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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.)
At the time of its launch in 2002 as the San Francisco Bowl the game was one of two college bowl games to be played in baseball-specific stadiums, joining the Insight Bowl (which was played at Chase Field from 2000-2005). (Several other bowl games have been played at stadiums with both baseball and football tenants, with the Orange and International bowls being two examples.) In 2006 and 2007 the Emerald Bowl was the only game played in a baseball-specific stadium, as the Insight Bowl had moved to Sun Devil Stadium following the Fiesta Bowl's move to University of Phoenix Stadium. In 2008 the game again became one of two bowls at baseball-specific sites as it was joined by the St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida, which is played at the Tampa Bay Rays' home stadium of Tropicana Field.
Since AT&T Park is not normally used for football, the makeshift arrangements of the playing field require both teams to be on the same sideline, separated by a barrier at the 50-yard line.
[edit] Previous results
Cal running back Jahvid Best accepts the 2008 Emerald Bowl Offensive MVP trophy from Emerald Bowl Executive Director Gary Cavalli
| Date played |
MVPs |
School |
Position |
| December 31, 2002 |
Bryan Randall |
Virginia Tech |
QB |
| Anthony Schiegel |
Air Force |
LB |
| December 31, 2003 |
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 |
| December 27, 2006 |
Lorenzo Booker |
Florida State |
RB |
| Tony Carter |
Florida State |
CB |
| December 28, 2007 |
Yvenson Bernard |
Oregon State |
RB |
| Derrick Doggett |
Oregon State |
LB |
| December 27, 2008 |
Jahvid Best |
California |
RB |
| Zack Follett |
California |
LB |
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- ^ Navy took the place of a Pac-10 team as their conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams.
- ^ Because the Pac-10 did not have enough teams to qualify, Georgia Tech from the ACC was named the replacement.
