing yards | 315 | 299 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 18–27–2 | 35–49–0 |
| Time of possession | 29:33 | 30:27 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Iowa State | Passing | Brock Purdy | 18/27, 315 yds, 2 INT |
| Rushing | David Montgomery | 26 car, 124 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Hakeem Butler | 9 rec, 192 yds | |
| Washington State | Passing | Gardner Minshew | 35/49, 299 yds, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Gardner Minshew | 6 car, 16 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Dezmon Patmon | 6 rec, 76 yds, 1 TD |