San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
| Poinsettia Bowl (defunct) | |
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| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |
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| Stadium |
Qualcomm Stadium (2005–2016) Balboa Stadium (1952–1955) |
| Location | San Diego, California |
| Operated | 2005–2016 (NCAA) 1952–1955 (military) |
| Conference tie-ins | Mountain West |
| Previous conference tie-ins | Pac-10, WAC |
| Payout | US$612,500 per team |
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San Diego County Credit Union (2005–2016)
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| 2016 matchup | |
| BYU vs. Wyoming (BYU 24–21) | |
Coordinates: 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W
The Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played from 2005 to 2016. The game was originally played from 1952 to 1955 between military services teams; in 2005 it was re-created by the organizers of the Holiday Bowl. The new Poinsettia Bowls were played in late December each year at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game's last sponsor was the San Diego County Credit Union, and it was named the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
The original incarnation of the Poinsettia Bowl was as an armed forces football championship game, pitting western and eastern military services champions against each other. In the inaugural Poinsettia Bowl, the Bolling Air Force Base Generals defeated the San Diego Naval Training Center Bluejackets by a score of 35–14 on December 20, 1952. The game was held at Balboa Stadium in San Diego in a torrential downpour, before hundreds of reluctant sailors – including future College Football Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry – who were ordered to sit in the stands so that they wouldn't appear empty in the nationally televised game. Television came to terms with the NCAA the next year, making the 1952 Poinsettia Bowl the last nationally televised game between military teams, other than the annual Army–Navy Game.
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