2012 Capital One Bowl

The 2012 Capital One Bowl, the 66th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, which was telecast at 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the #9 South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference versus the #20 Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Big Ten Conference.

In the third quarter, South Carolina receiver Alshon Jeffery and Nebraska corner Alfonzo Dennard were involved in a fight, resulting in both players being ejected.^[3]

Down 13–9 at the end of the first half, South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw took the snap from the Gamecocks' own 49-yard line with 0:06 seconds remaining. With 0:02 remaining, Shaw heaved a Hail Mary pass, which was caught at the 4-yard line by Jeffery, who dove into the endzone for a touchdown as time expired. South Carolina went on to win 30–13, and Jeffery was named MVP of the game.

This game is notable for being the first-ever 11th win in a season for the South Carolina football program, which ultimately led to their first top-10 final ranking in the major college football polls.

References

↑ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
↑ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college/2011/11/bowl-payouts-projected-around-281-million.html
↑ http://www.wyff4.com/USC-s-Jeffery-Ejected-From-Bowl-Game/-/9324882/10080984/-/l0df7lz/-/index.html

Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One / Citrus Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference

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Notes	There was a Citrus Bowl in January and December in 1958, 1960 and 2016. There was no Citrus Bowl in 1959.

2011–12 NCAA football bowl game season

New Mexico (Dec. 17) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 17) New Orleans (Dec. 17) Beef 'O' Brady's (Dec. 20) Poinsettia (Dec. 21) Maaco Las Vegas (Dec. 22) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Independence (Dec. 26) Little Caesars Pizza (Dec. 27) Belk (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Armed Forces (Dec. 30) Pinstripe (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Insight (Dec. 30) Meineke Car Care of Texas (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Kraft Fight Hunger (Dec. 31) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 31) TicketCity (Jan. 2) Outback (Jan. 2) Capital One (Jan. 2) Gator (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 6) BBVA Compass (Jan. 7) GoDaddy.com (Jan. 8)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) Orange (Jan. 4) BCS National Championship (Jan. 9)

All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) Senior Bowl (Jan. 28) Dixie Gridiron Classic (Feb. 4)

Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

South Carolina Gamecocks bowl games

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