2011 NEW MEXICO BOWL GAME INFO:
Date: December 17, 2011
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Venue: University Stadium
Teams: Temple Owls vs. Wyoming Cowboys
The 2011 New Mexico Bowl in Alburqurque is the very first bowl game of the 2011-2012 bowl season. The New Mexico kicks off at lunchtime on Saturday, December 17 between the Temple Owls and Wyoming Cowboys. Both teams come in looking for their 9th win on the season; Temple finished 8-4 playing in the Mid American conference. Wyoming finished 8-4 in the Mountain West, just behind Boise State and TCU.
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NEW MEXICO BOWL GAME INFO:
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Venue: University Stadium
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The New Mexico Bowl is an annual postseason college football bowl game played at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The game features teams from the Mountain West Conference (MW) and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The New Mexico bowl was first played in 2006 between the New Mexico Lobos and the San Jose State Spartans. The Spartans won the game 20-12. The game was funded by a credit line from ESPN and represents the first division-I bowl game to be played in New Mexico.
The winner of the New Mexico Bowl receives a trophy made from a 20-inch piece of Zia Pueblo Pottery. The trophy includes Pueblo depictions of the bowl's symbol, a Zia symbol also found tin the New Mexico state flag, football players, and other Pueblo symbols. The Zia Pueblo Indians are a Native American tribe indigenous to New Mexico. MVP trophies are also made from another form of traditional Zia Pueblo art – leather shields.
University Stadium, site of the New Mexico Bowl, is located on the campus of the University of New Mexico and is the home field of the New Mexico Lobos. Built in 1960, the stadium has a capacity of nearly 39,000. Buy New Mexico Bowl tickets and be part of one of the newest college bowl traditions!
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