The 2012 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 27, 2012, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.. The fifth edition of the Military Bowl began at 3:00 p.m. EST and was shown on ESPN. It was between the San Jose State Spartans from the Western Athletic Conference and the Bowling Green Falcons from the Mid-American Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Spartans accepted their invitation after earning a 10–2 record in the regular season, while the Falcons accepted after earning an 8–4 record on theirs.

This was the first Military Bowl appearance as well as the first meeting between these two teams. It proved to be the last edition of the Military Bowl played at RFK Stadium. On May 20, 2013, the bowl announced that future editions would be held at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

Under normal circumstances, the 2012 game would have been between the eighth bowl-eligible team from the Atlantic Coast Conference and Army. However, the Army Black Knights were not bowl eligible because of their 2–9 record. In addition, the ACC only had six bowl-eligible teams this season because the Miami Hurricanes, in the midst of an NCAA investigation into allegations of major rules violations, self-imposed a bowl ban. Therefore, a new matchup for the 2012 game was decided.

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