| 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 8, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Chandler Harnish, NIU | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Arkansas State by 1[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tom McCreesh (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,734 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play) Danny Kanell (analyst) Cara Capuano (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl the thirteenth edition of the GoDaddy.com Bowl, an American college football bowl game. Part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, it took place on January 8, 2012, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves from the Sun Belt Conference, 38–20.[2]
The first quarter saw the Red Wolves build up a 13–0 lead, but then the Huskies scored 31 unanswered points to put the game away in the second half.[3]
- ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
- ^ Arkansas Online (January 9, 2012). "Northern Illinois Beats Arkansas State 38-20", Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- ^ Mitchell, Fred (January 9, 2012). "NIU Beats Arkansas State in GoDaddy.com Bowl", Chicago Tribune