{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox NCAA football yearly game | game_name = GoDaddy.com Bowl | subheader = | title_sponsor = | image = | caption = | date_game_played = January 8 | year_game_played = 2012 | football_season = 2011 | stadium = Ladd–Peebles Stadium | city = Mobile, Alabama | visitor_school = Arkansas State University | visitor_name_short = Arkansas State | visitor_nickname = Red Wolves | visitor_record = 10–2<!-- Field should contain record prior to game --> | visitor_rank_AP = | visitor_rank_coaches = | visitor_rank_BCS = | visitor_coach = David Gunn<br>(interim) | visitor_conference = Sun Belt | visitor_1q = 13 | visitor_2q = 0 | visitor_3q = 0 | visitor_4q = 7 | visitor_ot = | visitor_2ot = | home_school = Northern Illinois University | home_name_short = Northern Illinois | home_nickname = Huskies | home_record = 10–3<!-- Field should contain record prior to game --> | home_rank_AP = | home_rank_coaches = | home_rank_BCS = | home_coach = Dave Doeren | home_conference = MAC | home_1q = 7 | home_2q = 14 | home_3q = 7 | home_4q = 10 | home_ot = | home_2ot = | odds = Arkansas State by 1<ref>Bowl Schedule, ''Los Angeles Times'', December 7, 2011</ref> | MVP = QB Chandler Harnish, NIU | anthem = | referee = Tom McCreesh (ACC) | halftime = | attendance = 38,734 | payout = 750,000 | us_network = ESPN | us_announcers = Clay Matvick (play-by-play)<br>Danny Kanell (analyst)<br>Cara Capuano (sidelines) | ratings = 1.24 }} The '''2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl''' the thirteenth edition of the GoDaddy.com Bowl, an American college football bowl game. Part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, it took place on January 8, 2012, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves from the Sun Belt Conference, 38–20.<ref>Arkansas Online (January 9, 2012). [http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/jan/09/north-illinois-beats-arkansas-state-38-20/ "Northern Illinois Beats Arkansas State 38-20"], ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette''</ref>
The first quarter saw the Red Wolves build up a 13–0 lead, but then the Huskies scored 31 unanswered points to put the game away in the second half.<ref>Mitchell, Fred (January 9, 2012). [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-0109-niu-go-daddy-bowl--20120109,0,6213176.story "NIU Beats Arkansas State in GoDaddy.com Bowl"], ''Chicago Tribune''</ref>
==Teams== ===Arkansas State=== {{See also|2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team}}
ASU completed its best regular season since 1975 by winning 10 games and extending its overall winning streak to 9 games. The Red Wolves were led by junior quarterback Ryan Aplin (605 rushing yds., 9 TDs, 3,235 passing yards) who was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and senior defensive lineman Brandon Joiner, the Defensive Player of the Year.
===Northern Illinois=== {{See also|2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team}} Northern Illinois defeated Ohio, 23-20, in the 2011 Marathon MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit, MI, which was led offensively by QB Chandler Harnish (1,382 rushing yds., 11 TDs; 2,942 passing yards, 26 TDs), WR Nathan Palmer (683 receiving yds., 7 TDs); and defensively by LB Pat Schiller (108 tackles), DE Sean Progar (5.5 sacks), and DB Rashaan Melvin (2 INT). <ref>Mid-American Conference Football, Mid-American Conference, December, 2011</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/320082459 ESPN summary]
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