2003 Houston Bowl
The 2003 Houston Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the 2003 [Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy Midshipmen] and the 2003 [Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech Red Raiders] on December 30, 2003, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was the fourth time the Houston Bowl was played and the final game of the 2003 [NCAA Division I FBS football season] for both teams. Texas Tech defeated Navy 38–14.
The Houston Bowl was Navy's first bowl game since the 1996 Aloha Bowl, in which Navy defeated 1996 [California Golden Bears football team|California] 42–38. Texas Tech, representing the Big 12 conference, was playing in its fourth straight bowl game, stretching back to the inaugural 2000 [Galleryfurniture.com Bowl|Houston Bowl] on December 27, 2000.