| 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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.