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2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl

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Arkansas State Red Wolves	Northern Illinois Huskies
(10–2)	(10–3)
Sun Belt	MAC
20	38
Head coach: David Gunn (interim)	Head coach: Dave Doeren

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas State	13	0	0	7	20
Northern Illinois	7	14	7	10	38

Date

January 8, 2012

Season

2011

Stadium

Ladd–Peebles Stadium

Location

Mobile, Alabama

MVP

QB Chandler Harnish, NIU

Favorite

Arkansas State by 1^[1]

Referee

Tom McCreesh (ACC)

Attendance

38,734

Payout

US$750,000

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN

Announcers

Clay Matvick (play-by-play)
Danny Kanell (analyst)
Cara Capuano (sidelines)

Nielsen ratings

1.24

GoDaddy.com Bowl
< 2011	2013 >

The 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl the thirteenth edition of the GoDaddy.com Bowl, an American college football bowl game. Part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, it took place on January 8, 2012, at Ladd–Peebles StadiuminMobile, Alabama. The Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves from the Sun Belt Conference, 38–20.^[2]

The first quarter saw the Red Wolves build up a 13–0 lead, but then the Huskies scored 31 unanswered points to put the game away in the second half.^[3]

Teams

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Arkansas State

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ASU completed its best regular season since 1975 by winning 10 games and extending its overall winning streak to 9 games. The Red Wolves were led by junior quarterback Ryan Aplin (605 rushing yds., 9 TDs, 3,235 passing yards) who was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and senior defensive lineman Brandon Joiner, the Defensive Player of the Year.

Northern Illinois

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Northern Illinois defeated Ohio, 23-20, in the 2011 Marathon MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit, MI, which was led offensively by QB Chandler Harnish (1,382 rushing yds., 11 TDs; 2,942 passing yards, 26 TDs), WR Nathan Palmer (683 receiving yds., 7 TDs); and defensively by LB Pat Schiller (108 tackles), DE Sean Progar (5.5 sacks), and DB Rashaan Melvin (2 INT). ^[4]