The 1993 Alamo Bowl was the inaugural edition of the

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and featured the

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of the

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and the

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of the

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. Part of the 1993–94 bowl schedule, it was played on

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at the

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. Held on Friday night, it was televised by

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and kicked off shortly after 8:30 p.m. CST. Favored California won in a rout, 37–3.

Teams

The bowl had planned to feature the third place team from the Texas-based

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(SWC) against the fourth place team from the

. However, only two of the SWC's eight teams ( Texas A&M and Texas Tech) reached the necessary six wins for

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, and those teams were committed to the Cotton Bowl and the Hancock Bowl (

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), respectively.

had played a rigorous non-conference schedule, going 0–3–1, and finished with an ineligible 5–5–1 record. Bowl officials subsequently invited Iowa, who had finished eighth in the Big Ten, but won their final four games for a bowl-eligible 6–5 record.

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finished fourth in the Pac-10 with a conference record of 5–3, but was ineligible, due to conference sanctions. California and

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were tied behind Washington, with 4–4 conference records. Bowl officials unanimously decided to invite California (8–4) over the Sun Devils (6–5).

Game summary

Cal placekicker

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connected on field goals of 37 and 20 yards in the first quarter, as Cal took a 6–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Brien's third field goal, a 30 yarder gave Cal a 9–0 lead. Cal quarterback Dave Barr threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Mike Caldwell as Cal went up 16–0. A 61-yard interception return by linebacker Jerrot Willard gave Cal a 23–0 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Iowa's

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kicked a 42-yard field goal to get the Hawkeyes on the scoreboard at 23–3. Barr threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to

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to take a 30–3 lead after three quarters. He added a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brian Remington in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 37–3, the final score. With the win, California improved to 9–4 and was ranked #25 in the final AP poll.

References

External links

Game Recap
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December 1993 sports events in the United States

Teams

Game summary

References

Further reading

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