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| Date | January 2, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rogers Centre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Mike Ford, USF (RB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Adrian Hill (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 22,185 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 International Bowl was the fourth and final edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The game started at 12:00 PM US EST on Saturday, January 2, 2010. The game was telecast on ESPN2 and the South Florida Bulls defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies 27–3.[1]
Both teams played in their first International Bowl. South Florida played in their fifth consecutive bowl game. They were previously 2-2 in bowl games and were coming off a 41–14 victory over Memphis in the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl. Northern Illinois made its fourth bowl appearance in six years. The Huskies were defeated 17–10 by Louisiana Tech in the previous years' Independence Bowl.
The game was the third meeting between the two schools. In 2001, South Florida's first game as an NCAA Division I-A team was at Northern Illinois; NIU won 20–17 on a last-second field goal. One year later, South Florida defeated the Huskies 37–6 in Tampa.