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Armed Forces Bowl Wiki Information
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 contest is one of six bowls produced by ESPN Regional Television (a/k/a ESPN Plus) and has been televised annually on ESPN since its inception.
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.
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ARMED FORCES BOWL TICKETS
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Previous results
| Date Played
| Winning Team
| Losing Team
| Notes
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| December 23, 2003
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[1]
| 34
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| 31
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| December 23, 2004
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| 32
| | 14
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| December 23, 2005
| Kansas
| 42
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| 13
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| December 23, 2006
| Utah
| 25
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| 13
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| December 31, 2007
| California
| 42
| Air Force
| 36
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| December 31, 2008
| Houston
| 34
| Air Force
| 28
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MVPs
| Date played
| MVP
| Team
| Position
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| December 23, 2003
| Ryan Dinwiddie
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| QB
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| December 23, 2004
| Gino Guidugli
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| QB
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| December 23, 2005
| Jason Swanson
| Kansas
| QB
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| December 23, 2006
| Louie Sakoda
| Utah
| P/K
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| December 31, 2007
| Kevin Riley
| California
| QB
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| December 31, 2008
| Bryce Beall
| Houston
| RB
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Most Appearances
thumb quarterback Shea Smith in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl 2007.
| Rank
| Team
| Appearances
| Record
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| T1
| Houston
| 2
| 1-1
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| T1
| Air Force
| 2
| 0-2
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| T3
| Boise State
| 1
| 1-0
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| T3
| California
| 1
| 1-0
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| T3
| Cincinnati
| 1
| 1-0
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| T3
| Kansas
| 1
| 1-0
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| T3
| Utah
| 1
| 1-0
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| T3
| Marshall
| 1
| 0-1
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| T3
| TCU
| 1
| 0-1
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| T3
| Tulsa
| 1
| 0-1
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See also
- List of college bowl games
- Armed Forces Bowl broadcasters
Notes
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