2012 TicketCity Bowl

2012 TicketCity Bowl
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Penn State Nittany Lions Houston Cougars (9–3) (12–1) 14 30 Head coach:  Tom Bradley Head coach:  Tony Levine AP Coaches BCS 24 23 22 AP Coaches BCS 20 17 19
1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 7 7 0 14 Houston 17 7 3 3 30
Date	January 2, 2012
Season	2011
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
Favorite	Houston by 6
Referee	Jeff Maconaghy (Big East)
Attendance	46,817
Payout	US$1.2 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPNU
Announcers	Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play) Danny Kanell (Analyst) Lisa Salters (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	0.9
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The 2012 TicketCity Bowl, the second edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, which was telecast at 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPNU, featured the Houston Cougars from Conference USA versus the Penn State Nittany Lions from the Big Ten Conference. The Houston Cougars won 30–14.

The 2012 TicketCity Bowl marked the head coaching debut of Tony Levine, and the last college game of quarterback Case Keenum.