Poinsettia Bowl

Poinsettia Bowl Tickets

The Poinsettia Bowl will be played on December 23rd, 2009. As of November 2009, the San Diego County Credit Union has extended its title sponsorship of this college football bowl game through 2010, with options for 2011 and 2012. Mentionable is also, that the bowl donates $1 for every ticket sold to the San Diego Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Starting in 2008 this NCAA bowl game features a team from the MWC (Mountain West Conference) and a team from the Pac-10. The two teams facing each other this year are the Utah Utes and the California Golden Bears. Still pretty new on the list of college bowl games, since its inception the bowl has seen Navy (2005), TCU (2006 and 2008) and Utah (2007) as winners. Let's see who the 2009 winner at Qualcomm Stadium will be.

The 2011 and 2012 games will feature MWC teams going up against top schools from the WAC (Western Athletic Conference). A WAC school has played in the bowl game once. And then in 2013 a bowl-eligible Army team will make their first appearance in the Bowl. The last time the Black Knights played in a post-season game was in 1996 in the Independence Bowl. They lost to the Auburn Tigers 32-29. Should Navy or Army not be bowl eligible in their respective years, the bowl game will receive a team from the WAC. To become bowl eligible a team must earn six wins. And Navy is close to getting there.

Qualcomm Stadium has a capacity of 70,561 and is located in the heart of Mission Valley, just minutes from downtown San Diego. Besides this event, the Stadium also hosts the San Diego Charger and SDSU Aztec football, the Holiday Bowl, Street Scene and more.

Buy Poinsettia Bowl tickets now and be one of those enthusiastic fans at Qualcomm Stadium. This is a game that is a recent addition to the sports tickets scene, but given its location and venue, the bowl will no doubt soon be joining other games as a prime reward for two teams who've enjoyed great seasons. Not to mention, you can use your college bowl tickets to see a great game and then enjoy all that "America's Finest City" has to offer.

Previous games included these line-ups:

• 2009: Utah 37 - California 27
• 2008: TCU 17 - Boise State 16
• 2007: Utah 35 - Navy 32
• 2006: TCU 37 - Northern Illinois 7
• 2005: Navy 51 - Colorado State 30

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