2015 Poinsettia Bowl
| 2015 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Boise State QB Brett Rypien Defensive: Boise State DE Kamalei Correa |
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| Favorite | Boise State by 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Hilyer (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 21,501 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$$612,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Poinsettia Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. Boise State Broncos from the Mountain West Conference defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game started at 1:30 p.m. PST and was televised on ESPN. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game is officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
The Boise State Broncos from the Mountain West Conference defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference.
Following Boise State's regular season ending win over San Jose State, where they finished the 2015 regular season 8–4, 5–3 in West Division play to finish in a four way tie for 2nd place, the Poinsettia Bowl expressed their interest in inviting the Broncos. The Las Vegas Bowl held the first selection from the Mountain West but also had an agreement to pick BYU in either 2015 or 2019. When Las Vegas chose to invite BYU, the Mountain West's first selection fell to the Poinsettia Bowl. The Poinsettia Bowl was not obligated to take the Mountain West Champions, San Diego State, and could choose any Mountain West team they wanted. They chose the Broncos, who made their second Poinsettia Bowl appearance and first appearance since 2008 where they lost to TCU 17–16 to end their undefeated season.
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