Ticket City Bowl
January 2, 2012 • ESPNU @ 12:00 p.m.
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THIS YEARS MATCHUP
YOU PICK THE WINNER
vs
Who Will Win the TicketCity Bowl?
Penn St
Houston
PENN ST  
HOUSTON
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COTTON BOWL STADIUM QUICK BOWL FACTS

Dallas, TX
Capacity: 68,252
Year Built: 1932
Operated: 1937-present

NEW BOWL GAME IN 2011
Past Tickey City Bowl Results

2010 Texas Tech 45 Northwestern 38
MVP: QB Taylor Potts, Texas Tech
PENN 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
    INDIANA ST 41-7 359 21 48-245 5.1 12-20 114 3 170 8 30-65 2.2 11-23 105 2 189 3 34 13 82.2
    Alabama 11-27 251 16 30-107 3.6 12-39 144 0 359 19 41-196 4.8 19-31 163 0 -108 -3 -16 -3 76.7
AT Temple 14-10 308 18 36-92 2.6 22-37 216 1 197 13 30-74 2.5 12-28 123 2 111 2 4 5 83.1
    E Michigan 34-6 468 22 25-104 4.2 23-35 364 0 270 16 43-68 1.6 18-31 202 3 198 0 28 6 85.5
AT Indiana 16-10 464 22 50-193 3.9 16-36 271 1 256 16 31-72 2.3 22-45 184 1 208 -1 6 6 75.9
    Iowa 13-3 395 21 46-231 5.0 15-26 164 0 253 16 30-84 2.8 17-34 169 5 142 2 10 5 83.3
    Purdue 23-18 367 21 48-182 3.8 10-23 185 1 344 15 33-162 4.9 14-30 182 1 23 2 5 6 69.6
AT Northwestern 34-24 381 20 38-189 5.0 17-27 192 1 406 23 37-94 2.5 28-39 312 7 -25 0 10 -3 82.8
    Illinois 10-7 208 14 40-114 2.9 10-29 94 4 286 15 50-194 3.9 13-24 92 2 -78 1 3 -1 69.0
    Nebraska 14-17 376 21 43-168 3.9 17-35 208 1 331 21 48-187 3.9 13-26 144 0 45 0 -3 0 78.9
AT Ohio St 20-14 327 16 39-239 6.1 10-18 88 0 289 17 43-206 4.8 7-17 83 3 38 1 6 -1 86.6
AT Wisconsin 7-45 231 13 27-111 4.1 11-25 120 0 448 28 50-263 5.3 18-28 185 2 -217 -3 -38 -15 69.3
TOTALS 237-188 4135 225 470-1975 4.2 175-350 2160 12 3609 207 466-1665 3.6 192-356 1944 28 526 4 49 18 78.6
AVERAGES 20-16 345 18.8 39-165 4.2 50.0% 180 3.4% 301 17.3 39-139 3.6 53.9% 162 7.9% 44 0.3 4 2 #46
HOME 21-12 346 19.4 40-164 4.1 47.8% 182 4.3% 288 15.7 39-137 3.4 52.8% 151 6.5% 59 5 9 4 #51
AWAY 18-21 342 17.8 38-165 4.3 53.1% 177 2.1% 319 19.4 38-142 3.5 55.4% 177 9.6% 23 -1 -2 -2 #39
CONF 17-17 344 18.5 41-178 4.3 48.4% 165 3.7% 327 18.9 40-158 3.8 54.3% 169 8.6% 17 2 0 0 #49
NON-CONF 25-13 347 19.3 35-137 3.8 52.7% 210 3.1% 249 14.0 36-101 2.7 53.1% 148 6.2% 98 2 13 5 #35
HOUSTON 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
    UCLA 38-34 469 29 31-159 5.1 30-40 310 1 554 26 42-232 5.5 20-29 322 0 -85 0 4 3 73.2
AT North Texas 48-23 690 32 31-127 4.1 39-59 563 1 290 18 34-118 3.5 21-34 172 0 400 1 25 14 94.6
AT Louisiana Tech 35-34 449 21 35-98 2.8 25-40 351 2 444 26 66-233 3.5 21-32 211 2 5 0 1 -5 83.3
    Georgia St 56-0 732 34 39-171 4.4 40-50 561 3 241 11 35-108 3.1 12-27 133 2 491 0 56 23 93.2
