The Temple Owls (8-4) will meet the Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) in the 2011 New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM. The New Mexico Bowl is the first game of the 2011-2012 bowl season.
Under first-year head coach Steve Addazio, the Owls won their last three regular season games and finished second in the Mid-American Conference's Eastern division. The Cowboys won three of their last four games and finished third in the Mountain West Conference. The two teams have met once before. On Sept. 1 1990, Wyoming defeated Temple 38-23.
Temple is currently a 7-point favorite in the game (via Odds Shark). There is no total posted for the New Mexico Bowl yet.
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