2002 Alamo Bowl
Year game played2002
Title sponsorMasterCard
Game nameAlamo Bowl
Football season2002
Visitor name shortColorado
Visitor nicknameBuffaloes
Visitor schoolUniversity of Colorado
Home name shortWisconsin
Home nicknameBadgers
Home schoolUniversity of Wisconsin
Visitor record9–4
Visitor conferenceBig 12
Home record7–6
Home conferenceBig Ten
Visitor coachGary Barnett
Home coachBarry Alvarez
Visitor rank ap14
Visitor rank coaches14
Visitor rank bcs13
Visitor 1q14
Visitor 2q0
Visitor 3q14
Visitor 4q0
Visitor ot0
Home 1q7
Home 2q14
Home 3q0
Home 4q7
Home ot3
Date game playedDecember 28
StadiumAlamodome
CitySan Antonio, Texas
OddsColorado by 7
RefereeTerry Brown (SEC)
Us networkESPN
Us announcersRon Franklin, Mike Gottfried
and Adrian Karsten

The 2002 Alamo Bowl featured the Colorado Buffaloes and the Wisconsin Badgers.

Colorado got on the board first, following a 91-yard interception return by Colorado cornerback Donald Strickland. Anthony Davis scored Wisconsin's first points, as he rushed 7 yards for a touchdown, to tie the game at 7. Colorado quarterback Robert Hodge threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver D. J. Hackett, to give Colorado a 14–7 lead.

Brooks Bollinger connected with wide receiver Brandon Williams for a 10-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 14. He later threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Darrin Charles to give Wisconsin a 21–14 lead, that held during halftime. Chris Brown rushed four yards for a touchdown in the third quarter, to tie the game at 21.

Zac Colvin threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Hackett to give Colorado a 28–21 lead. In the fourth quarter, Bollinger rushed one yard for a touchdown to tie the game at 28 in the final minute. The game headed into overtime, where the Wisconsin defense pushed Colorado backward, forcing them to take a 45-yard FG, which missed wide right. Wisconsin then just needed to stay in FG range, and Mike Allen kicked a 37-yard field goal to win the game for Wisconsin, 31–28.[1]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I College Football - Colorado vs. Wisconsin". USA Today. December 28, 2002. Retrieved September 10, 2015.