| 2012 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bishop Sankey (RB WASH) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Boise St. by 5½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ken Antee (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,217 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger (Play-by-Play) Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) Tom Rinaldi (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas was an American college football bowl game held on December 22, 2012, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season. The 21st edition of the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas began at 12:30 p.m. PST[2] and aired on ESPN. It featured the Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) against the Mountain West Conference co-champion Boise State Broncos and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Huskies advanced to the game after earning a 7–5 record, while the Broncos accepted their invitation after earning a 10–2 record in the regular season.[3] Boise State kicked a 27-yard field goal with 1:16 left in the game to defeat Washington, 28–26, and win their third consecutive Maaco Bowl Las Vegas game.