2016 Alamo Bowl (January)

This article is about the Alamo Bowl that followed the 2015 season, played on January 2, 2016. For the game that followed the 2016 season, played on December 29, 2016, see 2016 Alamo Bowl (December).
2016 Valero Alamo Bowl
TCU Horned Frogs Oregon Ducks
(10–2) (9–3)
Big 12 Pac-12
47 41
Head coach: 
Gary Patterson		 Head coach: 
Mark Helfrich
APCoachesCFP
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APCoachesCFP
151415
1234OT2OT3OT Total
TCU 001714736 47
Oregon 211000730 41
Date January 2, 2016
Season 2015
Stadium Alamodome
Location San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
MVP Offensive: Bram Kohlhausen (TCU)
Defensive: Travin Howard (TCU)
Sportsmanship Award: Rodney Hardrick (ORE)
Favorite Oregon by 7[1]
Referee Marc Curles (SEC)
Attendance 64,569[2]
Payout US$7.85 million combined
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, & Alison Williams (ESPN)
Tom Hart, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN Radio)
Nielsen ratings TBD

The 2016 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 23rd edition of the Alamo Bowl featured the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference and the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference. It was televised at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN and heard on ESPN Radio. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.

The Horned Frogs trailed 31-0 at halftime, but an injury to Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. just before the halftime break would result in a scoreless second half for the Ducks. TCU scored on all 9 possessions after halftime, completing the comeback in the second half with a late field goal. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime and field goals in the second. The Horned Frogs scored in the third extra period, failed their 2-point conversion, but held the Ducks out of the end zone. The 31-point comeback tied the largest comeback in NCAA college football bowl game history with the 2006 Insight Bowl.

Teams

TCU from the Big 12 Conference (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) and Oregon from the Pac-12 Conference (9-3, 7-2 Pac-12) were announced to play in this bowl game on December 6, 2015. They arrived on December 27 and 28.

Oregon

The 2015 season for the Oregon Ducks was a tale of two teams. A finger injury during the first game would keep Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. sidelined or completely ineffective for a month and by the time Adams returned to form the Ducks stood at 3-3. With a healthy Adams at the helm, the Oregon Ducks finished the season by winning their last 6 games, including a road win over Stanford, a division rival ranked #7 nationally.

TCU

Starting the 2015 season by winning 8 straight games, the TCU Horned Frogs finished the season by winning 2 of their last 4 games, including a 28–21 double overtime victory over rival Baylor.

The Frogs were playing the bowl game without two key offensive starters. Wide receiver Josh Doctson, a first-team All-American this season, did not play in the Frogs' final two regular-season games due to a wrist injury that required surgery, and was ultimately ruled out of the bowl game.[3] Quarterback Trevone Boykin was suspended from the team for a violation of team rules; according to multiple media reports, he had been involved in a bar fight in San Antonio early in the morning of December 31, and was alleged to have swung at multiple police officers and struck one. Boykin faced several criminal charges in the wake of the incident, the most serious being a felony charge of assaulting a public servant.[4] The suspension caused a dramatic change in the Las Vegas betting line, with TCU going from a 1-point favorite to a 7-point underdog.[5]

After Boykin's suspension, Patterson turned to Bram Kohlhausen, a fifth-year senior[6] walk-on, to start at quarterback.[5] As a high school senior in 2010, he had been rated by ESPN above both Boykin and future Heisman Trophy winner and NFL player Johnny Manziel,[5] and he started his college career at Houston,[5] redshirting in 2011.[6] After seeing little playing time in 2012, he went to the junior college ranks, playing the 2013 season at Los Angeles Harbor College in California and then walking on at TCU.[5] This game would be Kohlhausen's first and only career start at the FBS level.[5]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP ORE TCU
1 9:29 8 81 2:32 ORE Darren Carrington 37-yard touchdown reception from Vernon Adams Jr., Aidan Schneider kick good 7 0
1 5:12 8 79 2:19 ORE Royce Freeman 4-yard touchdown run, Aidan Schneider kick good 14 0
1 0:27 7 84 1:54 ORE Royce Freeman 5-yard touchdown run, Aidan Schneider kick good 21 0
2 13:30 3 62 0:43 ORE Tony Brooks-James 5-yard touchdown run, Aidan Schneider kick good 28 0
2 0:32 9 37 2:47 ORE 47-yard field goal by Aidan Schneider 31 0
3 10:52 10 69 4:08 TCU 24-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom 31 3
3 4:18 11 64 4:58 TCU Jaelan Austin 26-yard touchdown reception from Bram Kohlhausen, Jaden Oberkrom kick good 31 10
3 0:36 7 16 3:31 TCU Bram Kohlhausen 2-yard touchdown run, Jaden Oberkrom kick good 31 17
4 7:45 11 76 4:13 TCU 34-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom 31 20
4 3:32 7 91 3:08 TCU Aaron Green 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass from Bram Kohlhausen to Buck Jones good 31 28
4 0:19 8 31 1:58 TCU 22-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom 31 31
OT – 4 25 – TCU Emanuel Porter 7-yard touchdown reception from Bram Kohlhausen, Jaden Oberkrom kick good 31 38
OT – 6 25 – ORE Royce Freeman 1-yard touchdown run, Aidan Schneider kick good 38 38
2OT – 4 -2 – ORE 44-yard field goal by Aidan Schneider 41 38
2OT – 4 -3 – TCU 46-yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom 41 41
3OT – 3 25 – TCU Bram Kohlhausen 8-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass from Bram Kohlhausen failed 41 47
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 41 47

Source:[2]

Statistics

Statistics[2] ORE TCU
First Downs 21 27
Total offense, plays – yards 83–419 94–545
Rushes-yards (net) 48–186 47–174
Passing yards (net) 233 371
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 20–35–0 30–47–1
Time of Possession 24:18 35:42

Aftermath

Two days after the game, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich demoted defensive coordinator Don Pellum to linebackers coach. Pellum, a former Ducks linebacker who had been involved with the program for more than 30 years as a player, administrator, and coach, had been criticized for the shortcomings of Oregon's defense in 2015. The Ducks finished the season ranked 93rd or worse (among 128 FBS teams) in eight defensive categories, and had set a school record for most points allowed per game at 37.5. The Ducks also lost outside linebackers coach Erik Chinander, who accepted the defensive coordinator position at UCF.[7]

Shortly after Kohlhausen was named offensive MVP for the game, he found out that TCU had begun the process of placing him on scholarship for his final semester in spring 2016.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 "2015 Alamo Bowl: Oregon vs. TCU Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  3. ↑ "All-America TCU receiver Josh Doctson will not play in bowl game". Sports Illustrated. December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "TCU QB Trevone Boykin charged with striking officer, suspended for bowl game". ESPN.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Engel, Mac (January 4, 2016). "Bram Kohlhausen's one career start capped thrilling TCU season". Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, TX. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "6: Bram Kohlhausen". TCU Athletics. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ Greif, Andrew (January 4, 2016). "Oregon Ducks demote defensive coordinator Don Pellum, lose Erik Chinander in staff shakeup". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
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