2007 Texas Bowl

The 2007 Texas Bowl, part of the 2007–08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 28, 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

2007 Texas Bowl
2007 Texas Bowl logo
TCU Horned Frogs Houston Cougars
(7–5) (8–4)
Mountain West C-USA
20 13
Head coach: 
Gary Patterson		 Head coach: 
Chris Thurmond (interim)
1234 Total
TCU 07310 20
Houston 7303 13
DateDecember 28, 2007
Season2007
StadiumReliant Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPTCU QB Andy Dalton
FavoriteTCU by 4[1]
National anthemStoney LaRue[2]
Attendance62,097[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network
AnnouncersBrad Sham, Mike Mayock, Charles Davis

The matchup had different conference representatives from the inaugural 2006 game (itself the revival of the old Houston Bowl). This time, the teams were the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference and the hometown University of Houston from Conference USA. The original plan was C-USA versus Big 12, but the Big 12 did not have enough teams eligible for bowl games to fill the remaining slots after Oklahoma won the conference title and Kansas was selected at-large to the Orange Bowl.

TCU and Houston had been conference rivals for many years: between 1976 and 1995, they were in the Southwest Conference, and from 2001 to 2004, TCU joined Houston in C-USA. This was their first meeting in a bowl game.

The Cougars were led by interim head coach Chris Thurmond after Art Briles left the program at the conclusion of the regular season to take a similar job at Baylor.

Radio Shack, the electronics store chain based in Fort Worth, Texas, was the presenting sponsor of the NFL Network telecast.

The Horned Frogs won the game 20–13, giving the Cougars their eighth straight bowl loss - at the time the second longest streak in the NCAA (and tied for second-longest streak in NCAA history).

Statistics
StatisticsTCUHOU
First downs1920
Plays–yards70–36568–367
Rushes–yards39–11630–32
Passing yards249335
Passing: Comp–Att–Int21–31–123–38–0
Time of possession31:3228:28

Source: [4][5]

References
  1. World Feature Syndicate via Long Beach Press-Telegram, December 20, 2007
  2. From Texas Bowl homepage Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Campbell: UH caught as ex-coach Briles cuts, runs | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
  4. "Texas Bowl". The Santa Fe New Mexican. December 29, 2007. p. B2. Retrieved December 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "TCU vs. Houston - Team Statistics". ESPN.com. December 28, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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