| 2018 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kelvin Hopkins (QB, Army) & Romello Brooker (TE, Houston)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Army by 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Luke Richmond (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,738 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$900,000 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Cotter, Emmanuel Acho, Jim Mora and Quint Kessenich | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018.[4] It was the 16th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. On December 18, it was announced that the game had officially sold out of tickets, the first such sellout in the Armed Forces Bowl's 16-year history.[5]
Army's 70–14 victory tied the then largest margin of victory in a bowl game, 56,[6] set by Tulsa in the 2008 GMAC Bowl when they defeated Bowling Green 63–7. Army's 70 points tied the record for most points in an FBS bowl game,[7] set by West Virginia in the 2012 Orange Bowl, when they defeated Clemson 70–33. The then-tied record of largest margin of victory in a bowl game would go on to be broken in the 2023 National Championship game, where Georgia would defeat TCU by a final score of 65–7.[8]
- ^ Wilson, Jeff (December 22, 2018). "Army West Point dominates en route to 70-14 victory". armedforcesbowl.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bowl Schedule". CFP.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Sold Out". armedforcesbowl.com (Press release). December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Linton, Chance (December 22, 2018). "Army has record-setting day in 70-14 rout of Houston". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Postgame Notes: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl". armedforcesbowl.com. December 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Georgia blasts TCU 65-7 in the College Football Playoff championship game, wins back-to-back titles". NCAA.com. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.