Year Game Played: | 2006 |
Game Name: | Champs Sports Bowl |
Football Season: | 2006 |
Visitor Name Short: | Purdue |
Visitor Nickname: | Boilermakers |
Visitor School: | Purdue University |
Home Name Short: | Maryland |
Home Nickname: | Terrapins |
Home School: | University of Maryland |
Visitor Record: | 8–5 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Home Record: | 8–4 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Joe Tiller |
Home Coach: | Ralph Friedgen |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 14 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Date Game Played: | December 29 |
Stadium: | Florida Citrus Bowl |
City: | Orlando, Florida |
Mvp: | QB Sam Hollenbach (Maryland) |
Referee: | Rocky Goode (SEC) |
Attendance: | 40,168 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Brad Nessler (play-by-play); Paul Maguire and Bob Griese (analysts) |
The 2006 Champs Sports Bowl was played on December 29, 2006. This 17th edition to the college football bowl game featured the Maryland Terrapins and the Purdue Boilermakers.
Maryland started the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sam Hollenbach to Joey Haynos, giving Maryland a 7-0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, running back Cory Jackson scored on a 1-yard touchdown lead, to stretch the lead out to 14–0. With 2:05 left in the first half, Hollenbach connected on a 46-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, increasing Maryland's lead to 21–0.
With only 30 seconds left in the first half, quarterback Curtis Painter threw a touchdown pass to make the half-time score 21–7, Maryland. In the third quarter, Dan Ennis added a 22-yard field goal, which would cap the scoring, and make the final margin 24–7, Maryland.[1]
Maryland had announced in 2012 that they would join Purdue in the Big Ten, in 2014.