Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team have found out their bowl game fate.
The Buffaloes have been chosen to play in the Valero Alamo Bowl against Big 12 opponent BYU. It’s a matchup of two Big 12 teams because Colorado is still tied into Pac-12 bowls through the 2025 season.
Thanks, conference realignment.
Colorado will be the home team for the game that kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 5:30 p.m. MT/7:30 p.m. ET. The Alamo Bowl will be televised on ABC and will take place at the Alamodome located in downtown San Antonio, Texas.
It will be the final collegiate game of a handful of Colorado football players, including Shedeur Sanders (Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year) and Travis Hunter (Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year), who are both expected to be top-five NFL draft picks in 2025.
What to know about Colorado football vs. BYU
Colorado (9-3 overall) and BYU (10-2 overall) both finished the regular season tied for first place in the Big 12 at 7-2. Tiebreakers cost them a chance at appearing in the conference championship game.
The Buffs have won five of their last six games and the Cougars have lost two of their last three.
This is the first meeting of Colorado and BYU on the gridiron since 1988 (Freedom Bowl). The two programs have met 12 times and Colorado leads the all-time series 8-3-1.
Colorado has the No. 3 scoring offense in the Big 12 (34.5 points per game).
BYU has the No. 1 scoring defense in the Big 12 (20.1 points allowed per game).
BYU has the No. 6 scoring offense in the Big 12 (30.8 points per game).
Colorado has the No. 6 scoring defense in the Big 12 (22.0 points allowed per game).
Colorado has the No. 1 passing offense in the Big 12 (327.2 passing yards per game).
BYU has the No. 2 passing defense in the Big 12 (180.3 passing yards allowed per game).
BYU has the No. 8 passing offense in the Big 12 (238.0 passing yards per game).
Colorado has the No. 6 passing defense in the Big 12 (204.7 passing yards allowed per game).
The Colorado football program hasn’t won a bowl game since the 2004 Houston Bowl vs. UTEP. It’s the Buffs’ first bowl game appearance since 2020 (Alamo Bowl vs. Texas).
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