| 2011 Insight Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Insight Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Blake Bell (Oklahoma) Jamell Fleming (Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 15[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Wood (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,247 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3.3 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough (Play-by-Play) Matt Millen (Analyst) Heather Cox (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The2011 Insight Bowl, the 23rd edition of theInsight Bowl, was a post-season Americancollege footballbowl game, held on December 30,2011 atSun Devil Stadium inTempe, Arizona as part of the2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m.MT onESPN. The Iowa Hawkeyes of theBig Ten Conference faced the Oklahoma Sooners of theBig 12 Conference. Oklahoma won by a score of 31–14.[2]
The game was briefly suspended with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter when one of ESPN'sskycams crashed onto the field, nearly hitting Iowa wide receiverMarvin McNutt, Jr.[3] The incident has since gone viral on YouTube.
For the 2012 season, the bowl had a new sponsor and a new name as it became theBuffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
After winning the2010 Insight Bowl 27–24 overMissouri, the Iowa Hawkeyes are back to take on the Sooners of Oklahoma, which began the season as the top-ranked team in both the Associated Press and ESPN coaches’ polls. The two teams have met only once, in 1979 when Oklahoma defeated Iowa 21–6 in head coachHayden Fry's second game. On that team wereBob Stoops, the current Oklahoma head coach, and Bruce Kittle, currently a Sooner assistant coach.
The Hawkeyes opened the season unranked, and could not put together anything longer than a two-game winning streak during the 2011 season. The bright spot was a win over No. 13Michigan atKinnick Stadium. Iowa entered the Insight Bowl at 7–5 overall (4–4 B1G).
After opening the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the preseason polls, the Sooners entered the Insight Bowl with a 9–3 record (6–3 Big 12). Coming off a 44–10 loss to No. 3Oklahoma State, the Sooners were looking to build momentum for the 2012 season. Head coachBob Stoops and assistant Bruce Kittle played at Iowa underHayden Fry in the 1980s.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
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| Statistics | Iowa | OU |
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| First downs | 21 | 15 |
| Plays–yards | 82–292 | 62–275 |
| Rushes–yards | 37–76 | 37–114 |
| Passing yards | 238 | 179 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 23–45–2 | 16–25–1 |
| Time of possession | 20:03 | 16:22 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Iowa | Passing | James Vandenberg | 23/44, 216 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Jordan Canzeri | 22 rushes, 58 yards | |
| Receiving | Keenan Davis | 5 receptions, 76 yards | |
| OU | Passing | Landry Jones | 16/25, 161 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Blake Bell | 10 rushes, 51 yards, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Kameel Jackson | 3 receptions, 45 yards |
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