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The 2012 TicketCity Bowl, the second edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, as one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.
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| Date | January 2, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Case Keenum (QB, Houston)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Houston by 6[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Maconaghy (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 46,817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.2 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play) Danny Kanell (Analyst) Lisa Salters (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The game, which was telecast at 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPNU, featured the Houston Cougars from Conference USA versus the Penn State Nittany Lions from the Big Ten Conference. The Houston Cougars won, 30–14.
The 2012 TicketCity Bowl marked the head coaching debut of Tony Levine, and the last college game of quarterback Case Keenum.
References
edit- ^ Musselman, Ron (January 3, 2012). "Cougars' Keenum scorches Lions". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D1. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
External links
edit- Game summary at ESPN
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