The 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl

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 was an American college football

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 bowl game

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. It was part of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season

1999 NCAA Division I-A football season

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, and was the inaugural edition to the game (which was later renamed the GMAC Bowl). 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

1999 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 1999 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 1999 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 8-4 and 5-2 in conference to share the Western Athletic Conference championship with Hawai'i and Fresno State. The team was coached by Dennis...

 of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile.

East Carolina opened the scoring with a 58 yard touchdown pass from quarterback David Garrard

David Garrard

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 to wide receiver Arnie Powell. TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson

LaDainian Tomlinson

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 scored on a 2 yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7 after 1 quarter. Casey Printers

Casey Printers

Casey J. Printers was a professional American football and Canadian football player. He played college football at Texas Christian University from 1999 to 2001, leading his team to three straight bowl games, before transferring to Florida A&M for his senior year...

 fired a 21 yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, and the Horned Frogs took a 14-7 lead. LaDainian Tomlinson (124 yards rushing) scored on a 3 yard touchdown run before halftime, to give TCU a 21-7 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Jamie Wilson

Jamie Wilson

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 scored on a 13 yard touchdown run to bring East Carolina to 21-14. Russell Gary

Russell Gary

Russell Craig Gary was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Nebraska....

scored on an interception return to give TCU a 28-14 lead. TCU, which alternated between the quarterbacks Casey Printers 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 completely 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, and TCU was the champion of the first ever Mobile Alabama Bowl.

External links

• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores99/99356/99356381.htm
• http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/23/sports/football-mobile-alabama-bowl-another-bowl-upset-for-texas-christian.html