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2012 TicketCity Bowl

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TicketCity Bowl logo

Houston Cougars

Penn State Nittany Lions

(12–1)

(9–3)

C-USA

Big Ten

Head coach:
Tony Levine
(interim)

Head coach:
Tom Bradley
(interim)

AP	Coaches	BCS
20	17	19

AP	Coaches	BCS
24	23	22

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	17	7	3	3	30
Penn State	0	7	7	0	14

Date

January 2, 2012

Season

2011

Stadium

Cotton Bowl

Location

Dallas, Texas

MVP

Case Keenum (QB, Houston)^[1]

Favorite

Houston by 6^[2]

Referee

Jeff Maconaghy (Big East)

Attendance

46,817

Payout

US$1.2 million per team

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPNU

Announcers

Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play)
Danny Kanell (Analyst)
Lisa Salters (Sidelines)

Nielsen ratings

0.9

TicketCity Bowl
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The 2012 TicketCity Bowl, the second edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012, at the Cotton BowlinDallas, Texas, as one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.

The game, which was telecast at 11:00 a.m. CTonESPNU, featured the Houston Cougars from Conference USA versus the Penn State Nittany Lions from the Big Ten Conference. The Houston Cougars won, 30–14.

The 2012 TicketCity Bowl marked the head coaching debut of Tony Levine, and the last college game of quarterback Case Keenum.

References[edit]

^ Musselman, Ron (January 3, 2012). "Cougars' Keenum scorches Lions". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D1. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via newspapers.com.