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JANUARY 8, 2012 • ESPN @8:00 p.m.
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Northern Illinois
Arkansas St
NORTHERN ILL  
ARKANSAS ST
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Mobile, AL
Capacity: 40,646
Year Built: 1948
Operated: 1999-present
Payout: $750,000
Formerly Known as: GMAC Bowl
PAST BOWL GAME RESULTS
2010 Miami, Oh 35 Middle Tennessee 21
MVP: QB Andy Boucher, Miami, Oh
2009 C Michigan 44 Troy 41
MVP: QB Dan LeFevour, WR Antonio Brown, SAF Vince Agnew
& K Andew Aquila - Central Michigan
2008 Tulsa 45 Ball St 13
2007 Tulsa 63 Bowling Green 7
2006 S Mississippi 28 Ohio 7
MVP: RB Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss
2005 Toledo 45 UTEP 13
MVP: QB Bruce Gradkowski, Toledo
2004 Bowling Green 52 Memphis 35
MVP: QB Omar Jacobs, Bowling Green
2003 Miami, Oh 49 Louisville 28
MVP: QB Ben Roethlisberger, Miami (Oh)
2002 Marshall 38 Louisville 15
MVP: QB Byron Leftwich, Marshall
2001 Marshall 64 East Carolina 61
MVP: QB Byron Leftwich, Marshall
NORTHERN ILLINOIS Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
    Army 49-26 509 26 47-289 6.1 15-24 220 1 409 24 63-303 4.8 7-16 106 1 100 1 23 2 88.3
AT Kansas 42-45 462 27 29-147 5.1 27-33 315 0 534 32 60-253 4.2 21-30 281 3 -72 1 -3 -5 60.0
† Wisconsin 7-49 237 11 25-64 2.6 17-27 173 1 621 34 47-266 5.7 24-34 355 0 -384 1 -42 -23 58.9
    CAL POLY 47-30 543 33 52-356 6.8 18-21 187 1 372 21 60-297 5.0 6-11 75 1 171 -2 17 12 78.1
AT Cent Michigan 41-48 587 31 44-217 4.9 27-51 370 2 563 19 32-176 5.5 17-28 387 1 24 -2 -7 12 54.2
    Kent St 40-10 344 16 43-209 4.9 15-19 135 0 64 11 38-1 0.0 6-24 63 8 280 0 30 5 89.9
    W Michigan 51-22 697 30 54-494 9.1 14-28 203 0 324 21 31-91 2.9 29-48 233 4 373 0 29 9 103.4
AT Buffalo 31-30 328 15 47-178 3.8 11-26 150 0 572 33 38-168 4.4 35-54 404 0 -244 5 1 -18 51.2
AT Toledo 63-60 532 27 36-267 7.4 17-26 265 0 589 33 54-265 4.9 21-35 324 0 -57 -1 3 -6 78.4
AT Bowling Green 45-14 623 27 52-283 5.4 18-28 340 0 334 14 17-79 4.6 22-40 255 1 289 1 31 13 101.2
    Ball St 41-38 710 43 58-372 6.4 26-37 338 2 398 18 26-153 5.9 23-43 245 0 312 -1 3 25 77.3
    E Michigan 18-12 286 11 37-188 5.1 9-20 98 1 280 18 48-133 2.8 11-25 147 4 6 0 6 -7 66.3
† Ohio 23-20 405 19 36-155 4.3 16-26 250 1 372 21 39-130 3.3 19-32 242 1 33 -3 3 -2 77.0
TOTALS 498-404 6263 316 560-3219 5.7 230-366 3044 9 5432 299 553-2315 4.2 241-420 3117 24 831 0 94 17 75.7
AVERAGES 38-31 482 24.3 43-248 5.7 62.8% 234 2.5% 418 23.0 43-178 4.2 57.4% 240 5.7% 64 0.0 7 1 #60
HOME 41-23 515 26.5 49-318 6.4 65.1% 197 3.4% 308 18.8 44-163 3.6 49.1% 145 10.8% 207 -2 18 8 #30
AWAY 36-38 453 22.4 38-187 4.8 61.3% 266 1.8% 512 26.6 41-191 4.7 62.8% 321 2.4% -59 2 -2 -4 #86
CONF 39-28 501 24.3 45-263 5.7 58.6% 239 2.3% 388 20.9 36-133 3.8 55.6% 256 5.8% 113 -1 11 3 #45
NON-CONF 36-38 438 24.3 38-214 5.2 73.3% 224 2.9% 484 27.8 58-280 4.9 63.7% 204 5.5% -46 1 -1 -4 #72
ARKANSAS ST Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
AT Illinois 15-33 350 15 32-60 1.9 20-32 290 2 473 24 50-202 4.0 17-25 271 3 -123 -2 -18 -9 62.7
    Memphis 47-3 611 28 46-236 5.1 29-33 375 3 169 13 38-82 2.2 13-29 87 5 442 -1 44 15 92.4
AT Virginia Tech 7-26 269 15 31-64 2.1 16-36 205 3 427 22 40-135 3.4 21-33 292 2 -158 0 -19 -7 74.8
    CENTRAL ARK 53-24 646 32 56-375 6.7 23-32 271 1 322 15 32-97 3.0 17-32 225 2 324 -1 29 17 88.8
AT WKU 26-22 444 24 28-25 0.9 38-50 419 4 311 16 37-152 4.1 14-24 159 1 133 2 4 8 82.2
AT ULM 24-19 345 16 25-84 3.4 27-43 261 0 367 25 37-69 1.9 26-55 298 3 -22 0 5 -9 71.8
    FIU 34-16 385 21 45-238 5.3 14-24 147 2 289 16 29-66 2.3 23-37 223 2 96 1 18 5 80.3
    North Texas 37-14 540 29 38-218 5.7 28-42 322 1 283 15 33-142 4.3 15-28 141 4 257 -1 23 14 82.5
AT Florida Atlantic 39-21 429 28 50-182 3.6 25-38 247 2 281 15 29-134 4.6 16-25 147 4 148 3 18 13 70.1
    Louisiana 30-21 397 20 45-169 3.8 21-33 228 1 314 17 28-66 2.4 24-45 248 4 83 4 9 3 75.6
AT Middle Tennessee 45-19 536 29 51-203 4.0 29-41 333 3 299 17 35-80 2.3 28-48 219 1 237 -2 26 12 85.8
    Troy 45-14 489 27 41-133 3.2 25-37 356 2 373 23 25-62 2.5 32-52 311 1 116 3 31 4 76.7
TOTALS 402-232 5441 284 488-1987 4.1 295-441 3454 24 3908 218 413-1287 3.1 246-433 2621 32 1533 6 170 66 78.7
AVERAGES 34-19 453 23.7 41-166 4.1 66.9% 288 5.4% 326 18.2 34-107 3.1 56.8% 218 7.4% 128 0.5 14 6 #44
HOME 41-15 511 26.2 45-228 5.0 69.7% 283 5.0% 292 16.5 31-86 2.8 55.6% 206 8.1% 220 5 26 10 #34
AWAY 26-23 396 21.2 36-103 2.6 64.6% 293 5.8% 360 19.8 38-129 3.4 58.1% 231 6.7% 36 1 3 1 #60
CONF 35-18 446 24.3 40-157 3.7 67.2% 289 4.9% 315 18.0 32-96 3.0 56.7% 218 6.4% 131 10 17 6 #42
NON-CONF 31-22 469 22.5 41-184 3.9 66.2% 285 6.8% 348 18.5 40-129 3.2 57.1% 219 10.1% 121 -4 9 4 #46
PAST MEETINGS
Date Site Winner Score   Date Site Winner Score
9/21/96 N Illinois at Arkansas St N Illinois 31-30   9/19/92 N Illinois at Arkansas St N Illinois 31-0
11/11/95 Arkansas St at N Illinois Arkansas St 28-21   9/14/91 Arkansas St at N Illinois N Illinois 22-21
11/5/94 N Illinois at Arkansas St N Illinois 38-16   10/13/90 Arkansas St at N Illinois N Illinois 35-0
9/18/93 Arkansas St at N Illinois N Illinois 23-7          
RECAP OF 2011
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011
ARKANSAS ST 2011
NORTHERN ILL 2011
TIME
TV
 HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
Army
7:00
ESPN3
35-6
279-160
49-26
9/10
at
 Kansas
7:00
21-21
245-262
42-45
9/17
†
 Wisconsin (Soldier Field)
3:30
ESPN3
7-28
176-298
7-49
 BOX
9/24
Cal Poly
3:30
34-7
364-122
 47-30 BOX
10/1
at
 Central Michigan
3:30
ESPN3
 10-17
283-249		 41-48 BOX
10/8
Kent St
3:30
27-3
63-29		 40-10 BOX
10/15
Western Michigan
3:30
13-15
275-196		 51-22 BOX
10/22
at
 Buffalo
12:00
ESPN3
17-10
181-279
 31-30 BOX
10/29
BYE
     
