College football game
The
2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
, the fifth edition of the game formerly known as the
St. Petersburg Bowl
, was a post-season American
college football
bowl game
, held on December 21,
2012
at
Tropicana Field
in
St. Petersburg, Florida
, as part of the
2012?13 NCAA Bowl season
.
The game, broadcast at 7:30 p.m.
ET
on
ESPN
, featured the
UCF Knights
from
Conference USA
and
Ball State Cardinals
from the
Mid-American Conference
. It was the final game of the
2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season
for both teams. The Knights advanced to the game after losing to the
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
in the
Conference USA Championship Game
.
Teams
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Since the game's inception in 2008, the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl has had its current setup with a team from Conference USA playing a team from the
Big East Conference
. Ball State was chosen as a replacement for the potential Big East team, because the conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a representative to St. Petersburg.
This was the fourth meeting between these two teams. The all-time record is tied 2-2. The last time they played was in 2004, when UCF was with Ball State in the MAC (UCF was a football-only member of the MAC).
Initially, the Knights were ineligible for the postseason because of recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director
Keith Tribble
.
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Almost immediately afterwards, the university appealed; because its hearing was delayed until 2013, the Knights were bowl-eligible for 2012.
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Finishing as C-USA East Division Champions with a 7?1 conference record, the Knights would go on to the Conference USA Championship Game for the fourth time in eight years. After losing to Tulsa 33?27 in overtime, the Knights advanced to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl per the C-USA's bowl contingency plan.
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This was the Knights' second Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl,
they
had previously played in the
2009
game, losing to the
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
by a score of 45?24. It was also the Knights' final game as a member of Conference USA before they move to the
American Athletic Conference
in 2013.
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Ball State
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Ball State entered the game with 9?3 record, losing only to
Clemson
,
Kent State
and BCS-buster
Northern Illinois
. It was the Cardinals first bowl game since the
2009 GMAC Bowl
.
Game summary
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Scoring summary
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Scoring summary
|
Quarter
|
Time
|
Drive
|
Team
|
Scoring information
|
Score
|
Plays
|
Yards
|
TOP
|
Ball State
|
UCF
|
1
|
7:27
|
13
|
78
|
7:33
|
UCF
|
Latavius Murray
7-yard touchdown reception from
Blake Bortles
, Shawn Moffitt kick good
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
3:59
|
7
|
58
|
2:34
|
UCF
|
Latavius Murray 2-yard touchdown run, Shawn Moffitt kick no good (blocked)
|
0
|
13
|
2
|
10:41
|
10
|
82
|
4:19
|
Ball St.
|
Willie Snead IV
7-yard touchdown reception from
Keith Wenning
, Steven Schott kick good
|
7
|
13
|
2
|
5:50
|
9
|
75
|
4:51
|
UCF
|
Blake Bortles 6-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good
|
7
|
21
|
2
|
0:05
|
6
|
80
|
0:55
|
UCF
|
Latavius Murray 5-yard touchdown reception from Blake Bortles, Shawn Moffitt kick good
|
7
|
28
|
3
|
7:54
|
10
|
49
|
4:14
|
Ball St.
|
45-yard field goal by Steven Schott
|
10
|
28
|
3
|
4:23
|
7
|
50
|
3:31
|
UCF
|
J.J. Worton 7-yard touchdown reception from Blake Bortles, Shawn Moffitt kick good
|
10
|
35
|
4
|
10:12
|
12
|
72
|
5:26
|
UCF
|
25-yard field goal by Shawn Moffitt
|
10
|
38
|
4
|
5:26
|
11
|
76
|
4:46
|
Ball St.
|
Willie Snead IV
16-yard touchdown reception from
Keith Wenning
, Steven Schott kick good
|
17
|
38
|
"TOP" =
time of possession
. For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football
.
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17
|
38
|
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Statistics
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Statistics
|
BALL
|
UCF
|
First Downs
|
22
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29
|
Total offense, plays - yards
|
59-286
|
74-495
|
Rushes-yards (net)
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24-68
|
42-224
|
Passing yards (net)
|
218
|
271
|
Passes, Comp-Att-Int
|
22-35-0
|
22-32-0
|
Time of Possession
|
24:26
|
35:34
|
Source:
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References
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- ^
Bowl Schedule,
Los Angeles Times
, December 4, 2012
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"NCAA adds 1-year postseason bans to UCF penalties"
. WESH-TV Orlando. Archived from
the original
on December 9, 2012
. Retrieved
July 31,
2012
.
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"UCF asks NCAA for expedited appeal"
. ESPN. August 15, 2012
. Retrieved
August 25,
2012
.
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"C-USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan"
. Conference USA. November 26, 2012. Archived from
the original
on December 1, 2012
. Retrieved
December 1,
2012
.
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"It's Official! UCF Joins BIG EAST Conference"
. University of Central Florida. December 7, 2011
. Retrieved
December 1,
2012
.
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"Scoring Summary (Final) 2012 UCF Football Ball State vs UCF (Dec 21, 2012 at St. Petersburg)"
(PDF)
. Gasparilla Bowl.
External links
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