2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl 5th Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl December 21 2012 2012 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida Ball State University Ball State Cardinals 9–3 Pete Lembo MAC 0 7 3 7 University of Central Florida UCF Knights 9–4 George O'Leary C-USA 13 15 7 3 UCF by 7Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2012 Blake Bortles Tony Backert (Sun Belt) 21,759 1 million per team ESPN Dave Neal (Play by Play) Desmond Howard (Analyst) Andre Ware (Analyst) Cara Capuano (Sidelines) 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. 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. Teams 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). UCF 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.NCAA adds 1-year postseason bans to UCF penalties http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/NCAA-adds-1-year-postseason-bans-to-UCF-penalties/-/11788162/15866362/-/bb4k86z/-/index.html?treets=orl&t https://archive.today/20121209070205/http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/NCAA-adds-1-year-postseason-bans-to-UCF-penalties/-/11788162/15866362/-/bb4k86z/-/index.html?treets=orl&t dead December 9, 2012 WESH-TV Orlando July 31, 2012 Almost immediately afterwards, the university appealed; because its hearing was delayed until 2013, the Knights were bowl-eligible for 2012.UCF asks NCAA for expedited appeal https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8272500/ucf-knights-asking-ncaa-expedited-appeal-bowl-ban ESPN August 25, 2012 August 15, 2012 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.http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112612aaj.html C-USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan Conference USA November 26, 2012 December 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121201070613/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112612aaj.html December 1, 2012 dead mdy-all 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.http://today.ucf.edu/its-official-ucf-to-join-big-east-conference/ It's Official! UCF Joins BIG EAST Conference University of Central Florida December 7, 2011 December 1, 2012 Ball State 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 Scoring summary Ball State UCF 1 7:27 UCF 13 78 7:33 RecTD Latavius Murray Blake Bortles 7 good Shawn Moffitt 0 7 1 3:59 UCF 7 58 2:34 RushTD Latavius Murray 2 no good (blocked) Shawn Moffitt 0 13 2 10:41 Ball St. 10 82 4:19 RecTD Willie Snead IV Keith Wenning 7 good Steven Schott 7 13 2 5:50 UCF 9 75 4:51 RushTD Blake Bortles 6 pass good 7 21 2 0:05 UCF 6 80 0:55 RecTD Latavius Murray Blake Bortles 5 good Shawn Moffitt 7 28 3 7:54 Ball St. 10 49 4:14 FG 45 good Steven Schott 10 28 3 4:23 UCF 7 50 3:31 RecTD J.J. Worton Blake Bortles 7 good Shawn Moffitt 10 35 4 10:12 UCF 12 72 5:26 FG 25 good Shawn Moffitt 10 38 4 5:26 Ball St. 11 76 4:46 RecTD Willie Snead IV Keith Wenning 16 good Steven Schott 17 38 17 38 Statistics Statistics BALL UCF First downs 22 29 Total offense, plays - yards 59-286 74-495Rushes-yards (net) 24-68 42-224 Passing yards (net) 218 271Passes, Comp-Att-Int 22-35-0 22-32-0 Time of Possession 24:26 35:34 Source:Scoring Summary (Final) 2012 UCF Football Ball State vs UCF (Dec 21, 2012 at St. Petersburg) https://www.gasparillabowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2012BOBB_FinalStats_UCF_BSU.pdf Gasparilla Bowl References 30em External links Box score at ESPN Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Category:Gasparilla Bowl Category:Ball State Cardinals football bowl games Category:UCF Knights football bowl games Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Category:December 2012 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in St. Petersburg, Florida