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The Texas Bowl is a bowl game held in Houston, Texas since 2000. The bowl began as the Houston Bowl, and was played at the Astrodome its first two years before moving to Reliant Stadium. in 2005, the bowl ceased operations, but the rights to the game were purchased and it became the Texas Bowl in 2006. On paper, the two bowl games are separate, but are treated here as the same since the operation essentially continued uninterrupted. In 2011, Meineke Car Care, formerly the sponsor of the Queen City Bowl, took over sponsorship.

As the Houston Bowl, the game featured a matchup of Conference USA and Big 12 Conference teams, with Navy stepping in one year when CUSA couldn't fill their quota. As the Texas Bowl, there has not been a stable tie-in, as various conferences have signed series of one-year deals with the bowl.

Results

22 DEC 2005 Navy 51 Colorado State 30
19 DEC 2006 Texas Christian 37 Northern Illinois 7
20 DEC 2007 Utah 35 Navy 32
23 DEC 2008 Texas Christian 17 Boise State 16
23 DEC 2009 Utah 37 California 27
23 DEC 2010 San Diego State 35 Navy 14
21 DEC 2011 Texas Christian 31 Louisiana Tech 24