The 2014 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football

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that was played on December 20, 2014 at

Albertsons Stadium Albertsons Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Known as Bronco St ...

on the campus of

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. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The eighteenth annual

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, previously the Humanitarian Bowl (1997–2003, 2007–2010) and the MPC Computers Bowl (2004–2006), is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1997 at Albertson ...

, it pitted the

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of the

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against the

Air Force Falcons The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The athletics department has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. The current athl ...

of the

Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...

. The game started at 3:45 p.m. MST and aired on

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. The game was sponsored by the

Idaho Potato Commission The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is a marketing board that represents the potato growers of the U.S. state of Idaho. The group's main initiative is ''Grown in Idaho'' — a collective trade mark program for marketing Idaho-grown potatoes, product ...

. Air Force beat Western Michigan by a score of 38–24.Jezierny, Nick (December 20, 2014)
"Air Force Beats Western Michigan 38-24 in Potato Bowl"
''Miami Herald''. Retrieved December 21, 2014.

Teams

The game featured the

of the

against the

of the

, and was the first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl for both teams. This was the first overall meeting between these two teams.

Western Michigan Broncos

After finishing their regular season with an 8–4 record, the Broncos accepted their invitation to play in the game. In addition to this being Western Michigan's first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, it was also their first bowl game since the

2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl The 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, the 15th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game that was held on December 27, 2011 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan as part of the 2011–12 NCAA bowl season. The game, w ...

. The Broncos were seeking their first-ever bowl victory, as they were 0–5 in their prior bowl games.

Air Force Falcons

After finishing their regular season with a 9–3 record, the Falcons accepted their invitation to play in the game.

Game summary

Scoring summary

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References

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Air Force Falcons football bowl games Western Michigan Broncos football bowl games

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