2026 Armed Forces Bowl
| 2026 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brad Jackson (QB, Texas State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas State by 19.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Packowski (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 28,243 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2026, at Amon G. Carter Stadium located in Fort Worth, Texas. The 23rd annual Armed Forces Bowl began at approximately at 12:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was officially named the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl after its corporate sponsor Lockheed Martin.
The Texas State Bobcats from the Sun Belt Conference defeated the Rice Owls from the American Conference, 41–10.
Before the game, one of several parachutists who were due to land on the field appeared to become tangled in a cable above one of the end zones, causing him to fall to the ground; he reportedly was able to walk away from the accident.