Meinke Car Care Bowl
December 31, 2011 •  ESPN @ 12:00 p.m.
meinekecarcarebowl.com
THIS YEARS MATCHUP
YOU PICK THE WINNER
vs
Who Will Win the Meinke Car Care Bowl?
Northwestern
Texas A&M
NORTHWESTERN  
TEXAS A&M
Click On the Above Teams to Access their Past Bowl Game Results!
RELIANT STADIUM PAST MEINEKE CAR CARE RESULTS
(Texas Bowl, Houston Bowl)
Houston, TX
Capacity: 71,054 • Year Built: 2002
Operated: 2006-present
Payout: $500,000 (CUSA) •  $750,000 (Big XII)

2009 Navy 35 Missouri 13
MVP: QB Ricky Dobbs, Navy
2008 Rice 38 W Michigan 14
MVP: QB Chase Clement, Rice
2007 TCU 20 Houston 13
MVP: QB Andy Dalton, TCU
2006 Rutgers 37 Kansas St 10
MVP: HB Ray Rice, Rutgers
2005 TCU 27 Iowa St 24
2004 Colorado 33 UTEP 28
2003 Texas Tech 38 Navy 14
2002 Oklahoma St 33 S Miss 23
2001 Texas A&M 28 TCU 9

NORTHWESTERN 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 Boston College 24-17 424 21 54-227 4.2 17-24 197 2 455 20 30-104 3.5 24-44 351 3 -31 0 7 1 80.6
    E ILLINOIS 42-21 437 27 67-320 4.8 12-16 117 1 341 13 26-132 5.1 14-25 209 2 96 2 21 14 70.4
AT Army 14-21 309 14 27-115 4.3 17-30 194 3 387 24 75-381 5.1 1-7 6 1 -78 1 -7 -10 62.2
AT Illinois 35-38 332 21 51-169 3.3 12-16 163 4 473 23 38-82 2.2 21-32 391 4 -141 3 -3 -2 68.5
    Michigan 24-42 438 26 25-107 4.3 32-45 331 4 541 23 50-179 3.6 19-28 362 0 -103 1 -18 3 73.2
AT Iowa 31-41 495 29 41-153 3.7 37-51 342 3 379 17 28-155 5.5 14-22 224 0 116 -1 -10 12 80.0
    Penn St 24-34 406 23 37-94 2.5 28-39 312 7 381 20 38-189 5.0 17-27 192 1 25 0 -10 3 73.4
AT Indiana 59-38 616 30 56-317 5.7 18-23 299 2 488 28 49-319 6.5 14-26 169 2 128 0 21 2 78.4
AT Nebraska 28-25 464 25 54-203 3.8 16-24 261 1 416 23 33-118 3.6 29-38 298 0 48 -1 3 2 88.3
    Rice 28-6 533 22 39-136 3.5 27-34 397 1 254 13 30-119 4.0 14-26 135 0 279 -2 22 9 88.3
    Minnesota 28-13 368 23 47-152 3.2 22-31 216 2 393 22 51-269 5.3 9-22 124 2 -25 -1 15 1 74.5
    Michigan St 17-31 370 22 41-117 2.9 24-34 253 6 380 21 36-166 4.6 14-20 214 0 -10 0 -14 1 77.3
TOTALS 354-327 5192 283 539-2110 3.9 262-367 3082 36 4888 247 484-2213 4.6 190-317 2675 15 304 2 27 36 76.2
AVERAGES 30-27 433 23.6 45-176 3.9 71.4% 257 9.8% 407 20.6 40-184 4.6 59.9% 223 4.7% 25 0.2 2 3 #56
HOME 27-25 425 23.8 43-154 3.5 72.9% 271 10.6% 382 18.7 39-176 4.6 58.8% 206 3.4% 44 0 3 5 #59
AWAY 32-30 440 23.3 47-197 4.2 69.6% 243 8.9% 433 22.5 42-193 4.4 60.9% 240 5.9% 7 2 2 1 #51
CONF 31-33 436 24.9 44-164 3.7 71.9% 272 11.0% 431 22.1 40-185 4.5 63.7% 247 4.2% 5 1 -2 3 #51
NON-CONF 27-16 426 21.0 47-200 4.2 70.2% 226 6.7% 359 17.5 40-184 4.4 52.0% 175 5.9% 67 1 11 4 #60
TEXAS A&M 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
    SMU 46-14 458 25 39-212 5.4 21-26 246 0 347 20 32-79 2.5 23-38 268 0 111 2 32 5 89.7
    Idaho 37-7 517 31 38-140 3.7 30-43 377 0 187 10 29-56 1.9 17-29 131 3 330 -2 30 21 94.9
    Oklahoma St 29-30 471 25 27-162 6.0 28-47 309 2 484 33 35-46 1.3 47-60 438 3 -13 -3 -1 -8 89.1
† Arkansas 38-42 628 30 54-381 7.1 25-35 247 0 581 28 30-71 2.4 30-51 510 4 47 -2 -4 2 95.4
AT Texas Tech 45-40 410 24 46-225 4.9 16-26 185 1 522 34 39-135 3.5 44-66 387 3 -112 0 5 -10 71.5
    Baylor 55-28 681 35 45-266 5.9 25-38 415 0 480 24 31-50 1.6 28-40 430 5 201 0 27 11 105.9
AT Iowa St 33-17 510 31 47-247 5.3 24-43 263 3 305 17 33-125 3.8 16-40 180 2 205 0 16 14 99.3
    Missouri 31-38 497 30 46-184 4.0 35-53 313 1 479 27 50-280 5.6 16-24 199 2 18 -2 -7 3 82.2
AT Oklahoma 25-41 527 28 29-148 5.1 32-64 379 0 404 21 47-149 3.2 18-39 255 1 123 -3 -16 7 90.2
AT Kansas St 50-53 482 21 43-272 6.3 27-46 210 0 411 21 52-129 2.5 17-27 282 4 71 2 -3 0 88.3
    Kansas 61-7 469 23 33-189 5.7 21-27 280 0 197 19 55-64 1.2 19-28 133 6 272 2 54 4 97.9
    Texas 25-27 328 22 33-104 3.2 20-49 224 1 237 12 37-86 2.3 17-29 151 2 91 -2 -2 10 89.1
TOTALS 475-344 5978 325 480-2530 5.3 304-497 3448 8 4634 266 470-1270 2.7 292-471 3364 35 1344 -8 131 59 91.1
AVERAGES 40-29 498 27.1 40-211 5.3 61.2% 287 1.6% 386 22.2 39-106 2.7 62.0% 280 7.4% 112 -0.7 11 5 #10
HOME 41-22 489 27.3 37-180 4.8 63.6% 309 1.4% 344 20.7 38-94 2.3 67.3% 250 8.5% 144 -5 19 7 #10
AWAY 38-39 511 26.8 44-255 5.7 57.9% 257 1.9% 445 24.2 40-122 3.1 56.1% 323 6.3% 67 -3 0 3 #15
CONF 39-31 486 26.6 39-200 5.2 58.0% 286 2.0% 391 23.1 42-118 2.8 62.9% 273 7.9% 95 -6 8 3 #12
NON-CONF 40-21 534 28.7 44-244 5.4 73.1% 290 0.0% 372 19.3 30-69 2.3 59.3% 303 5.9% 163 -2 19 9 #9
PAST MEETINGS
NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS
RECAP OF 2011
NORTHWESTERN 2011
TEXAS A&M  2011
NORTHWESTERN 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3 at Boston Coll
12:00
ESPNU
10-10
222-238
24-17
9/10 E Illinois
3:30
28-7
193-161
42-21
9/17 at Army
3:30
7-7
192-145
14-21
9/24  
 
