2008 Poinsettia Bowl

The 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The game, simulcast on ESPN and ESPN Radio with Rece Davis, Mark May, and Lou Holtz announcing, pit the Boise State Broncos against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs.^[2] In the game, TCU overcame a 13–0 deficit to pull off an impressive 17–16 win over Boise State.

With Boise State ranked 9th and TCU ranked 11th, this bowl pairing featured teams both ranked higher than the teams playing in a BCS game during the same season, the 2009 Orange Bowl, a first in BCS history.

TCU and Boise State would face off in a bowl game again the following season when both played in a BCS game, the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
1st Quarter
Boise — Kyle Brotzman 30-yard FG, 11:32	Boise 3–0
Boise — Ian Johnson 20-yard TD run (Brotzman kick), 7:35	Boise 10–0
2nd Quarter
Boise — Brotzman 23-yard FG, 5:51	Boise 13–0
TCU — Aaron Brown 16-yard TD run (Ross Evans kick), :24	Boise 13–7
3rd Quarter
TCU — Evans 32-yard FG, :46	Boise 13–10
4th Quarter
TCU — Joseph Turner 17-yard TD run (Evans kick), 8:51	TCU 17–13
Boise — Brotzman 33-yard FG, 4:47	TCU 17–16

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
↑ Poinsettia Bowl official website

2008–09 NCAA football bowl game season

EagleBank (Dec. 20) New Mexico (Dec. 20) St. Petersburg (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 20) New Orleans (Dec. 21) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 27) Champs Sports (Dec. 27) Emerald (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 28) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Humanitarian (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) Texas (Dec. 30) Armed Forces (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Music City (Dec. 31) Insight (Dec. 31) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 2) Liberty (Jan. 2) International (Jan. 3) GMAC (Jan. 6)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 5) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 17) Senior Bowl (Jan. 24) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Jan. 31)

Poinsettia Bowl

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Qualcomm Stadium (2005–present)

Broadcasters

Boise State Broncos bowl games

1999 Humanitarian Bowl 2000 Humanitarian Bowl 2002 Humanitarian Bowl 2003 Fort Worth Bowl 2004 Liberty Bowl 2005 MPC Computers Bowl 2007 Fiesta Bowl 2007 Hawaii Bowl 2008 Poinsettia Bowl 2010 Fiesta Bowl 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2012 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2013 Hawaii Bowl 2014 Fiesta Bowl 2015 Poinsettia Bowl 2016 Cactus Bowl

TCU Horned Frogs bowl games

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