2011 TicketCity Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2011 TicketCity Bowl DallasFootballClassic.PNG 2010 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern University Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech University 7–5 Big Ten 7–5 Big 12 Pat Fitzgerald Tommy Tuberville 0 6 18 14 10 14 14 7 January 1 Cotton Bowl Fair ParkDallas, Texas Taylor Potts (QB, Texas Tech)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64918133/techs-late-gamble-almost-backfires/ Tech's late gamble almost backfires Jaime Aron AP The Oklahoman Oklahoma City 5B January 2, 2011 December 8, 2020 newspapers.com Texas Tech by 9The Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2010 Terry Leyden (MWC) 40,121 1.2 million (per team) ESPNU List of announcers of major college bowl games Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, Chris Spielman and Quint Kessenich yes The 2011 TicketCity Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The game was played on January 1, 2011, at 12:00 p.m. ET and was telecast on ESPNU. This game replaced the Cotton Bowl Classic, which moved from its long-time home to Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington in 2010, and pitted the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference.http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110409aaa.html Big Ten Set to Challenge Big 12 and Conference USA in Dallas Football Classic, Big Ten Conference via bigten.org August 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101030043409/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110409aaa.html October 30, 2010 dead The game was originally labeled "The Dallas Football Classic," but on November 8, 2010, a deal was announced for TicketCity to become the title sponsor of the bowl.http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/08/dallas-bowl-game-gets-new-title-sponsor/ Dallas bowl game gets new title sponsor 8 November 2010 Teams Northwestern Wildcats 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team Northwestern was invited to the TicketCity Bowl after posting a 7–5 record in the regular season. The Wildcats made a school-record third-consecutive bowl appearance. The Wildcats had not won a bowl game since defeating California in the 1949 Rose Bowl. They fell to Auburn, 38–35, in overtime of the Outback Bowl last season. Northwestern has gone 0–2 since losing starting quarterback Dan Persa to a season-ending injury. Texas Tech Red Raiders 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team Texas Tech finished the regular season with a 7–5 record. The Red Raiders lost to three ranked opponents, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas, and defeated one, Missouri. They were on a two-game winning streak leading into the bowl game. Tech was ranked #24 in Jeff Sagarin's BCS computer ranking heading into the bowl matchup. This was the Raiders' eleventh-straight bowl game. They have gone 6–2 in their last eight bowl games, including defeating Michigan State in last year's Alamo Bowl 41–31. Game notes Northwestern made its first appearance in a bowl game at the Cotton Bowl, while Texas Tech playing in its fifth bowl at the Stadium. The two teams had never played each other in the history of their programs. With the win, Tech won their first bowl game at the Cotton Bowl after failing the past four times in a drought that had begun in 1939. Game summary Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterTTU - Matt Williams 24-yard field goal, 5:18TTU 3–0TTU - Taylor Potts 13-yard pass to Austin Zouszalik (Matt Williams Kick), 0:39TTU 10–0 2nd QuarterNW - Kain Colter 1-yard run (Two-Point conversion failed), 6:47TTU 10–6TTU - Taylor Potts 1-yard run (Matt Williams Kick), 4:15TTU 17–6TTU - Taylor Potts 6-yard pass to Lyle Leong (Matt Williams Kick), 0:11TTU 24–6 3rd QuarterNW - Stefan Demos 18-yard field goal, 11:25TTU 24–9TTU - Eric Stephans 86-yard run (Matt Williams Kick), 11:05TTU 31–9NW - Kain Colter 1-yard run (Kain Colter pass to Josh Rooks), 6:12TTU 31–17TTU - Taylor Potts 6-yard pass to Tramain Swindall (Matt Williams Kick), 2:29TTU 38–17NW - Evan Watkins 4-yard run (Stefan Demos Kick), 1:52TTU 38–24 4th QuarterNW - Evan Watkins 18-yard pass to Demetrius Fields (Stefan Demos Kick), 10:33TTU 38–31TTU - Taylor Potts 11-yard pass to Lyle Leong (Matt Williams Kick), 7:13TTU 45–31NW - 39-yard interception return by Jordan Mabin (Stefan Demos Kick), 5:37TTU 45–38 References External links Game summary at ESPN TicketCity Bowl Category:First Responder Bowl Category:Northwestern Wildcats football bowl games Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football bowl games Category:January 2011 sports events in the United States TicketCity Bowl Category:2010s in Dallas