The Armed Forces Bowl, created in 2003 by ESPN Regional Television, features teams from the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA. If either conference is unable to field a bowl-eligible team, Army and Navy are eligible to play.
BYU -- a former Mountain West Conference member and currently a football independent -- also is eligible to play, if bowl eligible.
Memorable moments
• In the inaugural game in 2003, Ryan Dinwiddle engineered a 14-point comeback late as Boise State defeated TCU 34-31. Dinwiddle threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns.
• In 2011, BYU scored after a fake spike with 11 seconds left for a 24-21 win against Tulsa. BYU was out of timeouts and at the 2-yard-line when quarterback Riley Nelson faked a spike and threw his third touchdown pass of the day to Cody Hoffman, giving the Cougars their fifth 10-win season.
| YEAR | WINNER | SCORE | LOSER | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Boise State | 34 | TCU | 31 |
| 2004 | Cincinnati | 32 | Marshall | 14 |
| 2005 | Kansas | 42 | Houston | 13 |
| 2006 | Utah | 25 | Tulsa | 13 |
| 2007 | California | 42 | Air Force | 36 |
| 2008 | Houston | 34 | Air Force | 28 |
| 2009 | Air Force | 47 | Houston | 20 |
| 2010 | Army | 16 | SMU | 14 |
| 2011 | BYU | 24 | Tulsa | 21 |
| 2012 | Rice | 33 | Air Force | 14 |
| 2013 | Navy | 24 | Middle Tennessee | 6 |
