| 2005 Fort Worth Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jason Swanson (QB, Kansas) & Kevin Kolb (QB, Houston)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kansas by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tom Zimorski (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,505[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gary Thorne (play-by-play) Ed Cunningham | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 edition of the Fort Worth Bowl (later known as the Armed Forces Bowl), the third edition, featured the Kansas Jayhawks and the Houston Cougars.
Game summary
[edit]Brian Murph of Kansas scored the first points of the game on an 85-yard touchdown return of a punt to give Kansas an early 7–0 lead. Houston's Ben Bell answered in the second quarter with a 32-yard field goal making it 7–3. Kansas quarterback Jason Swanson fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jon Cornish making it 14–3 Kansas. With 57 seconds left in the first half, Houston quarterback Kevin Kolb scored on a 1-yard touchdown run bringing it to 14–10 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Jason Swanson again found Jon Cornish for a 30-yard touchdown pass, increasing Kansas's lead to 21–10. T.J. Lawrence of Houston kicked a 44-yard field goal for Houston to make it 21–13. Jason Swanson later threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Mark Simmons, giving Kansas a 28–13 lead.
In the fourth quarter, defensive end Charlton Keith intercepted a Houston pass and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown, making it 35–13. Jason Swanson's 48-yard touchdown pass to Brian Murph capped the scoring at 42–13 Kansas.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our History – Past MVPs". armedforcesbowl.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Fort Worth Bowl". El Paso Times. December 24, 2005. p. 22. Retrieved December 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.