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===Arkansas State=== |
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{{See also|2012 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team}} |
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Arkansas State won the Sun Belt championship, finishing the season with a 9–3 record and a 7–1 record in conference play. The team |
Arkansas State won the Sun Belt championship, finishing the season with a 9–3 record and a 7–1 record in conference play. The team made its second consecutive appearance in the bowl and for the second consecutive year was playing without its head coach. Arkansas State had lost the prior appearance to [[2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|Northern Illinois]] in the [[2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl|2012 game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A-State Accepts GoDaddy.com Bowl Invitation|url=http://www.astateredwolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=35558&SPID=2798&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205819493&DB_OEM_ID=7200|publisher=[[Arkansas State University]]|accessdate=December 3, 2012}}</ref> |
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===Kent State=== |
===Kent State=== |
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{{See also|2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team}} |
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The GoDaddy.com Bowl |
The GoDaddy.com Bowl was Kent State's first bowl game appearance in forty years; the team last played in the [[1972 Tangerine Bowl]]. Kent State went 11–1 in regular season games and 8–0 in MAC play before losing the [[2012 MAC Championship Game|MAC Championship Game]] to [[2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|Northern Illinois]]; their eleven victories set a team record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flashes Heading to GoDaddy.com Bowl|url=http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/Bowl|publisher=[[Kent State University]]|accessdate=December 3, 2012|date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> The team finished the season ranked #25 in the [[AP Poll]]. Kent State coach Darrell Hazell was MAC Coach of the Year and accepted the head coach position with the [[ Purdue Boilermakers ]] prior to the game. |
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==Game summary== |
==Game summary== |
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| MVP | Special Teams: Ryan Wilbourn (ASU Punter) Offensive: J. D. McKissic (ASU Wide Receiver) Defensive: Qushaun Lee (ASU Linebacker) MVP: Ryan Aplin (ASU Quarterback) |
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The 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game be held on January 6, 2013, at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The 14th edition of the bowl began at 8:00 PM CST and aired on ESPN. The Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-American Conference competed against the Sun Belt Conference champion Arkansas State Red Wolves.
Teams
Arkansas State
Arkansas State won the Sun Belt championship, finishing the season with a 9–3 record and a 7–1 record in conference play. The team made its second consecutive appearance in the bowl and for the second consecutive year was playing without its head coach. Arkansas State had lost the prior appearance to Northern Illinois in the 2012 game.[3]
Kent State
The GoDaddy.com Bowl was Kent State's first bowl game appearance in forty years; the team last played in the 1972 Tangerine Bowl. Kent State went 11–1 in regular season games and 8–0 in MAC play before losing the MAC Championship Game to Northern Illinois; their eleven victories set a team record.[4] The team finished the season ranked #25 in the AP Poll. Kent State coach Darrell Hazell was MAC Coach of the Year and accepted the head coach position with the Purdue Boilermakers prior to the game.
Game summary
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Statistics
References
- ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2013
- ^ "GoDaddy.com Bowl: Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves". Side Arm Stats. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ "A-State Accepts GoDaddy.com Bowl Invitation". Arkansas State University. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ "Flashes Heading to GoDaddy.com Bowl". Kent State University. December 2, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
