It is officially official!
The University of Texas Longhorns will play the Utah Utes in the Valero Alamo Bowl on New Year’s Eve in San Antonio, Texas.
Via TexasSports.com:
Texas is 7-5 (5-4 Big 12) this season and defeated Texas Tech, 49-24, in their last contest of the regular season. Utah is 11-2 (8-1 Pac-12) and coming off a 37-15 loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Both teams have a victory over ranked opponents this season. The Longhorns defeated No. 16 Kansas State in Austin, while the Utes defeated No. 17 Arizona State in Salt Lake City.
The 2019 Valero Alamo Bowl marks the 56th all-time bowl appearance for the Longhorns and the 24th for the Utes. Texas bested then-No. 5 Georgia, 28-21, in the Allstate Sugar Bowl last season, while Utah was bested by Northwestern, 31-20, in the Holiday Bowl.
Tom Herman has led his programs to bowl games in each of his five seasons as a head coach, including two appearances in New Year’s Six bowls. He led Houston to a 2015 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl victory over Florida State in 2015 and guided Texas to a win over Georgia in the 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl. Herman is 3-0 as a head coach in bowl games. His 2016 Houston team also played in the Las Vegas Bowl, a game he did not coach in after taking over the Longhorns’ program.
The Longhorns feature one of the nation’s top quarterbacks in junior Sam Ehlinger, who has completed 284-of-436 passes for 3,462 yards and 29 touchdowns. He also has rushed for 590 yards and six touchdowns this season. Ehlinger’s 4,052 yards of total offense are the third-best mark in school history, and his 35 total touchdowns rank fourth among Longhorns all time.
Kickoff will be at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31st and will air on ESPN.
