Texas vs. The Nation Game

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The Texas vs. The Nation Game is a post-season college football all-star game that was established in 2006 as part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The format of the game pits a team of top-rated college seniors who played college or high school football in Texas against a squad of top-rated seniors from the rest of the nation. Seniors rated in the top 15 at their position by the NFL are eligible to play in the game.

The game is held in El Paso, at the Sun Bowl Stadium. The first occurrence of the game was held on February 2, 2007 to conclude the college football season, and was broadcast on CSTV. UTEP coach Mike Price led the Texas team and Buddy Ryan, former coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, led the national squad.[1]

The game is sponsored in part by Don't Mess with Texas, the anti-litter campaign of the Texas Department of Transportation.

In 2007, the first playing of the game, Baylor University's Paul Mosley scored two touchdowns for the Texas team.

[edit] Past game results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team
February 2, 2007	The Nation 24		Texas 20

[edit] See also

List of college bowl games

[edit] External links

• Official Texas vs. the Nation Website

2006-07 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season
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All-Star Games: North-South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) • Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) • Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 15) • East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) • Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) • Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)