ULM
Bound for First-Ever Bowl Game
ULM
Bowl Game Central
2012
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl Invites ULM to First Bowl Game in Program History
MONROE, La. -- Late
Sunday evening, ULM learned that it will face Ohio in the 2012 AdvoCare V100
Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., on December 28th. The contest between the Warhawks and the
Bobcats will air nationally on ESPN with kickoff slated for 1 p.m. (CT).
The Friday matinee between ULM and Ohio will be the first
ever meeting between the two schools.
All-time, the Warhawks own a 3-5-1 record against current members of the
Mid-American Conference (Eastern Michigan, 2-2-1; Kent State, 0-1; Northern
Illinois, 1-0; Western Michigan, 0-2).
ULM is 0-2 against teams from the MAC since joining the FBS ranks in
1994 (Western Michigan, 0-2).
The two squads have a common team award this season as
Ohio and ULM claimed Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week honors on
back-to-back weeks. The Bobcats earned
the honor with a 24-14 win at Penn State during the opening weekend of the
college football season, while ULM earned the honor a week later with a
come-from-behind win over then-No. 8 Arkansas in Little Rock (W, 34-31, OT).
Ohio started the 2012 season 7-0 and climbed to as high
as number 23 in the polls before dropping four of their final five games of the
season to finish 8-4 overall and 4-4 in the MAC.
ULM, like Ohio, owns an 8-4 record overall with the
Warhawks longest skid this season reaching just two games. The Warhawks finished 6-2 overall in the Sun
Belt Conference and finished in a three-way tie for second place in the league
(Middle Tennessee; UL-Lafayette).
Three other Sun Belt teams earned bowl berths and they
are as follows:
UL-Lafayette (8-4, 6-2 SBC) vs. East Carolina (8-4, 7-1
C-USA)
R&L Carriers
New Orleans Bowl, December 22
Western Kentucky (7-5, 4-4 SBC) vs. Central Michigan (6-6,
4-4 MAC)
Little Caesar's
Pizza Bowl (Detroit), December 26
Arkansas State (9-3, 7-1 SBC) vs. No. 25 Kent State
(11-2, 8-0 MAC)
GoDaddy.com Bowl
(Mobile, Ala.), January 6
