2006 Insight Bowl
| 2006 Insight Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18th Insight Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Graham Harrell (Texas Tech) CB Antonio Huffman (Texas Tech) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Cherry (ACC) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,391 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NFL Network | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Derrin Horton, Dick Vermeil, and Alex Flanagan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 0.93 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Insight Bowl was a college football bowl game, the 18th edition of the Insight Bowl. It was played on December 29 at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, pitting the Texas Tech Red Raiders against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Texas Tech, after falling behind 38–7 with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter, rallied to score 31 unanswered points to send the game to overtime. The Gophers scored a field goal in overtime, but the Red Raiders responded with a touchdown to win. The Red Raiders' 31-point comeback is tied with that of TCU against Oregon in the January 2016 Alamo Bowl for the largest in Division I FBS postseason history.
The game was televised by the NFL Network, which as of December 31, 2006 has made the game available free for online viewing.