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As of the 2008 season, that would be the Texas Longhorns who have played the Crimson Tide in five bowl games: 1) 1948 Sugar Bowl - Texas 27, Alabama 7 2) 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl - Tie at 3-3 3) 1965 Orange Bowl - Texas 21, Alabama 17 4) 1973 Cotton Bowl - Texas 17, Alabama 13 5) 1982 Cotton Bowl - Texas 14, Alabama 12 Alabama is 0-4-1 against Texas in bowl games. Second most is 3 times against Penn State (Alabama is 2-1), Nebraska (Alabama is 2-1), and Michigan (Alabama is 1-2).
Through the 2008 season, Alabama's record in the Cotton Bowl is 3-4 with no ties. 1942: Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 1954: Rice 28, Alabama 6 1968: Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 1973: Texas 17, Alabama 13 1981: Alabama 30, Baylor 2 1982: Texas 14, Alabama 12 2006: Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10
Yes, Texas has missed going to a bowl. Here is their record in bowl games: http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-bowl-games.html Bowl Game Results • 1943 Cotton Bowl: #11 Texas 14, #5 Georgia Tech 7 • 1944 Cotton Bowl: #14 Texas 7, Randolph Field 7 • 1946 Cotton Bowl: #10 Texas 40, Missouri 27 • 1948 Sugar Bowl: #5 Texas 27, #6 Alabama 7 • 1949 Orange Bowl: Texas 41, #8 Georgia 28 • 1951 Cotton Bowl: #4 Tennessee 20, #3 Texas 14 • 1953 Cotton Bowl: #10 Texas 16, #8 Tennessee 0 • 1958 Sugar Bowl: #7 Mississippi 39, #11 Texas 7 • 1960 Cotton Bowl: #1 Syracuse 23, #4 Texas 14 • 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl: Texas 3, #9 Alabama 3 • 1962 Cotton Bowl: #3 Texas 12, #5 Mississippi 7 • 1963 Cotton Bowl: #7 LSU 13, #4 Texas 0 • 1964 Cotton Bowl: #1 Texas 28, #2 Navy 6 • 1965 Orange Bowl: #5 Texas 21, #1 Alabama 17 • 1966 Bluebonnet Bowl: Texas 19, Mississippi 0 • 1969 Cotton Bowl: #5 Texas 36, #8 Tennessee 13 • 1970 Cotton Bowl: #1 Texas 21, #9 Notre Dame 17 • 1971 Cotton Bowl: #6 Notre Dame 24, #1 Texas 11 • 1972 Cotton Bowl: #10 Penn State 30, #12 Texas 6 • 1973 Cotton Bowl: #7 Texas 17, #4 Alabama 13 • 1974 Cotton Bowl: #12 Nebraska 19, #8 Texas 3 • 1974 Gator Bowl: #6 Auburn 27, #11 Texas 3 • 1975 Bluebonnet Bowl: #9 Texas 38, #10 Colorado 21 • 1978 Cotton Bowl: #5 Notre Dame 38, #1 Texas 10 • 1978 Sun Bowl: #14 Texas 42, #13 Maryland 0 • 1979 Sun Bowl: #13 Washington 14, #11 Texas 7 • 1980 Bluebonnet Bowl: #13 North Carolina 16, Texas 7 • 1982 Cotton Bowl: #6 Texas 14, #3 Alabama 12 • 1982 Sun Bowl: North Carolina 26, #8 Texas 10 • 1984 Cotton Bowl: #7 Georgia 10, #2 Texas 9 • 1984 Freedom Bowl: Iowa 55, #19 Texas 17 • 1985 Bluebonnet Bowl: #11 Air Force 24, Texas 16 • 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl: Texas 32, Pittsburgh 27 • 1991 Cotton Bowl: #4 Miami, 46, #3 Texas 3 • 1994 Sun Bowl: Texas 35, #19 North Carolina 31 • 1995 Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech 28, #9 Texas 10 • 1997 Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State 38, #20 Texas 15 • 1999 Cotton Bowl: #20 Texas 38, #25 Mississippi State 11 • 2000 Cotton Bowl: #24 Arkansas 27, #14 Texas 6 • 2000 Holiday Bowl: #8 Oregon 35, #12 Texas 30 • 2001 Holiday Bowl: #9 Texas 47, #21 Washington 43 • 2003 Cotton Bowl: #9 Texas 35, LSU 20 • 2003 Holiday Bowl: #15 Washington State 28, #5 Texas 20 • 2005 Rose Bowl: #6 Texas 38, No. 13 Michigan 37 • 2006 Rose Bowl: #2 Texas 41, No. 1 USC 38 • 2006 Alamo Bowl: #18 Texas 26, Iowa 24 • 2007 Holiday Bowl: #17 Texas 52, #12 Arizona State 34
Texas and Alabama will meet for the ninth time in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. Since their first meeting in 1902, the Longhorns lead the series 7-0-1. The last time they met was the 1982 Cotton Bowl with Texas winning 14-12.Texas vs. Alabama Game History1902: Texas 10, Alabama 01915: Texas 20, Alabama 01922: Texas 19, Alabama 101947: Texas 27, Alabama 71960: Texas 3, Alabama 31964: Texas 21, Alabama 171972: Texas 17, Alabama 131981: Texas 14, Alabama 12
For the 2005 season which was played on Jan. 2, 2006, Alabama defeated Texas Tech 13-10 with a field goal as time expired. For the 2004 season which was played on Jan. 1, 2005, Tennessee beat Texas A&M 38-7.
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Prior to the 2009 season, Alabama and Texas have met 8 times with Texas leading the series, 7-0-1. Their last meeting was in the 1982 Cotton Bowl, won by Texas 14-12. The tie was in the 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl.
Alabama won the 1941 Cotton Bowl scoring 29 to Texas A&M's 21. I know this because my father-in-law played end for Alabama. But just in case here's a website. http://sports.tamu.edu/statsYBY.php?SID=MFB&pageID=998
Once, in the 1968 Cotton Bowl. Texas A&M won 20-16.
2005 SBC Cotton Bowl - 2005 TV was released on: USA: 1 January 2005
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