[3] The attendance for the game was 65,875, which established a new record for the most people to gather in San Antonio to view a sporting event.

He played against Texas A&M the following game, and final week of the regular season, and was injured after a controversial hit by Aggie defensive tackle Kellen Heard.

[17] Also, on November 29 the Austin American-Statesman cited unnamed sources saying back-up quarterback Jevan Snead would transfer from Texas and that his availability for the upcoming bowl game was also uncertain.

[19] On December 3, Texas officially accepted a bid to play in the Alamo Bowl against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, who finished the regular season at 6–6 overall and in eighth place in the Big 10.

[22] The next year Iowa made it to the Rose Bowl, and Long finished second to Bo Jackson in the voting for the Heisman Trophy.

[24] It was the fourth time for Iowa to play in the Alamo Bowl,[24] with their most recent appearance being a 19–16 victory over Texas Tech in 2001.

[25] The Hawkeyes were led on the field by quarterback Drew Tate, who ranks second behind Chuck Long in most major school passing categories.

In his senior season at Iowa (prior to the bowl), Tate had completed 58 percent of his passes for 2,349 yards and 16 touchdowns with 12 interceptions.

[27] In the Hawkeyes' final regular-season game November 18, 2006, Drew Tate completed 26 of 36 passes for 354 yards and two touchdowns, but he also lost a fumble and threw three interceptions in a 34–24 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The time off allowed for the return of starting cornerback Adam Shada and defensive end Kenny Iwebema after both missed most of the second half of the season.

[3] The actual attendance for the game was 65,875, which established a new record for the most people to gather in San Antonio to view a sporting event.

[29] Texas was able to get some points on the board when walk-on placekicker Ryan Bailey made a 27-yard field goal to make the score 14–3 at the end of the first quarter.

[29] In the second quarter, Tate threw an apparent touchdown pass to tight end Scott Chandler.

On the next play, Tate again tried to find Chandler in the end zone but instead threw an interception to UT defensive back Aaron Ross.

Later in the third quarter, McCoy threw a rarely used wheel route to running back Jamaal Charles, who ran 72 yards for a touchdown to give the Longhorns their first lead of the game at 20–14.

[29] Iowa drove into Texas territory but settled for a Kyle Schlicher field goal to make the score 26–24 with 6:20 left on the game clock.

[30] Texas, assisted by an 11-yard end-around run by flanker Billy Pitman, used all but 10 seconds of the game clock before punting to Iowa.