POINSETTIA BOWL

The 'Poinsettia Bowl' is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was created in 2005. The game was created by the organizers of the Holiday Bowl and is played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game is currently sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union and is known as the 'San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl'. In the week leading up to the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl, Navy accepted an invitation to the 2008, 2009, or 2010 Poinsettia Bowls if Navy is bowl eligible in those seasons. The fact that there are several naval bases in and around San Diego contributed to this decision by the independent Midshipmen. The Poinsettia Bowl announced that if Army had become bowl-eligible in 2006, they would have been given an automatic bowl invite. The Cadets wound up with a losing record and were not invited.
The 2006 game matched Texas Christian University, a 10-2 team from the Mountain West Conference against Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference, who finished the regular season with a record of 7-5. TCU defeated Northern Illinois by the score of 37-7.

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Previous results

MVPs

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External links

Previous results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team
December 22, 2005	'Navy'	'51'	Colorado State	30
December 19, 2006	'TCU'	'37'	Northern Illinois	7

MVPs

Date Played	Offensive MVP			Defensive MVP
	Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team	Pos.
December 22, 2005	Reggie Campbell	Navy	RB	Tyler Tidwell	Navy	LB
December 19, 2006	Jeff Ballard	TCU	QB	Tommy Blake	TCU	DE

See also

List of college bowl games

External links

★ Official home of the SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl