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About the EV1.net Houston Bowl
The Houston Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually in Houston, Texas, since 2000. Initially played at the Reliant Astrodome (2000-2001), the venue for the games was moved to 69,500-seat Reliant Stadium in 2002.
The game was formerly known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl from 2000 to 2001 and is now known as the EV1.net Houston Bowl.
Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas is the home base for the Houston Texans, a professional NFL football team. It served as the host facility for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004. The game saw the New England Patriots defeat the Carolina Panthers, 32-29, but the game was overshadowed by the controversial Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show.
Reliant Stadium is the first stadium in the NFL to have a retractable roof. The first game played was on August 24, 2002, as the Texans played the Miami Dolphins in their first preseason game. The first regular season game was played on September 8 of that year, where Texans defeated the Dallas Cowboys in a surprise upset.
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