2011 Military Bowl The 2011 Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman , the fourth edition of the game , was a post - season American college football bowl game , held on December 28 , 2011 at Robert F . Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington , D . C . as part of the 2011 – 12 NCAA bowl season . The game , which telecast at 4 : 30 p . m . ET on ESPN , featured the Air Force Falcons from the Mountain West Conference versus the Toledo Rockets from the Mid - American Conference . Teams . The 2011 Military Bowl was the first meeting between Air Force and Toledo . Prior to the bowl game , the Falcons have played against one Mid - American Conference team , winning and losing one game to Kent State . Air Force . The 2011 Military Bowl was the Falcon ' s fifth consecutive appearance in a bowl game ( 2007 – 11 ) . Air Force was highlighted by the performances of Jon Davis who has a 10 career games with 10 or more tackles ; Asher Clark who has 11 career 100 - yard rushing games ; and senior quarterback Tim Jefferson , Air Force ' s winningest quarterback . The Falcons came into the game 2nd in the FBS in rushing , average 320 . 3 rushing yards a game . Toledo . Coming into this game , Toledo averaged 42 . 3 points per game for the season , including an FBS - best 53 . 8 points in November . The team was led by junior first - team All - MAC WR Eric Page , who set numerous school records in 2011 , including most receptions in a season ( 112 ) and for a career ( 293 ) and senior RB Adonis Thomas , who finished the season with 963 yards rushing . Toledo quarterback Terrence Owens , however , only started the final two games of the 2011 season coming into the bowl game ; quarterback Austin Dantin started the first 10 games before a concussion sidelined him . A few days after accepting the invitation to the 2011 Military Bowl , coach Tim Beckman left Toledo to become the coach for Illinois , leaving offensive coordinator Matt Campbell to coach the Rockets in the bowl game . Game summary . Within a period of 5 minutes , 2 seconds in the 1st quarter , Toledo and Air Force scored a combined 5 touchdowns . The Rockets scored first on a 17 - yard touchdown pass . On the ensuing kickoff , Air Force ' s Cody Getz fumbled the ball , giving the ball back to Toledo . Toledo took advantage of the fumble to go up 14 - 0 . Air Force got on board on a 22 - yard Tim Jefferson quarterback rush to cut the lead 14 - 7 . On the ensuing kickoff , Toledo ' s Eric Page returned the kickoff 87 yards to make it 21 - 7 . Air Force , helped by a 60 - yard Jonathan Warzeka run , cut the lead 21 - 14 going into the 2nd quarter . After forcing Toledo to punt , Air Force tied the game 21 - 21 on an Asher Clark touchdown run . Toledo retook the lead on a 48 - yard passing touchdown to make it 28 - 21 . On the ensuing drive , Air Force turned the ball over on downs . However , Toledo fumbled the ball on its possession . Taking advantage of the fumble , Air Force tied the game 28 - 28 on a 37 - yard touchdown pass . The game remained tied at the end of the first half . Toledo took the lead in the 3rd quarter when Jermaine Robinson intercepted Tim Jefferson and returned the ball 37 - yards for a touchdown . However , the Falcons were able to tie the game 35 - 35 on a 2 - yard Mike DeWitt touchdown run . The first four drives of the 4th quarter ended in punts . Toledo took the lead on a 33 - yard touchdown pass to Bernard Reedy to make it 42 - 35 with 5 : 01 remaining in the game . Air Force was able to respond on a 4th - and - 3 , 33 - yard touchdown pass from Tim Jefferson to Zack Kauth with 52 seconds remaining in regulation . Air Force then lined up for to kick an extra point . Instead of going for the extra point , though , Air Force went for a two - point conversion in order to go ahead of Toledo . However , on the conversion attempt , an option run , David Baska pitch to kicker Parker Herrington was low and ended up bouncing out of bounds in the end zone . Toledo was able to recover the Falcon ' s onside kick and was able to seal the victory after getting a 1st down . Scoring Summary . Source .