| 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 15, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bronco Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boise, Idaho | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernard Reedy Toledo Wide Receiver Kerwynn Williams Utah State Running Back | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Utah St. by 10[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Eddie Shelton (MWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,243 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$650,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hart (Play-by-play) Mike Bellotti (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 15, 2012 at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho in the United States. The sixteenth edition of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl began at 2:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Toledo Rockets from the Mid-American Conference against the Western Athletic Conference champion Utah State Aggies, and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Rockets accepted their invitation after earning a 9–2 record in the regular season, while the Aggies accepted theirs after earning a 10–2 record. Utah State won the game 41–15.[2]