1994 Alamo Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 1994

| title_sponsor = Builders Square

| game_name = Alamo Bowl

| subheader = Second edition

| football_season = 1994

| visitor_name_short = Washington State

| visitor_nickname = Cougars

| visitor_school = Washington State University

| home_name_short = Baylor

| home_nickname = Bears

| home_school = Baylor University

| visitor_record = 7–4

| visitor_conference = Pacific-10

| home_record = 7–4

| home_conference = Southwest

| visitor_coach = Mike Price

| home_coach = Chuck Reedy

| visitor_rank_AP = 24

| visitor_rank_coaches = 23

| visitor_rank_bowlcoalition = 25

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 3

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 0

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 3

| home_4q = 0

| date_game_played = December 31

| stadium = Alamodome

| city = San Antonio, Texas

| odds = Washington State
by 5 points{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yxZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jQoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948%2C5663305 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Today's odds: College football|date=December 31, 1994 |page=C6}}

| referee = Terry Turlington (Big Eight)

| attendance = 44,106

| us_network = ESPN

}}

The 1994 Alamo Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game and featured the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Baylor Bears of the Southwest Conference. Part of the 1994–95 bowl schedule, it was played on New Year's Eve at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LMUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2895%2C3824337 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Miedema |first=Laurence |title=Waiting is over: WSU is ready for the Alamo |date=December 31, 1994 |page=1D}}

Held on Saturday night, it was televised by ESPN and kicked off shortly after 7 p.m. CST. Washington State had the nation's second-ranked defense, and held Baylor to 151 yards of total offense.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QUlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C258217 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Cougs win Alamo Bowl with defense |date=January 1, 1995 |page=3F}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YrsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1828%2C83393|work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Miedema |first=Laurence |title=Defense does it again for Cougars |date=January 2, 1995 |page=1C}}

The Cougars scored in the first quarter on a one-yard run by halfback Kevin Hicks to take a 7–0 lead. With under two minutes left in the first half, Tony Truant kicked a 37-yard field goal to put WSU up by ten at halftime. Late in the third quarter, Baylor scored its only points of the game on a 36-yard field goal by Jarvis Van Dyke, who had missed twice in the second quarter. Washington State was held scoreless in the second half, but won 10–3; they improved to 8–4 and climbed to #21 in the final AP poll

Baylor's next bowl appearance was sixteen years later in 2010.