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2012 Armed Forces Bowl

American college football game

Field	Value
game_name	Armed Forces Bowl
title_sponsor	Bell Helicopter
image	ArmedForcesBowlX.PNG
caption	Armed Forces Bowl logo
date_game_played	December 29
year_game_played	2012
football_season	2012
stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
city	Fort Worth, Texas
visitor_school	Rice University
visitor_name_short	Rice
visitor_nickname	Owls
visitor_record	6-6
visitor_conference	C-USA
visitor_coach	David Bailiff
visitor_1q	7
visitor_2q	0
visitor_3q	7
visitor_4q	19
home_school	United States Air Force Academy
home_name_short	Air Force
home_nickname	Falcons
home_record	6-6
home_conference	Mountain West
home_coach	Troy Calhoun
home_1q	0
home_2q	14
home_3q	0
home_4q	0
odds	Pick
referee	Matt Loeffler (SEC)
attendance	40,754
payout	1,200,000
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers	Beth Mowins (Play-by-Play)
Joey Galloway (Analyst)
Lewis Johnson (Sidelines)

Joey Galloway (Analyst) Lewis Johnson (Sidelines)

The 2012 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States. The tenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl began at 10:45 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Rice Owls from Conference USA against the Air Force Falcons from the Mountain West Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Falcons accepted their invitation after earning a 6–5 record in their first eleven games of the season, while the Owls advanced to the game per C-USA's bowl contingency plan after earning a 6-6 record.

This also marked the bowl's return to Amon G. Carter Stadium after a two-year absence because of renovations to the stadium. For 2010 and 2011, the game was held at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU).

Teams

This was the seventh meeting between these two teams. Air Force leads the all-time record 7-2. The last time they played prior to this meeting was in 1998, when both schools were in the Western Athletic Conference (then a 16-team conference, now a non-football conference).

Rice

In a program not particularly known for football success, the Owls' season had an inauspicious start (2-6). Despite being one loss away from postseason ineligibility, Rice rallied to end the regular season at 6-6. Per Conference USA's contingency plan, the Owls were assigned the Armed Forces Bowl.

This will be the Owls' first Armed Forces Bowl.

Air Force

The Falcons' season thus far has been one of struggle; despite losing to both the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen, the Falcons still managed a respectable 5-2 record in the Mountain West Conference. After defeating the Hawaii Warriors to bring their season record to 6–5, the Falcons accepted the third invitation of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season to the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl.

This will be the Falcons' fourth Armed Forces bowl; they had previously played in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 games against the California Golden Bears and twice against the Houston Cougars, respectively. Although the Falcons lost to the Golden Bears in 2007 and the Cougars in 2008, they would rally to beat the same Cougars in the 2009 game, compiling an overall Armed Forces Bowl record of 1-2.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

Statistics
First downs
Total offense, plays - yards
Rushes-yards (net)
Passing yards (net)
Passes, Comp-Att-Int
Time of Possession

References

Bowl Schedule, ''Los Angeles Times'', December 4, 2012
"2012 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl". Stat Broadcast.
(2012). "Frequently Asked Questions". [[Armed Forces Bowl]].
(November 26, 2012). "C-USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan". Conference USA.
"Air Force Continues Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Tradition". [[Armed Forces Bowl]].

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