AT UTEP 49-42 710 27 31-239 7.7 30-46 471 0 538 30 41-271 6.6 19-29 267 4 172 2 7 -3 80.6
    East Carolina 56-3 572 34 37-215 5.8 36-48 357 2 284 20 30-21 0.7 26-44 263 9 288 4 53 14 107.5
    Marshall 63-28 621 25 20-140 7.0 29-37 481 0 505 28 47-197 4.2 29-39 308 2 116 2 35 -3 84.7
    Rice 73-34 656 26 26-122 4.7 24-40 534 1 475 18 60-359 6.0 7-19 116 1 181 -2 39 8 89.7
AT UAB 56-13 655 35 32-166 5.2 43-51 489 0 269 17 33-115 3.5 17-31 154 4 386 0 43 18 103.4
AT Tulane 73-17 735 30 27-292 10.8 30-40 443 2 331 16 37-187 5.1 20-46 144 0 404 1 56 14 104.8
    SMU 37-7 513 25 31-148 4.8 32-47 365 0 263 16 26-24 0.9 23-40 239 4 250 2 30 9 96.5
AT Tulsa 48-16 558 24 33-84 2.5 35-48 474 3 334 18 42-159 3.8 19-38 175 1 224 2 32 6 111.4
    Southern Miss 28-49 428 28 30-55 1.8 41-67 373 2 487 22 39-208 5.3 17-34 279 0 -59 1 -21 6 66.0
TOTALS 660-300 7788 370 403-2016 5.0 434-613 5772 17 5015 266 532-2232 4.2 251-442 2783 29 2773 13 360 104 91.4
AVERAGES 51-23 599 28.5 31-155 5.0 70.8% 444 2.8% 386 20.5 41-172 4.2 56.8% 214 6.6% 213 1.0 28 8 #9
HOME 50-22 570 28.7 31-144 4.8 70.5% 426 2.7% 401 20.1 40-164 3.7 57.8% 237 7.8% 169 7 28 9 #23
AWAY 52-24 633 28.2 32-168 5.5 71.1% 465 2.8% 368 20.8 42-181 4.3 55.7% 187 5.2% 265 6 27 7 #8
CONF 54-23 605 28.2 30-162 5.6 70.8% 443 2.4% 387 20.6 39-171 4.0 55.3% 216 7.8% 218 12 30 8 #8
NON-CONF 44-23 585 29.0 34-139 4.1 70.9% 446 3.7% 382 20.3 44-173 3.9 60.7% 210 3.3% 203 1 22 9 #24
PAST MEETINGS
Date Site Winner Score   Date Site Winner Score
9/17/77 Houston at Penn St Penn St 31-14   11/14/64 Penn St at Houston Penn St 24-7
RECAP OF 2011
PENN ST 2011
HOUSTON 2011
PENN STATE 2011
TIME
TV
 HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3 Indiana St
12:00
28-0
252-66
41-7
9/10 Alabama
3:30
ABC
3-17
92-171
11-27
9/17 at Temple
12:00
7-10
168-136
14-10
9/24 E Michigan
17-0
222-119
34-6
10/1 at Indiana
3-3
242-105
16-10
10/8 Iowa
6-3
210-139
13-3
10/15 Purdue
12:00
10-6
155-244
23-18
10/22 at Northwestern
7:00
27-24
293-281
34-24
10/29 Illinois
0-0
97-79
10-7
11/5  
 
11/12 Nebraska
0-10
176-167
14-17
11/19 at Ohio St
20-14
254-145
20-14
11/26 at Wisconsin
7-28
111-278
7-45
12/3      
     
UTAH 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/1
Montana St
8:00
24-7
172-122
27-10
9/10
at
 USC
7:30
7-10
148-234
14-23
9/17
at
 BYU
9:00
ESPN2
14-10
187-227
54-10
9/24
BYE
 
10/1
Washington
7-10
166-112
14-31
10/8
Arizona St
7-10
181-199
14-35
10/15
at
 Pittsburgh
13-14
129-84
26-14
10/22
at
 California
0-20
27-223
10-34
10/29
Oregon St
24-0
235-124
27-8
11/5
at
 Arizona
20-7
191-212
34-21
11/12
UCLA
7-3
75-115
31-6
11/19
at
 Washington St
7-7
107-164
30-27
11/26
Colorado
3:30
 
14-17