2014 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 23, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offensive: Navy QB Keenan Reynolds Defensive: Navy LB Jordan Drake |
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Favorite | San Diego St. by 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Katriz Trinidad | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Jeff Maconaghy (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 33,077 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$612,500 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers |
Tom Hart, Mike Bellotti, & Heather Mitts (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio) |
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The 2014 Poinsettia Bowl was post-season American college football bowl game held on December 23, 2014 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The tenth edition of the Poinsettia Bowl pitted the Navy Midshipmen against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. The game began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union and is officially known was the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
The Midshipmen accepted their invitation after earning a 7–5 record in their first 12 games of the season. The Aztecs had a record of 7–5. Navy won the game by a score of 17–16.
The game featured the Navy Midshipmen against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.
This was the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with San Diego State leading the series 3–0. It will be a rematch of the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl, which saw the Aztecs defeat the Midshipmen by a score of 35–14.