11/1
at
 Toledo
7:00
ESPN2
 28-24
219-255		 63-60 BOX
11/8
at
 Bowling Grn 
8:00
ESPNU
 24-14
324-244		 45-14 BOX
11/15
Ball St
8:00
ESPNU
 14-24
283-223		 41-38 BOX
11/25
E Michigan
ESPNU
 12-3
183-100		 18-12 BOX
12/2 † Ohio     0-20
77-292		 23-20 BOX
ARKANSAS ST 2011
TIME
TV
 HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
at
 Illinois
3:30
8-17
121-202
15-33
9/10
Memphis
7:00
30-3
336-139
47-3
9/17
at
 Virginia Tech
4:00
ESPN3
 7-23
165-280		 7-26 BOX
9/24
Central Arkansas
8:00
19-10
266-190 		53-24 BOX
10/1
at
 WKU
4:00
10-7
210-128		 26-22 BOX
10/8
at
 ULM
7:00
10-13
257-203		 24-19 BOX
10/15
 
     
10/18
FIU
8:00
ESPN2
 6-6
143-124		 34-16 BOX
10/29
North Texas
31-0
365-82		 37-14 BOX
11/5
at
 FAU
18-14
249-117		 39-21 BOX
11/12
Louisiana
20-7
221-108		 30-21 BOX
11/19
at
 Middle Tennesee
25-19
236-231		 45-19 BOX
11/26
 
     
12/3
Troy
24-14
206-306		 45-14 BOX