The professional football season may be over, but North County sports fans will have a chance to see two highly successful local teams face off in Escondido on Feb. 27 for a fundraising game to benefit Marines and law enforcement.

Chargers special teams player Kassim Osgood will appear before the game, dubbed the Defender Bowl, between the San Diego Enforcers and a Camp Pendleton team composed mostly of the Bulldogs, a team in the base's league.

The Enforcers are composed of 16 law-enforcement agencies, including local and federal officers. Formed in 1998, the team has played exhibition games against Marines about five times and is looking for its first win.

Escondido police Lt. Neal Griffin, who helped organize the game, said the proceeds from $10 tickets will be split between the Escondido Police Foundation to fund its outreach programs and the Camp Pendleton Rotary Club, which will use the money to help build a memorial garden on the base.

The Enforcers' season begins next month, and the team plays its home games at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego. The exhibition game will be a rare opportunity for fans to see them play in Escondido at Escondido High School, 1535 N. Broadway.

Equally rare will be a chance to see a team from Camp Pendleton play outside a military base.

"It's an opportunity to really show the community what they can do," said Liz Diaz, a family readiness officer at Camp Pendleton and the wife of a coach of one of the Marine teams.

For the fans, it just means good football.

The Enforcers finished strong last year with a 5-0 record in the National Public Safety Football League. Diaz said the team will be facing a Camp Pendleton team composed mostly of members of the Bulldogs, one of 10 teams on the base, which made it into the finals in last year's June-to-November season.

Jason Sullivan, president of the Enforcers and a retired probation officer, said the team plays all its games for charity and that this year it is supporting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization to fight breast cancer.

"We catch criminals, we catch passes and we catch breast cancer, too," he said.

Activities on game day begin with a free tailgate party at 2 p.m. that will feature outreach information from the Marines, the police SWAT vehicle and a vintage firetruck.

Osgood, whose brother is on the Enforcers, will host a punt, pass and kick contest before the game.

Tickets are available at several Escondido businesses, including the Blue Mug, Champion's Restaurant, Del's Barber Shop and the Bank of Escondido. Tickets also can be bought by sending checks, made out to the San Diego Enforcers, to the Escondido Police Foundation, 700 W. Grand Ave., Escondido, CA 92025, attention: Defender Bowl Tickets.

For more information, call 760-504-2691.

Call staff writer Gary Warth at 760-740-5410.