Emerald Bowl
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The Emerald Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. It was previously known as the San Francisco Bowl and its official name was the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl in recognition of the corporate title sponsor, Diamond of California, from 2002 to 2003. (The company is now known as Diamond Foods, Inc., with Emerald of California its primary snack nut brand, and as such remains the title sponsor.) The game normally matches teams from the Pac-10 and ACC conferences.
In 2004, the bowl produced what later turned out to be a record-setting drive. In the third quarter, Navy, with a 31-19 lead, successfully forced New Mexico into a three-and-out, culminating a goal-line stand. Taking over on offense, the Midshipmen then executed a drive that encompassed 26 plays, 94 yards, and 14 minutes and 26 seconds of the game clock, stretching well into the fourth quarter. The NCAA later confirmed that the drive was historic, setting records for the number of plays in a drive and time of possession in a drive. [1]
UCLA will play Florida State on December 27, 2006 at 5 pm PST in this year's Emerald Bowl.
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[edit] Previous results
| Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2002 | Virginia Tech | 20 | Air Force | 13 |
| December 31, 2003 | Boston College | 35 | Colorado State | 21 |
| December 30, 2004 <ref>Navy took the place of a Pac-10 team as their conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams.</ref> | Navy | 34 | New Mexico | 19 |
| December 29, 2005 <ref>Because the Pac-10 did not have enough teams to qualify, Georgia Tech from the ACC was named the replacement.</ref> | Utah | 38 | Georgia Tech | 10 |
| December 27, 2006 <ref>Game has no winner or loser yet — only the participants who have accepted bids.</ref> | UCLA vs. Florida State | |||
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[edit] MVPs
| Date played | MVPs | School | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2002 | Bryan Randall | Virginia Tech | QB |
| Anthony Schiegel | Air Force | LB | |
| January 1, 2004 | Derrick Knight | Boston College | RB |
| T. J. Stancil | Boston College | FS | |
| December 30, 2004 | Aaron Polanco | Navy | QB |
| Vaughn Keley | Navy | CB | |
| December 29, 2005 | Travis LaTendresse | Utah | WR |
| Eric Weddle | Utah | CB |
[edit] Previous logos
2003-2004 Emerald Bowl logo |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| 2006-07 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season | |||||
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<td colspan=3 align="center" bgcolor="#DAF0FD"> Bowl Championship Series games:
</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 bgcolor="#DAF0FD" style="font-size: 90%;" align="center"> All-Star Games: North-South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) • Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) • Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 15) • East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) • Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) • Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)</td></tr> |
