| 2006 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jeff Ballard (offense), Tommy Blake (defense) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Greg Burks (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,709[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Rece Davis, Lou Holtz and Mark May | ||||||||||||||||||
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.