| 2018 Valero Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Alamo Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gardner Minshew (QB, Washington State) Peyton Pelluer (LB, Washington State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington State by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John O’Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,675[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$7,975,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN &ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch,Greg McElroy andTom Luginbill (ESPN) Roy Philpott,Tom Ramsey andAlex Corddry (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 Alamo Bowl was acollege footballbowl game that was played on December 28, 2018.[5] It was the 26th edition of theAlamo Bowl, and one of the2018–19 bowl games concluding the2018 FBS football season. Sponsored byValero Energy, the game was officially known as theValero Alamo Bowl.
The game was played betweenIowa State from theBig 12 Conference andWashington State from thePac-12 Conference.[6] This was the first meeting between the two programs.[7]
Iowa State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2.[6] The Cyclones entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (6–3 in the Big 12).
Washington State received and accepted a bid to the Alamo Bowl on December 2.[6] The Cougars entered the bowl with a 10–2 record (7–2 in the Pac-12).
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 24 Cyclones | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| No. 13 Cougars | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Statistics | ISU | WSU |
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| First downs | 22 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 66–515 | 66–327 |
| Rushes–yards | 39–200 | 17–28 |
| Passing yards | 315 | 299 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 18–27–2 | 35–49–0 |
| Time of possession | 29:33 | 30:27 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Iowa State | Passing | Brock Purdy | 18/27, 315 yds, 2 INT |
| Rushing | David Montgomery | 26 car, 124 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Hakeem Butler | 9 rec, 192 yds | |
| Washington State | Passing | Gardner Minshew | 35/49, 299 yds, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Gardner Minshew | 6 car, 16 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Dezmon Patmon | 6 rec, 76 yds, 1 TD |