NCAA.com | December 27, 2013 History: Texas Bowl Share The Texas Bowl, originally the Meineke Car Care Bowl, is the third bowl game to be held in Houston. The first, the Bluebonnet Bowl, was played from 1959 through 1987. The second, the Houston Bowl, was played from 2000-05.After 2005, the Houston Bowl lost its title sponsor and had debt piling up. The NCAA and Lone Star Sports & Entertainment, a section within the Houston Texans of the NFL, took over game management and renamed it the Texas Bowl.Memorable moments• In 2008, Rice got its first bowl win since the 1954 Cotton Bowl when it defeated Western Michigan 38-14.• Baylor ended a 14-year bowl drought in 2010 -- but ran into a buzzsaw named Mikl Leshoure, who ran for 184 yards and three touchdowns while setting five school records as Illinois earned its first bowl victory since 1999, beating Baylor 38-14.TEXAS BOWL RESULTSYEARWINNERSCORELOSERSCORE2006Rutgers37Kansas State102007TCU20Houston132008Rice38Western Michigan142009Navy35Missouri132010Illinois38Baylor142011Texas A&M33Northwestern222012Texas Tech34Minnesota312013Syracuse21Minnesota17 College football rankings: Penn State, BYU climb, UCLA falls in AP Top 25 poll for Week 4 Here's everything you need to know about the latest AP Top 25 poll from Sept. 19, 2021. READ MORE College football rankings: Top 25 scores, schedule for Week 4 It's Week 4 of the 2021 college football season. Here's a look at the Week 4 Top 25 schedule and scores, with Notre Dame playing Wisconsin in Chicago and Texas A&M facing Arkansas in two ranked showdowns. READ MORE College football: TV schedule and game times Here are the college football TV schedules for every week and game times for the 2021 season. READ MORE