2011 Insight Bowl

2011 Insight Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Oklahoma Sooners (7–5) (9–3) 14 31 Head coach:  Kirk Ferentz Head coach:  Bob Stoops AP Coaches BCS 19 19 14
1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 0 14 14 Oklahoma 7 7 7 10 31
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

The 2011 Insight Bowl, the 23rd edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m. MT on ESPN. The Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference faced the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma won by a score of 31–14.

The game was briefly suspended with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter when one of ESPN's skycams crashed onto the field, nearly hitting Iowa wide receiver Marvin McNutt, Jr.^[2] The incident has since gone viral on YouTube.

For the 2012 season, the bowl will have a new sponsor and a new name. It became the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

Teams

After winning the 2010 Insight Bowl 27–24 over Missouri, 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 coach Hayden Fry's second game. On that team were Bob Stoops, the current Oklahoma head coach, and Bruce Kittle, currently a Sooner assistant coach.

Iowa

Oklahoma

References

1. Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
2. Marshall, John (2001-12-31). "Insight Bowl: Camera Falls to Field as Oklahoma Holds Off Iowa". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2012-01-02.