2011 Poinsettia Bowl

2011 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
TCU Horned Frogs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
(10–2) (8–4)
Mountain West WAC
31 24
Head coach: 
Gary Patterson		 Head coach: 
Sonny Dykes
APCoachesBCS
161518
1234 Total
TCU 010714 31
Louisiana Tech 37140 24
DateDecember 21, 2011
Season2011
StadiumSnapdragon Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
FavoriteTexas Christian by 11[1]
RefereeTodd Geerlings (Big Ten)
Halftime showBoth schools' marching bands, fireworks
Attendance24,607
PayoutUS$750,000 per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersJoe Tessitore (Play-by-Play)
Lou Holtz and Mark May (Analysts)
Samantha Steele (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings2.1
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The 2011 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, the seventh edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 21, 2011 at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game was played at 5:00 p.m. PT on ESPN, and featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) versus the TCU Horned Frogs from the Mountain West Conference.

Louisiana Tech accepted a bid to compete in the 2011 edition of the game on November 26, while TCU accepted a bid to compete on December 4.[2][3]

The TCU Horned Frogs defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 31–24.

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
  2. ^ "Louisiana Tech to Play in SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl". Poinsettia Bowl (poinsettiabowl.com). November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCUaccept was invoked but never defined (see the help page).