The 2019 Sugar Bowl was a
college football bowl game
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played on January 1, 2019. It was the 85th edition of the
Sugar Bowl, and one of the
2018–19 bowl games concluding the
2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the
Allstate insurance company, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Teams
The Sugar Bowl matches the champions of the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
and
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC), unless a champion team is selected for the
College Football Playoff
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, in which case another team from the same conference is invited. Per that criterion, a matchup of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
and
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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was announced on December 2.
The two programs had previously met four times, with Texas having won three times (including the
1949 Orange Bowl) and Georgia winning once (the
1984 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 48th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1983–84 bowl game season, it matched the undefeated and second-ranked Texas ...
).
Texas Longhorns
Texas lost the
2018 Big 12 Championship Game to
Oklahoma, then became the Big 12 representative in the Sugar Bowl when Oklahoma was selected for the College Football Playoff.
[ Texas entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (7–2 in conference).
]
Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia lost the 2018 SEC Championship Game
The 2018 SEC Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 1, 2018, in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, to determine the 2018 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the East Division champion G ...
to Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
, then became the SEC representative in the Sugar Bowl when Alabama was selected for the College Football Playoff.[ Georgia entered the bowl with an 11–2 record (7–1 in conference).
]
Game summary
Texas defeated a heavily favored Georgia team, 28–21. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named the game MVP.
Scoring summary
Statistics
References
External links
Box score
at ESPN
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