The 2013 Poinsettia Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2013 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The ninth edition of the Poinsettia Bowl, it featured the Mountain West Conference Mountain Division champion Utah State Aggies against the Mid-American Conference West Division champion Northern Illinois Huskies. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. The game was sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union and was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. Utah State defeated Northern Illinois by a score of 21–14.

The Aggies accepted their invitation after finishing with an 8–5 record after losing in the 2013 Mountain West Championship Game to Fresno State. The Huskies, meanwhile, had their hearts set on busting the BCS once again, going undefeated in the regular season and winning the MAC West, but ultimately lost out to Bowling Green in the 2013 MAC Championship Game.

This was the second meeting between these two teams. The first was in 1995, when NIU traveled to Utah State and lost 42–7.

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