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2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
5th Bowl Game
1 2 3 4 Total
Ball State University 0 7 3 7 Expression error: Missing operand for +.
University of Central Florida 13 15 7 3 Expression error: Missing operand for +.
Date December 21, 2012
Season 2012
Stadium Tropicana Field
Location St. Petersburg, Florida
MVP Blake Bortles
Favorite UCF by 7[1]
Referee Tony Backert (Sun Belt)
Attendance 21,759
Payout US$1 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers: Dave Neal
Desmond Howard
Andre Ware
Cara Capuano
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
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The 2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, the fifth edition of the game, 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, which commenced 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[]

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.

UCF[]

Initially, the Knights were ineligible for the postseason because of recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble.[2] Almost immediately afterwards, the university appealed; because its hearing was delayed until 2013, the Knights were bowl-eligible for 2012.[3] 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.[4]

This will be 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 will also be the Knights' final game as a member of Conference USA before they move to the Big East Conference in 2013.[5]

Ball State[]

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[]

Scoring summary[]

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 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 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. 17 38

Statistics[]

Statistics BALL UCF
First Downs 22 29
Total offense, plays - yards 59-286 74-495
Rushes-yards (net) 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

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