2020 Alamo Bowl
The 2020 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2020, with kickoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 28th edition of the Alamo Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 [NCAA football bowl games|2020–21 bowl games] concluding the 2020–21 [NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020 FBS football season]. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Teams
The game featured Texas of the Big 12 Conference and Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference, consistent with the bowl's conference tie-ins. The programs had previously met 18 times, most recently in 2009, with Texas holding an 11–7 edge. Their prior meetings include one bowl game, the 1975 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, won by Texas.
Texas entered the bowl with a 6–3 record, ranked 20th in the AP Poll and CFP rankings. Their losses were to 2020 [TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU], 2020 [Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma], and ranked 2020 [Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State]. Texas had a 3–1 record in four prior Alamo Bowls, most recently winning the 2019 edition.
Colorado entered the bowl with a 4–1 record ; their loss was to 2020 [Utah Utes football team|Utah]. Colorado had played in two prior Alamo Bowls, losing the 2002 and 2016 editions.