2006 Armed Forces Bowl

2006 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
2006 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	Utah Utes
(8?4)	(7?5)
C-USA	Mountain West
13	25
Head coach: ; Steve Kragthorpe	Head coach: ; Kyle Whittingham
Date	December 23, 2006
Season	2006
Stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
MVP	Louie Sakoda (P/K, Utah) & Paul Smith (QB, Tulsa)
Referee	Bill McCabe ( WAC )
Attendance	32,412
Payout	US$ 750,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Patrick (play-by-play)
Armed Forces Bowl
< 2005	2007 >

The 2006 Armed Forces Bowl , the 4th edition (previously known as the Fort Worth Bowl), featured the Tulsa Golden Hurricane , and the Utah Utes , both former members of the Western Athletic Conference . In addition to the name change the bowl would be sponsored for the first time by Bell Helicopter Textron , the Fort-Worth based defense contractor.

Game summary [ edit ]

With 7:50 left in the first quarter, Utah's Louie Sakoda kicked a 45-yard field goal to give Utah an early 3?0 lead. Tulsa's first points came in the second quarter, when quarterback Paul Smith , took in a quarterback sneak 1 yard for a touchdown, putting Tulsa up 7?3. Louie Sakoda later kicked a 39-yard field goal, and then a 41-yard field goal before halftime, giving Utah a 9?7 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Brett Ratliff threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Brent Casteel increasing Utah's lead to 16?7. Louie Sakoda added his fourth field goal to push the lead up to 19?7.

Paul Smith answered with a second one-yard touchdown run for Tulsa, pulling Tulsa to within 19?13. Eric Weddle capped the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown, making the final score 25?13.

References [ edit ]

^ "Our History ? Past MVPs" . armedforcesbowl.com . Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
^ "2006?07 Bowl Schedule" . Archived from the original on December 27, 2006 . Retrieved December 25, 2006 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link )

External links [ edit ]

Game Recap at USAToday.com

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[1] "Our History ? Past MVPs" . armedforcesbowl.com . Retrieved January 3, 2020 .

[2] "2006?07 Bowl Schedule" . Archived from the original on December 27, 2006 . Retrieved December 25, 2006 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link )

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