2012 Poinsettia Bowl

College football match August 2023 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego County Credit Union December 20 2012 2012 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California Brigham Young University BYU Cougars Independent 7–5 Bronco Mendenhall 0 3 0 20 San Diego State University San Diego State Aztecs Mountain West 9–3 Rocky Long 3 3 0 0 BYU by 2Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2012 Offense: Cody Hoffman BYU Wide ReceiverDefense: Kyle Van Noy BYU Linebacker Tony Cannella (MAC)Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State Aztecs vs. BYU Cougars http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=14120 Stat Broadcast December 20, 2012 35,442 500,000 per team ESPNhttp://www.poinsettiabowl.com/media/media-partners.html Media Partners 2012 Poinsettia Bowl November 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130109201454/http://www.poinsettiabowl.com/media/media-partners.html January 9, 2013 usurped Carter Blackburn (Play-by-play)Rod Gilmore (Analyst)Jemele Hill (Sidelines) 2011 2013 The 2012 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2012 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California in the United States. The eighth edition of the Poinsettia Bowl began at 5:00 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Mountain West Conference co-champion San Diego State Aztecs (whose regular home stadium is Qualcomm) against the BYU Cougars (which had been in the MW until 2011 before playing as an FBS independent), and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Cougars accepted their invitation after earning a 6–4 record in their first ten games of the season (and would finish 7-5), while the Aztecs accepted their invitation after finishing with a 9-3 record in their season Teams In 2009, the Poinsettia Bowl announced that it had extended its agreement to continue to feature the Mountain West's second bowl-eligible team until at least 2013.http://www.poinsettiabowl.com/news/poinsettia-bowl-announces-2010-13-conference-team-matchups.html PoinsettiaBowl.com :: The Official Website - Poinsettia Bowl Announces 2010-13 Conference, Team Matchups November 18, 2012 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120222143124/http://www.poinsettiabowl.com/news/poinsettia-bowl-announces-2010-13-conference-team-matchups.html February 22, 2012 In addition, BYU has a three-year deal to play in the Poinsettia Bowl should they not qualify for a Bowl Championship Series game.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/byu-play-poinsettia-bowl-012006604--ncaaf.html BYU to play in Poinsettia Bowl Yahoo! Sports The Sports Xchange November 11, 2012 November 18, 2012 This was the thirty-sixth meeting between these two teams. BYU leads the all-time record 28-7-1. The last time they played was in 2010. BYU 2012 BYU Cougars football team The Cougars' season followed a specific pattern for the first ten games, winning their first two games, losing their next two, winning their next two, losing their next two, and again winning their next two. After defeating the Idaho Vandals to bring their season record to 6–4, the Cougars accepted the second invitation of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season to the 2012 Poinsettia Bowl. BYU finished the regular season with a 7–5 record. San Diego State 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team The Aztecs are on a seven-game winning streak, with their last loss coming from a game against Fresno State on September 29. After defeating the Wyoming Cowboys, the Aztecs accepted an invitation to the 2012 Poinsettia Bowl.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8677832/san-diego-state-aztecs-accept-bid-play-byu-cougars-poinsettia-bowl-sources-say Sources: SDSU to Poinsettia Bowl ESPN November 26, 2012 November 26, 2012 San Diego State finished the regular season with a 9–3 record. This will be the Aztecs' second Poinsettia Bowl, following the 2010 game where they defeated the Navy Midshipmen by a score of 35-14. Game summary Scoring summary Brigham Young San Diego St. 1 8:31 San Diego State 8 52 3:13 FG 27 Chance Marden 0 3 2 10:46 San Diego State 10 61 5:14 FG 23 Chance Marden 0 6 2 0:00 Brigham Young 12 74 2:07 FG 23 Justin Sorensen 3 6 4 12:32 Brigham Young FumbleTD Kyle Van Noy 3 good Justin Sorensen run/pass good/failed/incomplete 10 6 4 12:15 Brigham Young 1 14 :05 RushTD Jamaal Williams 14 no good Justin Sorensen run/pass good/failed/incomplete 16 6 4 6:09 Brigham Young IntTD Kyle Van Noy 17 good Justin Sorensen run/pass good/failed/incomplete 23 6 23 6 Statistics Statistics BYU SDSU First downs 17 13 Total offense, plays - yards 74-296 68-263Rushes-yards (net) 30-52 39-119 Passing yards (net) 244 144Passes, Comp-Att-Int 23-44 -3 12-29 - 3 Time of Possession 29:04 30:56 Passing Rushing Receiving References 2 Poinsettia Bowl Category:Poinsettia Bowl Category:BYU Cougars football bowl games Category:San Diego State Aztecs football bowl games Poinsettia Bowl Category:December 2012 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in San Diego