2009 Insight Bowl
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| Date | December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Alexander Robinson (Offense) Iowa St., Christopher Lyle (Defense) Iowa St. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Batlan (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 45,090 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,200,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
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NFL Network (simulcast on WOI-DT in Ames/Des Moines, Iowa) |
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| Announcers |
Paul Burmeister, Mike Mayock and Stacey Dales |
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| Nielsen ratings | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Insight Bowl was the 21st edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The game matched the Iowa State Cyclones against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and kicked off at 6:00 PM US EST on Thursday, December 31, 2009. The game was telecast on the NFL Network and simulcast in Iowa State's home market (Ames/Des Moines, Iowa) by WOI-DT, the ABC affiliate formerly owned by the university.
The game marked the Cyclones' first postseason trip since 2005, and Minnesota's third Insight Bowl appearance in the last four years. The Gophers lost in 2008 to Kansas and in 2006 to Texas Tech. Iowa State played in the 2000 Insight Bowl, beating Pittsburgh 37–29. Cyclones first-year coach Paul Rhoads turned around a team that finished 2–10 in 2008 and was winless in eight Big 12 games. Iowa State's last bowl appearance was a 27–24 loss to TCU in the 2005 Houston Bowl, now the Texas Bowl.
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