Armed Forces Bowl
| Armed Forces Bowl | |
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| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |
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| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium |
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Previous stadiums | Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2010–2011) |
| Previous locations | University Park, Texas (2010–2011) |
| Operated | 2003–present |
| Conference tie-ins |
American (2014, 2018) MWC (2015, 2019) Army (2014, 2017) Big Ten (2015, 2017, 2019) Big XII (2016, 2018) Navy (2016) |
| Payout | US$675,000 (as of 2015) |
| Sponsors | |
| Former names | |
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PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl (2003–2004)
Fort Worth Bowl (2005) Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (2006–2013) |
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| 2016 matchup | |
| Louisiana Tech vs. Navy (Louisiana Tech 48–45) | |
The Armed Forces Bowl (officially the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl for sponsorship purposes) is an annual postseason college football bowl game.
The contest is one of 11 bowls produced by ESPN Regional Television (a/k/a ESPN Plus) and has been televised annually on ESPN since its inception. Armed Forces Insurance is the official Insurance Partner of the Armed Forces Bowl and has sponsored the Great American Patriot Award, presented at halftime at the Bowl, since 2008.
The game is played in the 44,008-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring teams from a variety of collegiate football conferences; in addition, the D-I independent United States Military Academy (Army) is also eligible to participate. Since the 2006 season, when the name was changed to the Armed Forces Bowl, one of the three FBS-playing service academies (being Army, Navy, and Air Force) has appeared in the game eight times (out of a possible eleven), and contractual tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (home of Navy), the Mountain West Conference (home of Air Force) and independent Army assures that one of those schools could appear in the game every year (if bowl eligible and not already committed to another bowl).
The bowl game was inaugurated in 2003 as PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl, reflecting the sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank. The bank's sponsorship ended in 2004, and the 2005 game was without corporate sponsorship.
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