2010 Humanitarian Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Humanitarian Bowl 14th Humanitarian Bowl UDrove NewHumanitarianBowl.PNG New Humanitarian Bowl Logo December 18 2010 2010 Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois Huskies 10–3 Tom Matukewicz(interim) MAC 6 17 10 7 California State University, Fresno Fresno State Bulldogs 8–4 Pat Hill WAC 7 3 0 7 QB Chandler Harnish, NIU NIU by 1The Tuscaloosa News, December 18, 2010 Dan Romeo (Big 12) 25,449 750,000 per team ESPN Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard, Mike Bellotti and Shelley Smith 1.8 / 2.89M 2011 The 2010 Humanitarian Bowl (officially known as the UDrove Humanitarian Bowl) was the fourteenth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho, on the campus of Boise State University. The game started at 3:30 pm MST on Saturday, December 18, 2010 and was telecast on ESPN. The game featured the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) versus the Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Despite the resignation of Jerry Kill, the Huskies' third-year coach, Northern Illinois defeated Fresno State 40–17. UDrove was the new title sponsor of the game. UDrove is affiliated with the game's previous sponsor, Roady's Truck Stops.http://www.udrove.com/PDF/uDroveHBowlPressRelease.pdf Archived copy 2010-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100923044854/http://www.udrove.com/PDF/uDroveHBowlPressRelease.pdf 2010-09-23 dead Teams Northern Illinois Huskies 2010 Northern Illinois Huskies football team Northern Illinois made its third straight bowl appearance and played in a postseason game for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. The Huskies were ranked in the top 25 in the BCS after winning nine straight games and went undefeated in the Mid-American Conference during the regular season. NIU is led by senior running back Chad Spann, who was voted the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and took home league MVP honors. Spann led the MAC with 1,293 yards on 226 carries and is tied for second in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 20 rushing touchdowns, a NIU single-season record.http://www.humanitarianbowl.org/ Roady's Humanitarian Bowl Game Day December 30, 2008 Boise, Idaho 2008-12-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081205114246/http://www.humanitarianbowl.org/ 2008-12-05 Fresno State Bulldogs 2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Fresno State was invited to the Humanitarian Bowl after posting an 8–4 regular season record. Fresno State won their season finale against Illinois, 25–23. Since 2000 the Bulldogs have won 17 games against teams from BCS Conferences. This was the 3rd time that Fresno State appeared in the Humanitarian Bowl. They entered the game with a 2–0 record in the bowl game with a 37–34 OT win over Virginia in 2004 and a 40–28 victory over Georgia Tech in 2007. Game notes Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterFRES - Ryan Colburn 11-yard pass to Jamel Hamler (Kevin Goessling kick), 5:25 FRES 7–0NIU - Chandler Harnish 7-yard run (Missed kick), 3:10 FRES 7–6 2nd QuarterNIU - Chandler Harnish 28-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 14:20 NIU 13–7NIU - Michael Cklamovski 45 yard kick, 9:14 NIU 16–7FRES - Kevin Goessling 45 yard kick, 3:41 NIU 16–10NIU - Chandler Harnish 22-yard pass to Kyle Skarb (Michael Cklamovski kick), 0:57 NIU 23–10 3rd QuarterNIU - Michael Cklamovski 51 yard kick, 10:13 NIU 26–10NIU - Chad Spann 18-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 1:14 NIU 33–10 4th QuarterNIU - Chad Spann 8-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 12:16 NIU 40–10FRES - Ryan Colburn 11-yard pass to Rashad Evans (Kevin Goessling kick), 5:31 NIU 40–17 Statistics Final gamebook, Humanitarian Bowl, December 18, 2010 Statistics NIU Fresno First downs 22 26Rushes–yards (net) 28–203 35–74 Passing yards (net) 300 288Passes, Comp–Att–Int 17–27–0 28–38–0 Total offense, plays–yards 55–503 73–362 Time of possession 24:07 35:53 Notes Fresno State and Northern Illinois faced each other four previous times. The series was tied 2-2. NIU won in 1973 by a score of 24–15 in Fresno and then in 1990 in DeKalb 73–18. Fresno was victorious in 1972 in DeKalb by a score of 9–6 and then in Fresno in 1991 55–7. References Humanitarian Bowl Category:Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Northern Illinois Huskies football bowl games