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The WAC ended its association with the Holiday Bowl after 1997, and the game became a matchup between the Big 12 and Pacific-10. From 1998 to 2009, the matchup featured the No. 2 team in the Pacific-10/ Pac-12 and the No. 3 Big 12 team, but the Alamo Bowl outbid the Holiday Bowl to feature that matchup beginning in 2010.
The 1992 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1992, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season . It featured the unranked Illinois Fighting Illini , and the 25th ranked Hawaii Rainbow Warriors .
The first bowl game appearance by a WAC team was at the 1964 Liberty Bowl, where Utah defeated West Virginia of the Southern Conference, 32–6. [16] The WAC had conference tie-ins with various bowl games during its history, including: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (2000–2012) Hawaii Bowl (2002–2011) Holiday Bowl (1978–1997)
The 1978 Holiday Bowl was the inaugural college football bowl game of the Holiday Bowl. It was played on December 22, 1978, at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California. The game was part of the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Navy Midshipmen against the BYU Cougars. Navy won 23–16.
It was part of the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the fourth edition of the Holiday Bowl. [3] The Friday night game was the third of sixteen games in this bowl season and featured the #20 Washington State Cougars of the Pac-10 Conference, and the 14th-ranked BYU Cougars, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. [4] [5] [6 ...
Holiday Bowl - No. 25 Syracuse vs. Washington State. Time/TV/location: 8 p.m. ET, Fox, San Diego. Why watch: One has to feel for Washington State fans who have endured a challenging year. Despite ...
The team was led by head coach Paul Roach, in his second year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Cowboys won the first 10 games of the season, with an average margin of victory of 30 points, claiming the WAC championship with an undefeated 8–0 record, and reaching a #10 ranking in the national AP ...
The 1979 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 21, 1979, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . It featured the Indiana Hoosiers against the BYU Cougars .