2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
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| Date | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Reliant Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ryan Tannehill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas A&M by 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Loeffler (MWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,395 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.7 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Wischusen (Play-by-Play) Brian Griese (Analyst) Eamon McAnaney (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, the sixth edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 31, 2011, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
This was the first year the game was known as the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. The game was previously known as the Texas Bowl in 2010 and is not to be confused with the previous Meineke Car Care Bowl held in North Carolina which is now called the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
The game, which was telecast at 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPN and available for streaming online via ESPN3, featured the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference versus the Texas A&M Aggies of the Big 12 Conference.