Texas Bowl

Texas Bowl
Stadium	NRG Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
Operated	2006–present
Conference tie-ins	Big 12, SEC
Previous conference tie-ins	Big East/C-USA/MWC (alternating years) (2006–2009) Big Ten (2010–2013)
Payout	US$6.4 million (2019)[1]
Preceded by	Houston Bowl
Sponsors
Meineke Car Care (2011–2012) AdvoCare (2014–2016) Academy Sports + Outdoors (2017–2019) Mercari (2020) TaxAct (2021–2023)
Former names
Texas Bowl (2006–2010) Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (2011–2012) Texas Bowl (2013) AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (2014–2016) Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (2017–2019) Mercari Texas Bowl (2020, game canceled) TaxAct Texas Bowl (2021–2023)
2023 matchup
Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M (Oklahoma State 31–23)
2024 matchup
(December 31, 2024)

The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas. Each edition of the bowl has been played at NRG Stadium, previously known as Reliant Stadium. The bowl replaced the defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005, and before that the Bluebonnet Bowl, the first bowl game in Houston, played from 1959 through 1987.