2011 New Mexico Bowl
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The 2011 Gildan
New Mexico Bowl, the sixth edition of the game, will be a post-season American college football
bowl game
, held on December 17, 2011
at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque, New Mexico
as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season
.
The game, which will telecast at 12 p.m. MT
on ESPN
, will feature a team from the Mountain West Conference
versus a team from the Pacific-12 Conference.
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New Mexico Bowl, the sixth edition of the game, will be a post-season American college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
, held on December 17, 2011
2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...
at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season
2011–12 NCAA football bowl games
The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, which will conclude the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, are tentatively scheduled to include 35 team-competitive bowl games, and four all-star games...
.
The game, which will telecast at 12 p.m. MT
Mountain Time Zone
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on ESPN
ESPN College Football
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, will feature a team from the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
versus a team from the Pacific-12 Conference.