California accepts bid to play Air Force in Armed Forces Bowl

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- California accepted a bid Sunday to play Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.

The Bears (6-6, 3-6 Pac-10) had been 5-0 and ranked No. 2 in the AP poll before a 31-28 loss to Oregon State on Oct. 13. Starting with that game, the Bears lost six of their last seven.

Air Force (9-3, 6-2 Mountain West) accepted its bid last week to play in the Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl, to be played on the TCU campus. It is the first bowl game since 2002 for the Falcons, who won six of their last seven games.

With a bowl victory, California would finish with its sixth straight winning season under coach Jeff Tedford. The Bears were coming off a school-worst 1-10 record when Tedford took over after the 2001 season.

The game will be a homecoming for California running back Justin Forsett, who played at Arlington Grace Prep, which is only about a half-hour from the stadium where the bowl is played. Forsett has 1,406 rushing yards with 13 touchdowns this season.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index

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