2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29 , 2012 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx in the United States . The third edition of the Pinstripe Bowl began at 3:15 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN . It featured the Big East Conference co-champion Syracuse Orange against the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams . Both the Orange and the Mountaineers advanced to the game after accomplishing 7 – 5 records in the regular season
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2012 Pinstripe Bowl