Holiday Bowl

The Holiday Bowl is a bowl game held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California since 1978.

The bowl began as the home bowl for the Western Athletic Conference champion, with an opponent chosen at-large. This lasted until 1994; from 1995-1997, the Cotton Bowl had its choice of either the WAC champion or a team from the Pacific 10 Conference, with the Holiday Bowl getting the other option. Also in 1995, the Big 8 Conference became the designated opponent, a tie-in which (via the Big 12 Conference) continues to the present. Beginning in 1998, the Pac-10 replaced the WAC as the home conference; the Pac-10/Big 12 matchup remained stable until 2014, when the Big 10 took over the Big 12's position.

Results

22 DEC 1978	Navy	23	Brigham Young	16
21 DEC 1979	Indiana	38	Brigham Young	37
19 DEC 1980	Brigham Young	46	Southern Methodist	45
18 DEC 1981	Brigham Young	38	Washington State	36
17 DEC 1982	Ohio State	47	Brigham Young	17
23 DEC 1983	Brigham Young	21	Missouri	17
21 DEC 1984	Brigham Young	24	Michigan	17
22 DEC 1985	Arkansas	18	Arizona State	17
30 DEC 1986	Iowa	39	San Diego State	38
30 DEC 1987	Iowa	20	Wyoming	19
30 DEC 1988	Oklahoma State	62	Wyoming	14
29 DEC 1989	Penn State	50	Brigham Young	39
29 DEC 1990	Texas A&M	65	Brigham Young	14
30 DEC 1991	Brigham Young	13	Iowa	13
30 DEC 1992	Hawai'i	27	Illinois	17
30 DEC 1993	Ohio State	28	Brigham Young	21
30 DEC 1994	Michigan	24	Colorado State	14
29 DEC 1995	Kansas State	54	Colorado State	21
30 DEC 1996	Colorado	33	Washington	21
29 DEC 1997	Colorado State	35	Missouri	24
30 DEC 1998	Arizona	23	Nebraska	20
29 DEC 1999	Kansas State	24	Washington	20
29 DEC 2000	Oregon	35	Texas	30
28 DEC 2001	Texas	47	Washington	43
27 DEC 2002	Kansas State	34	Arizona State	27
30 DEC 2003	Washington State	28	Texas	20
30 DEC 2004	Texas Tech	45	California	31
29 DEC 2005	Oklahoma	17	Oregon	14
28 DEC 2006	California	45	Texas A&M	10
27 DEC 2007	Texas	52	Arizona State	34
30 DEC 2008	Oregon	42	Oklahoma State	31
30 DEC 2009	Nebraska	33	Arizona	0
30 DEC 2010	Washington	19	Nebraska	7
28 DEC 2011	Texas	21	California	10
27 DEC 2012	Baylor	49	Cal-Los Angeles	26
30 DEC 2013	Texas Tech	37	Arizona State	23
27 DEC 2914	Southern California	45	Nebraska	42