2011 Insight Bowl

The 2011 Insight Bowl, the 23rd edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

2011 Insight Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Oklahoma Sooners
(7–5) (9–3)
Big Ten Big 12
14 31
Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz		 Head coach: 
Bob Stoops
APCoachesBCS
191914
1234 Total
Iowa 00014 14
Oklahoma 77710 31
DateDecember 30, 2011
Season2011
StadiumSun Devil Stadium
LocationTempe, Arizona
MVPBlake Bell (Oklahoma)
Jamell Fleming (Oklahoma)
FavoriteOklahoma by 15[1]
RefereeJack Wood (Pac-12)
Attendance54,247
PayoutUS$3.3 million per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersSean McDonough (Play-by-Play)
Matt Millen (Analyst)
Heather Cox (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings3.0

The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m. MT on ESPN. The Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference faced the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma won by a score of 31–14.

The game was briefly suspended with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter when one of ESPN's skycams crashed onto the field, nearly hitting Iowa wide receiver Marvin McNutt, Jr.[2] The incident has since gone viral on YouTube.

For the 2012 season, the bowl will have a new sponsor and a new name. It became the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

Teams

After winning the 2010 Insight Bowl 27–24 over Missouri, the Iowa Hawkeyes are back to take on the Sooners of Oklahoma, which began the season as the top-ranked team in both the Associated Press and ESPN coaches’ polls. The two teams have met only once, in 1979 when Oklahoma defeated Iowa 21–6 in head coach Hayden Fry's second game. On that team were Bob Stoops, the current Oklahoma head coach, and Bruce Kittle, currently a Sooner assistant coach.

Iowa
See also: 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Oklahoma
See also: 2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team

References
  1. Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
  2. Marshall, John (December 31, 2001). "Insight Bowl: Camera Falls to Field as Oklahoma Holds Off Iowa". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2012.


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