San Diego Community College Football : Southwestern, Mesa to Play in Bowl

Southwestern and San Diego Mesa colleges have accepted bids to play in the National Football Foundation Bowl, at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at San Diego City College.

“It will be sudden-death game for the teams,” said Harry West, bowl chairman and San Diego City athletic director. “The game is a natural and it should create some enthusiasm.”

The teams tied, 22-22, last Saturday.

Riverside clinched the Mission Conference title by beating San Diego City, coupled with the Mesa-Southwestern tie. It was the first outright conference title for the Tigers, who shared the championship with Saddleback in 1982.

Riverside plays Glendale (10-0) in the PONY Bowl Dec. 6.

Palomar, which lost quarterback Jonathan Mitchell with a shoulder injury against Orange Coast, tries to break its three-game losing Saturday against Riverside.

MISSION CONFERENCE

Team Conference Overall +Riverside 7-1 8-1-0 San Diego Mesa 5-2-1 5-2-2 Southwestern 5-2-1 5-3-1 Rancho Santiago 5-3-0 6-3-0 Orange Coast 5-3-0 5-4-0 Saddleback 4-4-0 4-5-0 Palomar 4-4-0 5-4-0 Citrus 2-6-0 3-6-0 Grossmont 2-6-0 3-6-0 San Diego City 0-8-0 1-8-0

+ clinched championship

forfeited three games because of ineligible player

This week’s games: San Diego City at San Diego Mesa, 1:30 p.m.; Citrus at Orange Coast, 7:30 p.m.; Palomar at Riverside, 7:30 p.m.; Grossmont at Southwestern and Rancho Santiago at Saddleback, 7:30 p.m.