Emerald Bowl

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Emerald Bowl

Sponsor
Website	Emerald Bowl
Location	San Francisco, California
Stadium	AT&T Park
First Game	2002
Conference Tie-ins

Pac 10	ACC

The Emerald Bowl is a college football bowl 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 of California, 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

¹ 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.

[edit] References

¹ Navy's Epic Drive In The Emerald Bowl An NCAA Record (navysports.com)

[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	¹ Navy	34	New Mexico	19
December 29, 2005	Utah	38	² Georgia Tech	10
December 28, 2006	Florida State	44	UCLA	28
December 28, 2007	Oregon State	21	Maryland	14
December 27, 2008	California	24	Miami	17

¹ — Navy took the place of a Pac-10 team as their conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams.
² — Because the Pac-10 did not have enough teams to qualify, Georgia Tech from the ACC was named the replacement.