2006 Armed Forces Bowl
| 2006 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Louie Sakoda (P/K, Utah) & Paul Smith (QB, Tulsa) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill McCabe (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,412 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Patrick (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color), & Holly Rowe (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Armed Forces Bowl, the 4th edition (previously known as the Fort Worth Bowl), featured the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and the Utah Utes, both former members of the Western Athletic Conference. In addition to the name change the bowl would be sponsored for the first time by Bell Helicopter Textron, the Fort-Worth based defense contractor.