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2013 NATIONAL BOWL SCHEDULE
DATE BOWL SITE TIE-INS TIME NETWORK 2011-12 RESULT
Dec. 21 Gildan New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, N.M. Pac-12 vs. Mountain West Noon ESPN Arizona 49, Nevada 48
Dec. 21 Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-12 12:30 p.m. ABC Boise State 28, Washingotn 26
Dec. 21 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho MAC vs. Mountain West 3:30 p.m. ESPN Utah State 41, Toledo 15
Dec. 21 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, La. C-USA vs. Sun Belt 8 p.m. ESPN Louisiana 43, East Carolina 34
Dec. 23 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. C-USA vs. American 2 p.m. ESPN UCF 38, Ball State 17
Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii C-USA vs. Mountain West 3 p.m. ESPN SMU 43, Fresno State 10
Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Detroit, Mich. MAC vs. Big Ten 6 p.m. ESPN Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21
Dec. 26 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, Calif. Army vs. Mountain West 6:30 p.m. ESPN BYU 23, San Diego State 6
Dec. 27 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Annapolis, Md. C-USA vs. ACC 2:30 p.m. ESPN San José State 29, Bowling Green 20
Dec. 27 Texas Bowl Houston, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 5 p.m. ESPN Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31
Dec. 27 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl San Francisco, Calif. BYU vs. Pac-12 6:30 p.m. ESPN Arizona State 62, Navy 28
Dec. 28 New Era Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. American vs. Big 12 Noon ESPN Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14
Dec. 28 Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. American vs. ACC 3:20 p.m. ESPN Cincinnati 48, Duke 34
Dec. 28 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. American 6:45 p.m. ESPN Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10 (OT)
Dec. 28 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Tempe, Ariz. Big Ten vs. Big 12 7:15 p.m. ESPN Michigan State 17, TCU 16
Dec. 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. Navy 10:45 a.m. ESPN Rice 33, Air Force 14
Dec. 30 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. SEC vs. ACC 2:15 p.m. ESPN Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24
Dec. 30 Valero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas Pac-12 vs. Big 12 5:45 p.m. ESPN Texas 31, Oregon State 27
Dec. 30 Holiday Bowl San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 7:15 p.m. ESPN Baylor 49, UCLA 26
Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl Shreveport, La. ACC vs. SEC 11:30 a.m. ESPN Ohio 45, ULM 14
Dec. 31 Hyundai Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas ACC vs. Pac-12 Noon CBS Georgia Tech 21, USC 7
Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. C-USA/American vs. SEC 3 p.m. ESPN Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC 8 p.m. ESPN Clemson 25, LSU 24
Jan. 1 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC Noon ESPN2 Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20
Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl Dallas, Texas Big Ten vs. C-USA 11 a.m. ESPNU Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14
Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC 1 p.m. ABC Georgia 45, Nebraska 31
Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC 1 p.m. ESPN South Carolina 33, Michigan 28
Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Game Presented By VIZIO Pasadena, Calif. BCS vs. BCS 2 p.m. ESPN Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14
Jan. 1 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. BCS vs. BCS 5:30 p.m. ESPN Oregon 35, Kansas State 17
Jan. 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La. BCS vs. BCS 7:30 p.m. ESPN Louisville 33, Florida 23
Jan. 3 Discover Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. BCS vs. BCS TBD ESPN Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10
Jan. 3 AT&T Cotton Bowl Arlington, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC 6:30 p.m. FOX Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13
Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl Birmingham, Ala. SEC vs. American Noon ESPN Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17
Jan. 5 GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Sun Belt vs. MAC 8 p.m. ESPN Arkansas State 17, Kent State 13
Jan. 6 VIZIO BCS National Championship Pasadena, Calif. BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 5:30 p.m. ESPN Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
Times local to site and are subject to change
2013 MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The 2013 Mountain West Football Championship game will kick off at 8 p.m. MT on Saturday, December 7. The contest will
be hosted at the home stadium of the regular-season Mountain West divisional champion with the highest BCS ranking. CBS
will broadcast the inaugural title match-up.
A LOOK AT THE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
Since the MW began play in 1999, only six teams chosen by the league media to win the conference crown have actually done
so, and only twice has the title been shared by multiple teams. Below is a look at how the preseason poll favorite has fared
in regular-season play.
QUICK FACTS
Date: .... Sat., Dec. 7, 2013
Time: .... 8 p.m. MT
Television: CBS
Site: .... Home stadium of the
regular-season
divisional champion
with the highest BCS
ranking.
Mountain: . Air Force, Boise State,
. . . . . . . . Colorado State,
. . . . . . . . New Mexico,
. . . . . . . . Utah State, Wyoming
West: .... Fresno State, Hawai‘i,
. . . . . . . . Nevada, San Diego State,
. . . . . . . . San José State, UNLV
Predicted
Predicted Champ Actual Bowl
Year Champion Finish Champion Game
2012 Boise State T-1st Boise State/Fresno State/San Diego State Las Vegas
2011 Boise State 2nd TCU Las Vegas
2010 TCU 1st TCU Rose
2009 TCU 1st TCU Fiesta
2008 BYU 3rd Utah Las Vegas
2007 TCU 5th BYU Las Vegas
2006 TCU 2nd BYU Las Vegas
2005 Utah T-5th TCU Houston
2004 Utah 1st Utah Fiesta
2003 Colorado State 3rd Utah San Francisco
2002 Colorado State 1st Colorado State Liberty
2001 Colorado State 2nd BYU New Orleans
2000 Utah T-5th Colorado State None
1999 BYU T-1st BYU/Colorado State/Utah Motor City
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