| Game Name: | Alamo Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Valero |
| Date Game Played: | December 30 |
| Year Game Played: | 2013 |
| Football Season: | 2013 |
| Stadium: | Alamodome |
| City: | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Visitor School: | University of Oregon |
| Visitor Name Short: | Oregon |
| Visitor Nickname: | Ducks |
| Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 10 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mark Helfrich |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-12 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | University of Texas, Austin |
| Home Name Short: | Texas |
| Home Nickname: | Longhorns |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Coach: | Mack Brown |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Odds: | Oregon by 13[1] |
| Mvp: | Offense: Marcus Mariota (QB) Defense: Avery Patterson (SS) |
| Anthem: | Oregon Marching Band & The University of Texas Longhorn Band |
| Referee: | Dennis Hennigan (ACC) |
| Halftime: | World Strides Heritage Performance Program |
| Attendance: | 65,918 |
| Payout: | 3 million per team |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
| Ratings: | 4.6 (6.757 million viewers)[2] |
| Different Next: | 2015 |
The 2013 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 21st edition of the Alamo Bowl, it featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference. It was telecast at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Oregon defeated Texas by a score of 30–7.
Oregon, ranked number 10 in the BCS, finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (7–2 Pac-12), co-champions of the Pac-12 North Division. Texas finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (7–2 Big 12), tied for second place in the Big 12.
See main article: article and 2013 Oregon Ducks football team. Oregon was selected to represent the Pac-12 after a 10–2 regular season, finishing second overall in the conference. In their first season with new head coach Mark Helfrich after Chip Kelly's departure to the NFL, they started the season ranked third in both major polls, and won their first eight games over Nicholls State, Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA. Going into November sitting at 8–0 and contending for the a slot in the BCS National Championship Game they finished the season 2–2 with road losses to Stanford and Arizona and home wins against Utah and arch-rival Oregon State finishing the season ranked tenth in the AP and BCS polls.
See main article: article and 2013 Texas Longhorns football team. Texas was selected to represent the Big 12 after an 8–4 season, finishing third overall in the conference. Starting the season ranked 15th in both major polls, Texas would start the season disappointingly by going 1–2 against non-conference opponents with a win over New Mexico State and losses to BYU and Ole Miss. They would eventually contend for the Big-12 Championship by starting their conference schedule at 6–0 with wins over Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and West Virginia. They would finish their remaining conference slate with a home loss to Oklahoma State, rebound to beat Texas Tech after a bye week and finish the season with a road loss to Baylor, finishing the season unranked in the polls.
| Teams | Oregon | Texas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st downs | 24 | 13 | |
| Total yards | 470 | 236 | |
| Passing yards | 253 | 56 | |
| Rushing yards | 217 | 180 | |
| Penalties–Yards | 11-87 | 4–35 | |
| 3rd down conversions | 4 of 12 | 6 of 19 | |
| 4th down conversions | 0 of 0 | 2 of 3 | |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 | |
| Time of possession | 28:15 | 31:45 |