2011 Armed Forces Bowl

2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
BYU Cougars Tulsa Golden Hurricane (9–3) (8–4) Independent C-USA 24 21 Head coach:  Bronco Mendenhall Head coach:  Bill Blankenship
1 2 3 4 Total BYU 3 7 7 7 24 Tulsa 7 7 0 7 21
Date	December 30, 2011
Season	2011
Stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Location	University Park, Texas
MVP	Cody Hoffman BYU WR (Offense) Dexter McCoil Tulsa DB (Defense)
Favorite	Brigham Young by 2
Referee	Shawn Smith (MAC)
Attendance	30,258
Payout	US$750,000 per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Dave Neal (Play-by-Play) Andre Ware (Analyst) Cara Capuano (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	1.43

The 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, the ninth edition of the game was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 30, 2011, at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of SMU in University Park, Texas, as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, telecasted at 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPN, featured Tulsa versus BYU. BYU won the game by a score of 24–21.

This was the second and final year that the bowl was held at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. In 2012, the bowl returned to Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of TCU after the completion of a renovation of the stadium.

Teams

BYU

See also: 2011 BYU Cougars football team

Tulsa

See also: 2011 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU Tulsa 1 9:51 11 76 5:09 TUL Ricky Johnson 8-yard touchdown reception from G. J. Kinne, Kevin Fitzpatrick kick good 0 7 1 0:17 6 26 3:16 BYU 35-yard field goal by Justin Sorensen 3 7 2 8:45 4 86 1:16 TUL Clay Sears 14-yard touchdown reception from Kinne, Fitzpatrick kick good 3 14 2 0:12 1 17 0:13 BYU Cody Hoffman 17-yard touchdown reception from Riley Nelson, Sorensen kick good 10 14 3 1:41 9 71 3:47 BYU Hoffman 30-yard touchdown reception from Nelson, Sorensen kick good 17 14 4 10:42 9 58 2:14 TUL Bryan Burnham 30-yard touchdown reception from Kinne, Fitzpatrick kick good 17 21 4 0:11 12 48 4:07 BYU Hoffman 2-yard touchdown reception from Nelson, Sorensen kick good 24 21 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 21

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