 
10/1 at Illinois
12:00
14-10
116-205
35-38
10/8 Michigan
7:00
24-14
297-256
24-42
10/15 at Iowa
7:00
7-17
213-180
31-41
10/22 Penn St
7:00
BTN
24-27
293-281
24-34
10/29 at Indiana
12:00
38-21
405-276
59-38
11/5 at Nebraska
7-3
160-181
28-25
11/12 Rice
21-0
312-155
28-6
11/19 Minnesota
21-10
193-163
28-13
11/26 Michigan St
3-17
149-198
17-31
TEXAS A&M 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/4
SMU (Sun) 7:30
33-14
210-235
46-14
BOX
9/10
  7:00
 
 
9/17
Idaho 7:00
27-0
350-63
37-7
 BOX
9/24
Oklahoma St  
20-3
301-185
29-30
 BOX
10/1
†
 Arkansas (Arlington)  
35-17
404-284
38-42
 BOX
10/8
at
 Texas Tech  
31-20
301-225
45-40
 BOX
10/15
Baylor 3:30
24-14
300-264
55-28
 BOX
10/22
at
 Iowa St  
20-7
209-146
33-17
 BOX
10/29
Missouri 3:30
28-17
271-205
31-38
 BOX
11/5
at
 Oklahoma  
10-13
208-180
25-41
 BOX
11/12
at
 Kansas St  
14-14
181-126
50-53
 BOX
11/19
Kansas 3:30
44-0
321-108
61-7
 BOX
11/24
Texas (Thur) 8:00
ESPN
 16-7
159-130
25-27
 BOX
12/3