The Texas Bowl is played every December at Reliant Stadium, the home of the Houston Texans, and has partnerships with the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA. The Texas Bowl drew over 50,000 fans in it’s inaugural game in 2006.
The TCU Horned Frogs edged the Houston Cougars 20-13 to win the 2007 Texas Bowl, holding off a furious Houston rally in the closing minutes.
Neither of these teams come from a power conference; after all, Rice is part of Conference USA, while Western Michigan is a member of the Mid-American Conference. Neither team has stepped up in a very big way against upper-echelon competition, though it should be mentioned that Western Michigan beat Temple and Buffalo on the road and beat Illinois at Detroit, a neutral site, while Rice won its big regular season game in a 56-42 shootout over cross-town rival Houston.
The Temple Owls (1-3 SU, 1-3 ATS), who have had some tough luck and some tough scheduling, will play host to the Western Michigan Broncos (3-1 SU, 1-2 ATS) in NCAA college football action that is set to kick off at 2 PM ET on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field (natural turf) in Philadelphia.
