| 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 17, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bronco Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boise, Idaho | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | WR LaVon Brazill, Ohio[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Utah State by 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Penn Wagers (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 28,076 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Flemming (Play-by-Play) Mike Bellotti (Analyst) Heather Cox (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.65 (2.4 million)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the 15th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 17, 2011 at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
This was the first year the game was known as the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The game was known as the Humanitarian Bowl in 2010.
The game, which was telecast at 3:30 p.m. MT on ESPN, which featured the Utah State Aggies from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and the Ohio Bobcats from the Mid-American Conference.
Utah State accepted a bid to compete in the 2011 edition of the game on November 28,[4] with Ohio accepting the other bid on December 4.[5]
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