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2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

Field	Value
game_name	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
subheader	5th Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
title_sponsor
date_game_played	December 21
year_game_played	2012
football_season	2012
stadium	Tropicana Field
city	St. Petersburg, Florida
visitor_school	Ball State University
visitor_name_short	Ball State
visitor_nickname	Cardinals
visitor_record	9–3
visitor_coach	Pete Lembo
visitor_conference	MAC
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	3
visitor_4q	7
home_school	University of Central Florida
home_name_short	UCF
home_nickname	Knights
home_record	9–4
home_coach	George O'Leary
home_conference	C-USA
home_1q	13
home_2q	15
home_3q	7
home_4q	3
odds	UCF by 7
MVP	Blake Bortles
referee	Tony Backert (Sun Belt)
attendance	21,759
payout	1 million per team
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers	Dave Neal (Play by Play)
Desmond Howard (Analyst)
Andre Ware (Analyst)
Cara Capuano (Sidelines)

Desmond Howard (Analyst) Andre Ware (Analyst) Cara Capuano (Sidelines)

The 2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, the fifth edition of the game formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 21, 2012 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, broadcast at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the UCF Knights from Conference USA and Ball State Cardinals from the Mid-American Conference. It was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Knights advanced to the game after losing to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the Conference USA Championship Game.

Teams

Since the game's inception in 2008, the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl has had its current setup with a team from Conference USA playing a team from the Big East Conference. Ball State was chosen as a replacement for the potential Big East team, because the conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a representative to St. Petersburg.

This was the fourth meeting between these two teams. The all-time record is tied 2-2. The last time they played was in 2004, when UCF was with Ball State in the MAC (UCF was a football-only member of the MAC).

UCF

Initially, the Knights were ineligible for the postseason because of recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble. Almost immediately afterwards, the university appealed; because its hearing was delayed until 2013, the Knights were bowl-eligible for 2012. Finishing as C-USA East Division Champions with a 7–1 conference record, the Knights would go on to the Conference USA Championship Game for the fourth time in eight years. After losing to Tulsa 33–27 in overtime, the Knights advanced to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl per the C-USA's bowl contingency plan.

This was the Knights' second Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, they had previously played in the 2009 game, losing to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights by a score of 45–24. It was also the Knights' final game as a member of Conference USA before they move to the American Athletic Conference in 2013.

Ball State

Ball State entered the game with 9–3 record, losing only to Clemson, Kent State and BCS-buster Northern Illinois. It was the Cardinals first bowl game since the 2009 GMAC Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

Statistics	BALL	UCF
First downs	22	29
Total offense, plays - yards	59-286	74-495
Rushes-yards (net)	24-68	42-224
Passing yards (net)	218	271
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	22-35-0	22-32-0
Time of Possession	24:26	35:34

Source:

References

Bowl Schedule, ''Los Angeles Times'', December 4, 2012
"NCAA adds 1-year postseason bans to UCF penalties". WESH-TV Orlando.
(August 15, 2012). "UCF asks NCAA for expedited appeal". ESPN.
(November 26, 2012). "C-USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan". Conference USA.
(December 7, 2011). "It's Official! UCF Joins BIG EAST Conference". University of Central Florida.
"Scoring Summary (Final) 2012 UCF Football Ball State vs UCF (Dec 21, 2012 at St. Petersburg)". Gasparilla Bowl.

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