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2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (December)

Field	Value
game_name	Fight Hunger Bowl
title_sponsor	Kraft
date_game_played	December 31
year_game_played	2011
football_season	2011
stadium	AT&T Park
city	San Francisco, California
visitor_name_short	Illinois
visitor_nickname	Fighting Illini
visitor_record	6–6
visitor_coach	Vic Koenning
(interim)
visitor_conference	Big Ten
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	3
visitor_3q	7
visitor_4q	10
home_name_short	UCLA
home_nickname	Bruins
home_record	6–7
home_coach	Mike Johnson
(interim)
home_conference	Pac-12
home_1q	0
home_2q	7
home_3q	0
home_4q	7
odds	Illinois by 2½
MVP	Terry Hawthorne (Defensive)
Nathan Scheelhaase (Offensive)
referee	Jeff Hilyer (Sun Belt)
attendance	29,878
payout	750,000–825,000 per team
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers	Carter Blackburn (Play-by-Play)
Brock Huard (Analyst)
Shelley Smith (Sidelines)
ratings	2.3
different_previous	[2011 (Jan)](2011-kraft-fight-hunger-bowl-january)
different_next	[2012](2012-kraft-fight-hunger-bowl)

(interim) (interim) Nathan Scheelhaase (Offensive) Brock Huard (Analyst) Shelley Smith (Sidelines)

The 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, the 10th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 31, 2011 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, which was telecast at 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on ESPN, featured the UCLA Bruins (6–7) versus the Illinois Fighting Illini (6–6). The Bruins, with a losing record, were granted a waiver to play in a bowl game by the NCAA after the Pac-12 conference did not have enough eligible teams to fill its bowl commitments. Both teams fired their head coaches that season after .500 regular season records.UCLA was 6–6 in the regular season before losing in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Mike Johnson, who replaced Rick Neuheisel, is the interim coach for UCLA. The Fighting Illini were led by interim coach Vic Koenning while their newly hired head coach Tim Beckman, who replaced Ron Zook, was on the sidelines. UCLA lost and finished the season with a losing record (6–8).

Teams

Since 1946, the two universities had met 11 times with three previous meetings in a bowl game (1947 Rose Bowl, 1984 Rose Bowl and 1991 Hancock Bowl). UCLA held a 6–5 edge over Illinois, including winning the last four games. The last game prior to this one was in 2004, when UCLA defeated Illinois 35–17.

Illinois

Illinois featured a pro style offense and a multiple defense. Jason Ford (155-600 yards, 7 TDs) and Nathan Scheelhaase (169-514 yards, 6 TDs) were the top rushers. Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase had completed 166 of 261 passes for 1,971 yards, and 12 TDs coming into this game with receiver A.J. Jenkins (84-1, 196 yards, 7 TDs) as his target. Defensively, the team was led by Jonathan Brown (102 tackles), Whitney Mercilus (14.5 sacks, -95 yards) and Trulon Henry (2 interceptions, 27 yards, 1 TD) and Terry Hawthorne (2 interceptions).

UCLA

UCLA came into the game with its Pistol offense which allowed Johnathan Franklin to run for 947 yards, 5 TDs; quarterback Kevin Prince to pass 112 times for 1,627 yards and 10 TDs; Nelson Rasario to catch for 61 passes for 1,106 yards, 4 TDs. The Bruins' 4-3 defense was led by Pat Larimore (81 tackles), Datone Jones (3.0 sacks, 7 yards) and Andrew Abbott (4 interceptions, 37 yards).

Scoring summary

First quarter scoring: No score

Second quarter scoring: UCLA – Taylor Embree 16-yard pass from Kevin Prince (Tyler Gonzalez kick); ILL – Derek Dimke 36-yard field goal

Third quarter scoring: ILL – T. Hawthorne 39-yard interception return (Dimke kick)

Fourth quarter scoring: ILL – Dimke 37-yard field goal; ILL – A. J. Jenkins 60-yard pass from N. Scheelhaase (Dimke kick); UCLA – Nelson Rosario 38-yard pass from Prince (Gonzalez kick),

Notes

References

"Odds". foxsports.com.
[http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113011aaa.html UCLA Bowl Waiver Approved By NCAA ], ''UCLABruins.com'', November 30, 2011 {{Webarchive. link. (January 5, 2013)
Foster, Chris. (December 2, 2011). "Oregon-UCLA is not ideal matchup for first Pac-12 title game". Los Angeles Times.
Foster, Chris. (November 26, 2011). "Rick Neuheisel expected to be fired after playoff game". Los Angeles Times.
"Bowl Overview". ESPN.com.

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