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2012 Pinstripe Bowl

Field	Value
game_name	Pinstripe Bowl
title_sponsor	New Era
date_game_played	December 29
year_game_played	2012
football_season	2012
stadium	Yankee Stadium
city	Bronx, New York
visitor_school	West Virginia University
visitor_name_short	West Virginia
visitor_nickname	Mountaineers
visitor_record	7–5
visitor_coach	Dana Holgorsen
visitor_conference	Big 12
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	7
visitor_4q	0
home_school	Syracuse University
home_name_short	Syracuse
home_nickname	Orange
home_record	7–5
home_coach	Doug Marrone
home_conference	Big East
home_1q	3
home_2q	9
home_3q	23
home_4q	3
odds	Off
MVP	Prince-Tyson Gulley
referee	Jay Stricherz (Pac-12)
attendance	39,098
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers	Chris Fowler (play-by-play)
Jesse Palmer (analyst)
Tom Rinaldi (sidelines)

Jesse Palmer (analyst) Tom Rinaldi (sidelines)

The 2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx in the United States. The third edition of the Pinstripe Bowl began at 3:15 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It featured the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference against the Big East Conference co-champion Syracuse Orange and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Both the Orange and the Mountaineers advanced to the game after accomplishing 7–5 records in the regular season.

The Mountaineers and the Orange had a notable continuous rivalry from 1955 until 2011. This included the years in the Big East Conference, which was established in 1979. The winner of the game was awarded the Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy from its establishment in 1993. That trophy was not on the line in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Teams

This was the sixtieth meeting between these two teams. Syracuse leads the all-time record 33–27. The last time they played was in 2011.

West Virginia

The Mountaineers' first season as a member of the Big 12 started out smoothly, cruising to a 5–0 start and a #4 ranking. However, the Mountaineers would later receive a serious reality check in the form of a five-game losing streak. However, after winning their final two games of the season over the Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas Jayhawks, the Mountaineers would rebound to a 4–5 conference record.

Syracuse

With a 5–2 conference record the Orange became one of four Big East co-champions along with the Louisville Cardinals, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and Cincinnati Bearcats.

This was the Orange's second Pinstripe Bowl; in the inaugural 2010 game they had defeated the Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 36–34 after a controversial excessive celebration call led to the Wildcats missing what would have been the game-tying two-point conversion. It was also the Orange's final game as a member of the Big East before they joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. This was the Mountaineers' first appearance in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Game summary

Box score

Statistics

Statistics	WVU	SYR
First downs	15	28
Total yards	304	507
Rushes-Yards	30–103	65–369
Passing yards (net)	201	138
Cmp-Att-TD-INT	19–28–2–0	12–24–2–1
Penalties-Yards	11–116	5–57
Time of Possession	23:37	35:48

Notes

Syracuse converted the first safety in Pinstripe Bowl history.
Syracuse and West Virginia had previously met annually since 1955 when West Virginia was a member of the Big East. The two teams played for the Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy. The victory gave Syracuse an all-time series lead of 33–27.
Game was played in heavy snowfall.

References

Bowl Schedule, ''Los Angeles Times'', December 4, 2012
(December 2, 2012). "Syracuse Accepts Bid to New Era Pinstripe Bowl". Pinstripe Bowl.
(December 2, 2012). "West Virginia Accepts Bid to New Era Pinstripe Bowl". Pinstripe Bowl.

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