Football: Long Beach to face Golden West in Central Championship Bowl

The 2011 Central West Conference champion Long Beach City College football team will extend its season by one more game and will face Golden West College in the Central Championship Bowl on Saturday, November 19. Kickoff is set for 6 pm at Orange Coast College's LeBard Stadium.

Long Beach closed out the regular season on Saturday with a 28-9 loss to Citrus College, but had already wrapped up the conference title and bowl game bid prior to the contest. The conference title and bowl game bid are the first for fourth-year head coach Mike Reisbig.

LBCC enters the bowl game with a 5-5 overall record and was 4-1 in conference play. Long Beach was ranked No. 18 in the final CCCAA/CCCFCA Southern California Poll.

Golden West enters the contest with a 6-4 overall record and finished in second place in the Central East Conference. The Rustlers are coming off a 30-28 win at College of the Desert on Saturday. Golden West closed the regular season ranked tied for eighth in the Southern California poll.

The Vikings will look to extract some revenge on the Rustlers after Golden West shutout Long Beach 42-0 in both teams' season opener on September 3. Since the loss, LBCC has scored 341 points, averaging nearly 38 points over its last nine games.

Long Beach will be making its 18^th bowl game appearance overall and first since 2005. LBCC is 11-6 in its previous bowl games and has won three straight.

Photo by John Fajardo

LBCC BOWL GAME HISTORY
Bowl Game Appearances: 17
Bowl Game Record: 11-6 

Year         Bowl Game - Opponent                             Result

1950        Junior Rose Bowl vs. Boise (ID)                    W, 33-13

1958        Alfalfa Bowl vs. Antelope Valley                    W, 28-8

1960        Junior Rose Bowl vs. Tyler (TX)                     W, 38-16

1962        Shrine Potato Bowl vs. Contra Costa           W, 66-6

1963        Elks Bowl vs. Mt San Antonio                        W, 45-15

1964        Junior Rose Bowl vs. Cameron (OK)              W, 28-6

1965        Prune Bowl vs. San Francisco                        L, 44-20

1993        Dairy Bowl vs. Fresno                                    L, 18-15

1994        Shrine Potato Bowl vs. Bakersfield                L, 31-9

1995        Strawberry Bowl vs. L.A Valley                      W, 59-49

1996        Shrine Potato Bowl vs. Bakersfield                L, 41-27

1997        Orange County Bowl vs. Allan Hancock         W, 13-7

1998        1st Down Bowl vs. Palomar                           L, 34-6

2001        CHiPs For Kids Bowl vs. Mt. San Jacinto         L, 21-14

2002        Western State Bowl vs. Compton                  W, 52-24

2004        American Bowl vs. West L.A.                          W, 40-26

2005        American Bowl vs. Allan Hancock                    W, 49-37