| Year Game Played: | 2006 |
| Title Sponsor: | San Diego County Credit Union |
| Game Name: | Poinsettia Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2006 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Northern Illinois |
| Visitor Nickname: | Huskies |
| Visitor School: | Northern Illinois University |
| Home Name Short: | TCU |
| Home Nickname: | Horned Frogs |
| Home School: | Texas Christian University |
| Visitor Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Coach: | Joe Novak |
| Home Coach: | Gary Patterson |
| Home Rank Ap: | 25 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 24 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 6 |
| Home 2Q: | 10 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Date Game Played: | December 19 |
| Stadium: | Qualcomm Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Mvp: | Jeff Ballard (offense), Tommy Blake (defense) |
| Referee: | Greg Burks (Big 12) |
| Attendance: | 29,709[1] |
| Payout: | 750,000 per team[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Rece Davis, Lou Holtz and Mark May |
The 2006 Poinsettia Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (TCU) and the Northern Illinois Huskies (NIU) on December 19, 2006 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. TCU defeated NIU 37–7 in this game, which was the second year in the bowl's existence.
TCU rushed for 198 yards while NIU rushed for -20 yards. The Horned Frogs threw for 258 yards while the Huskies threw for 80 yards. They controlled the ball for 32:24 of the game while Jeff Ballard threw 19-of-29 for 258 yards, with three touchdowns runs (rushing for 19 yards on 11 carries). It was not so much that NIU had terrible rushing as it was their quarterback Dan Nicholson, who was sacked five times for -48 yards. TCU finished the season 11-2 while NIU finished 7-6.[3]