Since the game's inception in 2008, the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl has had its current setup with a team from Conference USA playing a team from the Big East Conference. Ball State was chosen as a replacement for the potential Big East team, because the conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a representative to St. Petersburg.
This was the fourth meeting between these two teams. The all-time record is tied 2-2. The last time they played was in 2004, when UCF was with Ball State in the MAC (UCF was a football-only member of the MAC).
Initially, the Knights were ineligible for the postseason because of recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble.[2] Almost immediately afterwards, the university appealed; because its hearing was delayed until 2013, the Knights were bowl-eligible for 2012.[3] Finishing as C-USA East Division Champions with a 7–1 conference record, the Knights would go on to the Conference USA Championship Game for the fourth time in eight years. After losing to Tulsa 33–27 in overtime, the Knights advanced to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl per the C-USA's bowl contingency plan.[4]
This was the Knights' second Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, they had previously played in the 2009 game, losing to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights by a score of 45–24. It was also the Knights' final game as a member of Conference USA before they move to the American Athletic Conference in 2013.[5]
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The 2012 Beef O Brady s Bowl the fifth edition of the game formerly known as the St Petersburg Bowl was a post season American college football bowl game held on December 21 2012 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg Florida as part of the 2012 13 NCAA Bowl season 2012 Beef O Brady s Bowl5th Beef O Brady s BowlBall State Cardinals UCF Knights 9 3 9 4 MAC C USA17 38Head coach Pete Lembo Head coach George O Leary1234 TotalBall State 0737 17UCF 131573 38DateDecember 21 2012Season2012StadiumTropicana FieldLocationSt Petersburg FloridaMVPBlake BortlesFavoriteUCF by 7 1 RefereeTony Backert Sun Belt Attendance21 759PayoutUS 1 million per teamUnited States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersDave Neal Play by Play Desmond Howard Analyst Andre Ware Analyst Cara Capuano Sidelines Beef O Brady s Bowl lt 2011 2013 gt The game broadcast at 7 30 p m ET on ESPN featured the UCF Knights from Conference USA and Ball State Cardinals from the Mid American Conference It was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams The Knights advanced to the game after losing to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the Conference USA Championship Game Contents 1 Teams 1 1 UCF 1 2 Ball State 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 References 4 External linksTeams editSince the game s inception in 2008 the Beef O Brady s Bowl has had its current setup with a team from Conference USA playing a team from the Big East Conference Ball State was chosen as a replacement for the potential Big East team because the conference did not have enough bowl eligible teams to send a representative to St Petersburg This was the fourth meeting between these two teams The all time record is tied 2 2 The last time they played was in 2004 when UCF was with Ball State in the MAC UCF was a football only member of the MAC UCF edit See also 2012 UCF Knights football team Initially the Knights were ineligible for the postseason because of recruiting violations in both football and basketball under previous athletic director Keith Tribble 2 Almost immediately afterwards the university appealed because its hearing was delayed until 2013 the Knights were bowl eligible for 2012 3 Finishing as C USA East Division Champions with a 7 1 conference record the Knights would go on to the Conference USA Championship Game for the fourth time in eight years After losing to Tulsa 33 27 in overtime the Knights advanced to the Beef O Brady s Bowl per the C USA s bowl contingency plan 4 This was the Knights second Beef O Brady s Bowl they had previously played in the 2009 game losing to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights by a score of 45 24 It was also the Knights final game as a member of Conference USA before they move to the American Athletic Conference in 2013 5 Ball State edit See also 2012 Ball State Cardinals football team Ball State entered the game with 9 3 record losing only to Clemson Kent State and BCS buster Northern Illinois It was the Cardinals first bowl game since the 2009 GMAC Bowl Game summary editScoring summary edit Scoring summaryQuarter Time Drive Team Scoring information ScorePlays Yards TOP Ball State UCF1 7 27 13 78 7 33 UCF Latavius Murray 7 yard touchdown reception from Blake Bortles Shawn Moffitt kick good 0 71 3 59 7 58 2 34 UCF Latavius Murray 2 yard touchdown run Shawn Moffitt kick no good blocked 0 132 10 41 10 82 4 19 Ball St Willie Snead IV 7 yard touchdown reception from Keith Wenning Steven Schott kick good 7 132 5 50 9 75 4 51 UCF Blake Bortles 6 yard touchdown run 2 point pass good 7 212 0 05 6 80 0 55 UCF Latavius Murray 5 yard touchdown reception from Blake Bortles Shawn Moffitt kick good 7 283 7 54 10 49 4 14 Ball St 45 yard field goal by Steven Schott 10 283 4 23 7 50 3 31 UCF J J Worton 7 yard touchdown reception from Blake Bortles Shawn Moffitt kick good 10 354 10 12 12 72 5 26 UCF 25 yard field goal by Shawn Moffitt 10 384 5 26 11 76 4 46 Ball St Willie Snead IV 16 yard touchdown reception from Keith Wenning Steven Schott kick good 17 38 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 17 38Statistics edit Statistics BALL UCFFirst Downs 22 29Total offense plays yards 59 286 74 495Rushes yards net 24 68 42 224Passing yards net 218 271Passes Comp Att Int 22 35 0 22 32 0Time of Possession 24 26 35 34Source 6 References edit Bowl Schedule Los Angeles Times December 4 2012 NCAA adds 1 year postseason bans to UCF penalties WESH TV Orlando Archived from the original on December 9 2012 Retrieved July 31 2012 UCF asks NCAA for expedited appeal ESPN August 15 2012 Retrieved August 25 2012 C USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan Conference USA November 26 2012 Archived from the original on December 1 2012 Retrieved December 1 2012 It s Official UCF Joins BIG EAST Conference University of Central Florida December 7 2011 Retrieved December 1 2012 Scoring Summary Final 2012 UCF Football Ball State vs UCF Dec 21 2012 at St Petersburg PDF Gasparilla Bowl External links 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