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| 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 24th Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Le'Veon Bell (RB, Michigan State) Defensive: William Gholston (DE, Michigan State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | TCU by 2[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Folliard (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,617 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler (Play-by-Play) Todd Blackledge (Analyst) Holly Rowe (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.0[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, the 24th edition of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, although the first played under that name, was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season.
The game was telecast at 8:15 p.m. MT on ESPN. It featured the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference against the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference. Down 13–0 at the half, the Spartans rallied back to win 17–16, having taken the lead for good with only 1:01 remaining in the contest.
- ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2012
- ^ "2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
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