Armed Forces Bowl

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Armed Forces Bowl
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl logo
Stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
Operated	2003-present
Conference Tie-ins	C-USA/Pac-10 (alternating years), MWC
Previous Conference Tie-ins	Big 12 (2003-2006)
Payout	US$600,000 (2006)
Sponsors
PlainsCapital Bank (2003-2004) Bell Helicopter (2006-present)
Former names
Plainscapital Bank Fort Worth Bowl (2003-2004) Fort Worth Bowl (2005)
2007 Matchup
California vs. Air Force (Cal 42, USAFA 36)
2008 Matchup
C-USA vs. MWC (December 31)

The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is an annual postseason college football bowl game that was inaugurated in 2003 as the Fort Worth Bowl under corporate sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank. In 2005, the game was without corporate sponsorship. In 2006, Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter Textron took over sponsorship.

The game is played in the 44,008-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring a team from Mountain West Conference. The bowl's partnership with the Big 12 Conference ended with the 2005 season; in 2006, the game featured a team from Conference USA against a team from the MWC, with C-USA returning in 2008. The Pac-10 would send its 6th place team to play the MWC in 2007 pending the team's bowl eligibility. The Pac-10 tie-in is also in effect in 2009.

[edit] Previous results

Air Force Falcons QB Shea Smith in Armed Forces Bowl 2007.

[edit] MVPs

[edit] See also

• List of college bowl games

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Received a bid because the Big 12 did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all of its allotted bowl slots.

[edit] External links

• Official Web site of the Armed Forces Bowl

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