2011 Insight Bowl

2011 Insight Bowl
1234 Total
Iowa 00014 14
Oklahoma 77710 31
DateDecember 30, 2011
Season2011
StadiumSun Devil Stadium
LocationTempe, Arizona
MVPBlake Bell (Oklahoma)
Jamell Fleming (Oklahoma)
FavoriteOklahoma by 15[1]
RefereeJack Wood (Pac-12)
Attendance54,247
PayoutUS$3.3 million per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersSean McDonough (Play-by-Play)
Matt Millen (Analyst)
Heather Cox (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings3.0
Insight Bowl
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The 2011 Insight Bowl, the 23rd edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m. MT on ESPN. The Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference faced the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma won by a score of 31–14.[2]

The game was briefly suspended with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter when one of ESPN's skycams crashed onto the field, nearly hitting Iowa wide receiver Marvin McNutt, Jr.[3] The incident has since gone viral on YouTube.

For the 2012 season, the bowl had a new sponsor and a new name as it became the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
  2. ^ "Blake Bell, Sooners hold off Hawkeyes in Insight Bowl". ESPN. December 31, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2022.[dead link]
  3. ^ Marshall, John (December 31, 2001). "Insight Bowl: Camera Falls to Field as Oklahoma Holds Off Iowa". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2012.