2006 Poinsettia Bowl

August 2023 2006 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl 2006 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois University MAC TCU Horned Frogs Texas Christian University Mountain West 7–5 10–2 Joe Novak Gary Patterson 25 24 0 0 0 7 6 10 14 7 December 19 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California Jeff Ballard (offense), Tommy Blake (defense) Greg Burks (Big 12) 29,709http://www.poinsettiabowl.com/bowl-history/2006.html Official Summary 2009-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501201337/http://www.poinsettiabowl.com/bowl-history/2006.html 1 May 2009 usurped dmy-all 750,000 per teamhttp://ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_article_id=4941&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 NCAA Football Bowl Schedules/Results 2009-03-30 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May, and Rob Stone The 2006 Poinsettia Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (TCU) and the Northern Illinois Huskies (NIU) 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. Scoring summary TCU - Hobbs 4 yard touchdown run (Manfedini kick blocked), 1st 12:03 (3-26, 0:46) TCU - Ballard 10 yard touchdown run (Manfredini kick), 2nd 14:49 (7-55, 2:09) TCU - Manfredini 25 yard field goal, 2nd 0:00 (12-77, 3:52) TCU - Ballard 1 yard touchdown run (Manfredini kick), 3rd 12:06 (7-80, 2:54) TCU - Ballard 6 yard touchdown run (LoCoco kick), 3rd 9:08 (3-19, 1:11) Northern Illinois - Tranchitella 32 yard blocked punt return (Nendick kick), 4th 14:14 TCU - Hecht 6 yard touchdown pass from Ballard (LoCoco kick), 4th 10:55 (6-62, 3:19) TCU rushed for 198 yards while NIU rushed for -20 yards. The Horned Frogs threw for 258 yards while the Huskies threw for 80 yards. They controlled the ball for 32:24 of the game while Jeff Ballard threw 19-of-29 for 258 yards, with three touchdowns runs (rushing for 19 yards on 11 carries). It was not so much that NIU had terrible rushing as it was their quarterback Dan Nicholson, who was sacked five times for -48 yards. TCU finished the season 11-2 while NIU finished 7-6.2016 Huskie Football Media Guide http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/niuhuskies.com/documents/2016/9/1/2016_NIU_Football_Media_Guide_Complete_.pdf Northern Illinois University Athletics December 30, 2016 December 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161231081056/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/niuhuskies.com/documents/2016/9/1/2016_NIU_Football_Media_Guide_Complete_.pdf dead Statistics left Northern Illinois Huskies NIU TCU Horned Frogs TCU 5 48–60 29-(-20) 80 6-19-1 16:56 23 75–456 46-198 264 19-29-0 19:44 right Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois TCU Horned Frogs TCU Dan Nicholson 6/18, 80 yards, 1 INT Garrett Wolfe 20 carries, 28 yards Matt Simon 1 reception, 62 yards Jeff Ballard 19/29, 258 yards, 1 TD Lonta Hobbs 18 carries, 109 yards, 1 TD Quentily Harmon 6 receptions, 94 yards References Poinsettia Bowl Category:Poinsettia Bowl Category:2000s in San Diego Category:Northern Illinois Huskies football bowl games Category:TCU Horned Frogs football bowl games Category:December 2006 sports events in the United States Poinsettia Bowl