2012 Capital One Bowl
| 2012 Capital One Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 66th Citrus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Florida Citrus Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Alshon Jeffery (South Carolina WR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | South Carolina by 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry McGinn (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 61,351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$4.55 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Tessitore (play-by-play) Rod Gilmore (analyst) Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Citrus Bowl, known as the Capital One Bowl for sponsorship purposes, was the sixty-sixth edition of the college football bowl game, played on January 2, 2012 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Part of the 2011–12 bowl season, it featured No. 20 Nebraska of the Big Ten and No. 9 South Carolina of the SEC. The game began at 1:00 p.m. EST and was broadcast on ESPN.