2010 Humanitarian Bowl

The 2010 Humanitarian Bowl (officially known as the UDrove Humanitarian Bowl) was the fourteenth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho, on the campus of Boise State University. The game started at 3:30 pm MST on Saturday, December 18, 2010 and was telecast on ESPN. The game featured the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) versus the Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Despite having been abandoned by their coach of three years, Northern Illinois defeated Fresno State 40–17.

UDrove was the new title sponsor of the game. UDrove is affiliated with the games previous sponsor, Roady's Truck Stops.^[2]

Teams

Northern Illinois Huskies

Northern Illinois made its third straight bowl appearance and played in a postseason game for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. The Huskies were ranked in the top 25 in the BCS after winning nine straight games and went undefeated in the Mid-American Conference during the regular season. NIU is led by senior running back Chad Spann, who was voted the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and took home league MVP honors. Spann led the MAC with 1,293 yards on 226 carries and is tied for second in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 20 rushing touchdowns, a NIU single-season record.^[3]

Fresno State Bulldogs

Fresno State was invited to the Humanitarian Bowl after posting an 8–4 regular season record. Fresno State won their season finale against Illinois, 25–23. Since 2000 the Bulldogs have won 17 games against teams from BCS Conferences. This was the 3rd time that Fresno State appeared in the Humanitarian Bowl. They entered the game with a 2–0 record in the bowl game with a 37–34 OT win over Virginia in 2004 and a 40–28 victory over Georgia Tech in 2007.

Game notes

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
1st Quarter
FRES - Ryan Colburn 11-yard pass to Jamel Hamler (Kevin Goessling kick), 5:25	FRES 7–0
NIU - Chandler Harnish 7-yard run (Missed kick), 3:10	FRES 7–6
2nd Quarter
NIU - Chandler Harnish 28-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 14:20	NIU 13–7
NIU - Michael Cklamovski 45 yard kick, 9:14	NIU 16–7
FRES - Kevin Goessling 45 yard kick, 3:41	NIU 16–10
NIU - Chandler Harnish 22-yard pass to Kyle Skarb (Michael Cklamovski kick), 0:57	NIU 23–10
3rd Quarter
NIU - Michael Cklamovski 51 yard kick, 10:13	NIU 26–10
NIU - Chad Spann 18-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 1:14	NIU 33–10
4th Quarter
NIU - Chad Spann 8-yard run (Michael Cklamovski kick), 12:16	NIU 40–10
FRES - Ryan Colburn 11-yard pass to Rashad Evans (Kevin Goessling kick), 5:31	NIU 40–17

Statistics

^[4]

Statistics	NIU	Fresno
First Downs	22	26
Rushes-yards (net)	28-203	35-74
Passing yards (net)	300	288
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	27-17-0	38-28-0
Total offense, plays - yards	55-503	73-362
Time of Possession	24:07	35:53

Notes

Fresno State and Northern Illinois faced each other four previous times. The series was tied 2-2. NIU won in 1973 by a score of 24–15 in Fresno and then in 1990 in DeKalb 73–18. Fresno was victorious in 1972 in DeKalb by a score of 9–6 and then in Fresno in 1991 55–7.

References

↑ The Tuscaloosa News, December 18, 2010
↑ http://www.udrove.com/PDF/uDroveHBowlPressRelease.pdf
↑ http://www.humanitarianbowl.org/
↑ Final gamebook, Humanitarian Bowl, December 18, 2010

2010–11 NCAA football bowl game season

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Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 3) Sugar (Jan. 4) BCS National Championship (Jan.10)

All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 22) Eastham Energy All-Star Game (Jan. 23) Senior Bowl (Jan. 29) Texas vs The Nation (Feb. 5) Dixie Gridiron Classic (Feb. 5)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Games	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 (Jan) 2004 (Dec) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Former names	Humanitarian Bowl (1997–2004, 2007–2010) MPC Computers Bowl (2004–2006)

Venues	Albertsons Stadium (1997–present)

Sponsors	Crucial.com (1999–2002) MPC Computers (2004–2006) Roady's Truck Stops (2007–2009) uDrove (2010) Idaho Potato Commission (2011–present)

Related articles	List of broadcasters of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Fresno State Bulldogs bowl games

Northern Illinois Huskies bowl games

1983 California Bowl 2004 Silicon Valley Football Classic 2006 Poinsettia Bowl 2008 Independence Bowl 2010 International Bowl 2010 Humanitarian Bowl 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl 2013 Orange Bowl 2013 Poinsettia Bowl 2014 Boca Raton Bowl 2015 Poinsettia Bowl

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