2012 BBVA Compass Bowl
The 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl, the sixth edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 7, 2012, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. The game, which was telecast at 12:00 p.m. CT on ESPN, featured the SMU Mustangs of Conference USA versus the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Big East Conference. This was Pittsburgh's second consecutive appearance in the game, and just as in the previous contest the Panthers were led by an interim head coach, Keith Patterson, after Todd Graham resigned on December 13, 2011.
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| Date | January 7, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Darius Johnson (SMU) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Pittsburgh by 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dan Romeo (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,726 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1 million (SEC); $900,000 (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Gleason (Play-by-Play) John Congemi (Analyst) Eamon McAnaney (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
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