| Game Name: | Alamo Bowl |
| Subheader: | 27th Alamo Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Valero |
| Date Game Played: | December 31 |
| Year Game Played: | 2019 |
| Football Season: | 2019 |
| Stadium: | Alamodome |
| City: | San Antonio, Texas |
| Visitor School: | University of Utah |
| Visitor Name Short: | Utah |
| Visitor Nickname: | Utes |
| Visitor Record: | 11–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-12 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 10 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 11 |
| Visitor Coach: | Kyle Whittingham |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | University of Texas |
| Home Name Short: | Texas |
| Home Nickname: | Longhorns |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Coach: | Tom Herman |
| Home 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Mvp: | Sam Ehlinger (QB, Texas) & Joseph Ossai (LB, Texas)[1] |
| Odds: | Utah by 7[2] |
| Referee: | John McDaid (SEC)[3] |
| Attendance: | 60,147 |
| Payout: | 8,252,740[4] |
| Us Network: | ESPN and ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Dave Flemming (play-by-play) Louis Riddick (analyst) Paul Carcaterra (sideline) ESPN Radio: Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
| Ratings: | 3.1 (5.61 million viewers) |
The 2019 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2019, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[5] It was the 27th edition of the Alamo Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.
The game was played between the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference. This was second time that the two programs have met; their prior meeting was in 1982, won by Texas.[6]
See main article: 2019 Utah Utes football team. Utah entered the game with an 11–2 record (8–1 in conference), and ranked 12th in the AP Poll. They finished the regular season atop the Pac-12's South Division, having only lost to USC. In the Pac-12 Championship Game, the Utes faced Oregon and were defeated, 37–15. Utah was 1–1 against ranked opponents, defeating Arizona State and losing to Oregon. This was the first appearance for the Utes in the Alamo Bowl.
See main article: 2019 Texas Longhorns football team. Texas entered the game with a 7–5 record (5–4 in conference). They finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big 12. The Longhorns were 1–3 against ranked opponents; losing to LSU, Oklahoma, and Baylor while defeating Kansas State. This was Texas' fourth Alamo Bowl, tying the Longhorns with Iowa and Oklahoma State for the most appearances. Texas entered the game with a 2–1 record in prior Alamo Bowl appearances.