2011 Poinsettia Bowl
| 2011 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Snapdragon Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas Christian by 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Todd Geerlings (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Both schools' marching bands, fireworks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 24,607 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Joe Tessitore (Play-by-Play) Lou Holtz and Mark May (Analysts) Samantha Steele (Sidelines) |
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| Nielsen ratings | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
The TCU Horned Frogs defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 31–24.
On December 4, 2011, the TCU Horned Frogs accepted an invite to represent the MWC. The Horned Frogs entered the bowl with a record of 10–2 and were the 2011 Mountain West Conference champions. This marked the third appearance in this bowl game for the Horned Frogs and their seventh straight bowl appearance. TCU came into the game averaging 210.2 yards on the ground.
On November 26, 2011, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs accepted an invite to represent the WAC. The Bulldogs entered the bowl with a record of 8–4 and were the 2011 WAC champions. The team also entered the game on a 7-game winning streak and were allowing only 122.2 rushing yards per game. This marked the first appearance in a bowl game for Louisiana Tech since the 2008 Independence Bowl.
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