The 1999 Texas Bowl was the 71st annual instance of the bowl in Dallas, TX. The 1999 game was also the national championship for the 1998-99 college football season, pitting the No. 1 Texas Longhorns against the No. 2 Nova Scotia Sea Lions. The Longhorns won 45-3 in one of the biggest national title game routs in history and took home their first national championship since 1981, and their first title under coach Dick Vermeil. The game set a Texas Bowl single-game passing record by Texas quarterback Chris Klein and also the largest margin of victory (42 points) in Texas Bowl history.
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