2017 Texas Bowl To Host Longhorns, Mizzou

HOUSTON, TX — The Texas Longhorns are coming back to Houston, and once again it's for the Texas Bowl. The Longhorns (6-6) will face the Missouri Tigers (7-5) in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl on Dec. 27 at NRG Stadium. The game will have an 8 p.m. kickoff on ESPN.

Texas last played the Texas Bowl in 2014 at the conclusion of then-coach Charlie Strong's first season on The 40 Acres. After losing seasons in 2015 and 2016, Texas fired Strong and hired away Tom Herman from the University of Houston, who brings the Horns back to their first bowl game in three years in his first season.

Texas lost to Arkansas, 31-7, in that 2014 game.

Missouri, which was once a Big 12 foe against Texas, went 4-4 in the SEC East this year, finishing above Florida, Vanderbilt and Tennessee in that division. The Tigers started the season 1-5 before finishing with six-consectuive wins.

Tickets for the game start at $35 each in the nose-bleed seats and go as high as $600 apiece on vividseats.com.

Here is a full lineup of all Division I Bowl Games.

Fans of the Texas Longhorns show their support during the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)