1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl

The 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the inaugural edition of the Mobile Alabama Bowl (which has subsequently gone though several name changes). It was played on December 22, 1999, and featured the 8–3 East Carolina Pirates (Coaches/ESPN No. 20) of Conference USA, and the 7–4 TCU Horned Frogs of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The game was played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl
TCU Horned Frogs East Carolina Pirates
(7–4) (9–2)
WAC C-USA
28 14
Head coach: 
Dennis Franchione		 Head coach: 
Steve Logan
APCoachesBCS
2019NR
1234 Total
TCU 71407 28
East Carolina 7070 14
DateDecember 22, 1999
Season1999
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPTCU QB Casey Printers
Attendance34,200
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersRich Waltz (Play by Play)
Rod Gilmore (Analyst)
Don McPherson (Sideline)

Game recap

East Carolina opened the scoring with a 58-yard touchdown pass from quarterback David Garrard to wide receiver Arnie Powell. TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7 after one quarter. Casey Printers threw a 21-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, and the Horned Frogs took a 14–7 lead. Tomlinson, who had 124 yards rushing in the game, scored on a 3-yard touchdown run before halftime, to give TCU a 21-7 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Jamie Wilson scored on a 13-yard touchdown run to bring East Carolina within a touchdown. Russell Gary scored on an interception return to give TCU a 28–14 lead. TCU, which alternated between the quarterbacks Casey and Patrick Batteaux, made it impossible for the Pirates to adjust to the variance of play styles between the drop back passer Printers and the option running Batteaux. The Frogs defense shut down the Pirates' running game, holding them to minus-16 yards. TCU held on to that lead to win the game by that margin.[1]

References
  1. "TCU wins Mobile Alabama Bowl". The News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. AP. December 23, 1999. p. 32. Retrieved November 19, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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