Houston Bowl
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[edit] History
The Houston Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game that was played annually in Houston, Texas from 2000-05. Initially played at the Reliant Astrodome (2000-01), the venue for the games was moved to 69,500-seat Reliant Stadium in 2002.
The game was first known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl from 2000 to 2001 and was known as the EV1.net Houston Bowl thereafter.
[edit] Demise
The three-year contract with EV1.net expired on December 31, 2005, leaving the bowl game without a title sponsor. A college football official told the Houston Chronicle that the bowl was in danger of ceasing operations, as a result of the game losing its title sponsor and because the Houston Bowl still owed roughly $600,000 to the Big 12 and Mountain West conferences following the 2005 game.
As a result, the Houston Bowl was shut down. Game operations were given to Lone Star Sports Entertainment, a division of the Houston Texans, and television and naming rights were sold to the NFL Network. The Texas Bowl arose from the deal and replaced the Houston Bowl.
[edit] All-Time Results
| Year | Winner | Score | Loser | Off. MVP (School) | Def. MVP (School) | |
| 2000 | East Carolina | 40-27 | Texas Tech | David Garrard (ECU) | Bernard Williams (ECU) | |
| 2001 | Texas A&M | 28-9 | TCU | Joe Weber (Texas A&M) | Byron Jones (Texas A&M) | |
| 2002 | Oklahoma State | 33-23 | Southern Miss | Rashaun Woods (Oklahoma State) | Kevin Williams (Oklahoma State) | |
| 2003 | Texas Tech | 38-14 | Navy | B.J. Symons (Texas Tech) | Adell Duckett (Texas Tech) | |
| 2004 | Colorado | 33-28 | UTEP | Joel Klatt (Colorado) | Tom Hubbard (Colorado) | |
| 2005 | TCU | 27-24 | Iowa State | Jeff Ballard (TCU) | Jason Berryman (Iowa State) |
