| 2012 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Military Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | RFK Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | David Fales, QB, SJSU | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | San Jose State by 7½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Cannon (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,835 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Wischusen (play by play) Danny Kanell (analyst) Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 27, 2012, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The fifth edition of the Military Bowl began at 3:00 p.m. EST and was shown on ESPN. It was between the San Jose State Spartans from the Western Athletic Conference and the Bowling Green Falcons from the Mid-American Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Spartans accepted their invitation after earning a 10–2 record in the regular season, while the Falcons accepted after earning an 8–4 record on theirs.
This was the first Military Bowl appearance as well as the first meeting between these two teams. It proved to be the last edition of the Military Bowl played at RFK Stadium. On May 20, 2013, the bowl announced that future editions would be held at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.[2]
- ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2012
- ^ Patterson, Chip (May 20, 2013). "Military Bowl moving to Annapolis, adds Conference USA for '13". Eye on College Football. Retrieved May 21, 2013.