The '' ' Fort Worth Bowl ' '' , held on December 23 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in the titular city , matched a departing C-USA team with a future member of that conference . The Cincinnati Bearcats , which left C-USA for the Big East Conference after the 2004 – 05 season , played the Marshall Thundering Herd , which joined C-USA from the MAC for 2005 – 06 . Cincinnati quarterback Gino Guidugli returned from a broken hand to throw for two touchdowns , and the Bearcats defense held Marshall to 134 yards of total offense in a 32 – 14 win . The loss broke the Thundering Herd 's streaks of 20 consecutive winning seasons and five winning bowl appearances ( in nonconsecutive years )
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