Texas Bowl

Texas Bowl
Texas Bowl
	TaxAct Texas Bowl
Stadium	NRG Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
Operated	2006–present
Conference tie-ins	Big 12, SEC
Previous conference tie-ins	Big East/C-USA/MWC (alternating years) (2006–2009); Big Ten (2010–2013);
Payout	US$6.4 million (2019)
Preceded by	Houston Bowl
Sponsors
	Meineke Car Care (2011–2012); AdvoCare (2014–2016); Academy Sports + Outdoors (2017–2019); Mercari (2020); TaxAct (2021–present);
Former names
	Texas Bowl (2006–2010); Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (2011–2012); Texas Bowl (2013); AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (2014–2016); Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (2017–2019); Mercari Texas Bowl (2020, game canceled);
2022 matchup
	Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech (Texas Tech 42–25)
2023 matchup
	Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M; (Oklahoma State 31–23)

The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas. Each edition of the bowl has been played at NRG Stadium, previously known as Reliant Stadium. The bowl replaced the defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005, and before that the Bluebonnet Bowl, the first bowl game in Houston, played from 1959 through 1987.

Since the 2021 edition, the bowl has been sponsored by the tax preparation software company TaxAct and officially known as the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

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