2006 Poinsettia Bowl

2006 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
NIU Huskies	TCU Horned Frogs
(7–5)	(10–2)
7	37
Head coach: ; Joe Novak	Head coach: ; Gary Patterson
AP	Coaches
25	24
Date	December 19, 2006
Season	2006
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Jeff Ballard (offense), Tommy Blake (defense)
Attendance	29,709
Payout	US$750,000 per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Rece Davis, Lou Holtz and Mark May
Poinsettia Bowl
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The 2006 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the NIU Huskies on December 19, 2006 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. TCU defeated NIU 37–7 in this game, which was the second year in the bowl's existence.

References

v t e 2006–07 NCAA football bowl game season
Poinsettia (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 22) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 23) New Mexico (Dec. 23) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Hawai'i (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Emerald (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 28) Independence (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Liberty (Dec. 29) Insight (Dec. 29) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 30) MPC Computers (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) International (Jan. 6) GMAC (Jan. 7)
Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games: North-South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)