A Look at the Armed Forces Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 13:57
- The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is played in Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
- It was inaugurated in 2003 as the Fort Worth Bowl under corporate sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank.
- In 2006, Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter Textron took over sponsorship.
- The game features a team from Mountain West Conference. The bowl's partnership with the Big 12 Conference ended with the 2005 season; in 2006, the game featured a team from Conference USA against a team from the MWC, with C-USA returning in 2008. The Pac-10 would send its 6th place team to play the MWC in 2007 pending the team's bowl eligibility. The Pac-10 tie-in is also in effect in 2009.
- Results:
- December 23, 2003 Boise State 34 TCU 31
- December 23, 2004 Cincinnati 32 Marshall 14
- December 23, 2005 Kansas 42 Houston 13
- December 23, 2006 Utah 25 Tulsa 13
- December 31, 2007 California 42 Air Force 36
- December 31, 2008 Houston 34 Air Force 28
- December 31, 2009 Air Force vs. Houston
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