2005 Fort Worth Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2005 Fort Worth Bowl 2005 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas University Houston Cougars University of Houston 6–5 Big 12 6–5 C-USA Mark Mangino Art Briles 7 7 14 14 0 10 3 0 December 23 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Jason Swanson (QB, Kansas) & Kevin Kolb (QB, Houston)https://www.armedforcesbowl.com/the-game#history-section Our History – Past MVPs armedforcesbowl.com January 3, 2020 Kansas by 3 Tom Zimorski (ACC) 33,505https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26440177/fort_worth_bowl/ Fort Worth Bowl El Paso Times 22 December 24, 2005 December 22, 2018 newspapers.com 750,000https://www.ncaa.com/ NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships | NCAA.com www.ncaa.com 19 December 2022 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Gary Thorne (play-by-play)Ed Cunningham (color)Dr. Jerry Punch (sideline) 2006 The 2005 edition of the Fort Worth Bowl (later known as the Armed Forces Bowl), the third edition, featured the Kansas Jayhawks and the Houston Cougars. Game summary Brian Murph of Kansas scored the first points of the game on an 85-yard touchdown return of a punt to give Kansas an early 7–0 lead. Houston's Ben Bell answered in the second quarter with a 32-yard field goal making it 7–3. Kansas quarterback Jason Swanson fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jon Cornish making it 14–3 Kansas. With 57 seconds left in the first half, Houston quarterback Kevin Kolb scored on a 1-yard touchdown run bringing it to 14–10 at halftime. In the third quarter, Jason Swanson again found Jon Cornish for a 30-yard touchdown pass, increasing Kansas's lead to 21–10. T.J. Lawrence of Houston kicked a 44-yard field goal for Houston to make it 21–13. Jason Swanson later threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Mark Simmons, giving Kansas a 28–13 lead. In the fourth quarter, defensive end Charlton Keith intercepted a Houston pass and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown, making it 35–13. Jason Swanson's 48-yard touchdown pass to Brian Murph capped the scoring at 42–13 Kansas. External links USAToday.com recap of game References Fort Worth Bowl Category:Armed Forces Bowl Category:Houston Cougars football bowl games Category:Kansas Jayhawks football bowl games Category:2005 in sports in Texas Category:December 2005 sports events in the United States