2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
1234 Total
Ohio 07107 24
Utah State 90140 23
DateDecember 17, 2011
Season2011
StadiumBronco Stadium
LocationBoise, Idaho
MVPWR LaVon Brazill, Ohio[1]
FavoriteUtah State by 3[2]
RefereePenn Wagers (SEC)
Attendance28,076
PayoutUS$750,000 per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Flemming (Play-by-Play)
Mike Bellotti (Analyst)
Heather Cox (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings1.65 (2.4 million)[3]
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference recap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
  3. ^ Murphy, Brian. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise attracts more than 2.4 million viewers on ESPN. Idaho Statesman. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Utah State Accepts Invitation to Play in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl" (PDF). Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (famousidahopotatobowl.com). November 28, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Ohio Accepts Invitation to Play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Against Utah State" (PDF). Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (famousidahopotatobowl.com). December 4, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2011.