2013 Armed Forces Bowl

The 2013 Armed Forces Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The eleventh edition of the Armed Forces Bowl (which was originally known as the Fort Worth Bowl), it featured the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders of Conference USA against the Navy Midshipmen, an independent team. It began at 10:45 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Bell Helicopter and was officially known as the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Navy defeated Middle Tennessee by a score of 24–6.

2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
1234 Total
Middle Tennessee 3300 6
Navy 73014 24
DateDecember 30, 2013
Season2013
StadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
LocationFort Worth, Texas
RefereeMark Kluczynski (MAC)
Attendance39,246
PayoutUS$$600,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersBeth Mowins (play-by-play)
Joey Galloway (analyst)
Paul Carcaterra (sidelines)

The Midshipmen accepted their invitation after earning a 6–4 record in their first ten games of the season, while the Blue Raiders accepted their invitation after earning an 8–4 record in theirs.

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