2018 Armed Forces Bowl
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| 2018 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kelvin Hopkins (QB, Army) & Romello Brooker (TE, Houston)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Army by 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Luke Richmond (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,738 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$900,000 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Cotter, Emmanuel Acho, Jim Mora and Quint Kessenich | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018.[4] It was the 16th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was officially named the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl after its corporate sponsor Lockheed Martin. On December 18, it was announced that the game had officially sold out of tickets, the first such sellout in the Armed Forces Bowl's 16-year history.[5]
Army's 70–14 victory tied the then largest margin of victory in a bowl game, 56,[6] set by Tulsa in the 2008 GMAC Bowl when they defeated Bowling Green 63–7. Army's 70 points tied the record for most points in an FBS bowl game,[7] set by West Virginia in the 2012 Orange Bowl, when they defeated Clemson 70–33. The then-tied record of largest margin of victory in a bowl game would go on to be broken in the 2023 National Championship game, where Georgia would defeat TCU by a final score of 65–7.[8]
Army Black Knights
The bowl originally planned to invite teams from the Big 12 Conference and the American Athletic Conference (The American). When fourth-ranked Oklahoma was selected for the College Football Playoff, a Big 12 bowl tie-in was left open. Army, an FBS Independent, was selected to fill this opening, facing off with The American member Houston.[9]
Army received and accepted a bid to the Armed Forces Bowl on December 2.[9] The Black Knights subsequently won the Army–Navy Game on December 8, and entered the bowl with a 10–2 record.[10]
Houston Cougars
Houston received and accepted a bid to the Armed Forces Bowl on December 2.[9] The Cougars entered the bowl with a 8–4 record (5–3 in conference).
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Cougars | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 22 Black Knights | 14 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 70 |
| Statistics | HOU | ARMY |
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| First downs | 23 | 27 |
| Plays–yards | 73–317 | 62–592 |
| Rushes–yards | 41–87 | 58–507 |
| Passing yards | 230 | 85 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 21–32–0 | 4–4–0 |
| Time of possession | 24:55 | 35:05 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Houston | Passing | Clayton Tune | 21/32, 230 yds, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Patrick Carr | 9 car, 52 yds | |
| Receiving | Marquez Stevenson | 8 rec, 72 yds | |
| Army | Passing | Kelvin Hopkins Jr. | 3/3, 70 yds |
| Rushing | Kelvin Hopkins Jr. | 11 car, 170 yds, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | Jordan Asberry | 2 rec, 22 yds, 1 TD |