1993 Alamo Bowl
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The 1993 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the , and the Iowa Hawkeyes
. One of the bowl's invites was expected to be a school from the Texas-based Southwest Conference (SWC). However, only 2 of the SWC's eight teams (Texas A&M and Texas Tech) reached the necessary 6 wins for bowl eligibility and those teams were committed to the Cotton and Hancock Bowls, respectively. The University of Texas had played a rigorous non-conference schedule, going 0-3-1, and finished with an ineligible 5-5-1 record.
Cal placekicker Doug Brien
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 1st quarter. In the second quarter, Brien's third field goal, a 20 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 Brian Hurley
kicked a 42 yard field goal to get the Hawkeyes on the scoreboard at 23-3. Dave Barr threw a 34 yard touchdown pass to Uwaezuoke to take a 30-3 lead at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Barr added a 12 yard touchdown pass to Brian Remington as the final margin became 37-3.
1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1993 college football season.-Schedule:...
. One of the bowl's invites was expected to be a school from the Texas-based Southwest Conference (SWC). However, only 2 of the SWC's eight teams (Texas A&M and Texas Tech) reached the necessary 6 wins for bowl eligibility and those teams were committed to the Cotton and Hancock Bowls, respectively. The University of Texas had played a rigorous non-conference schedule, going 0-3-1, and finished with an ineligible 5-5-1 record.
Cal placekicker Doug Brien
Doug Brien
Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien is a former American football placekicker. He played twelve seasons for seven teams in the National Football League:...
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 1st quarter. In the second quarter, Brien's third field goal, a 20 yarder gave Cal a 9-0 lead. Cal quarterback Dave Barr
Dave Barr (American football)
David Hoover "Dave" Barr, Jr. is a former American football quarterback who played for two seasons in the National Football League and World League of American Football. He played for the St. Louis Rams in 1995 and for the Scottish Claymores in 1997...
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 Brian Hurley
Brian Hurley
Brian Hurley, M.D., M.B.A. was elected in 2008 at the 58th AMSA Annual Convention, as National President of the American Medical Student Association . Dr. Hurley is a recent graduate of the Keck School of Medicine and Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California...
kicked a 42 yard field goal to get the Hawkeyes on the scoreboard at 23-3. Dave Barr threw a 34 yard touchdown pass to Uwaezuoke to take a 30-3 lead at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Barr added a 12 yard touchdown pass to Brian Remington as the final margin became 37-3.