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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 Holiday Bowl was founded in 1978 to give the Western Athletic Conference an automatic bowl bid after the Fiesta Bowl, which previously had a tie-in with the conference, ended its association with the WAC following the departure of Arizona and Arizona State (the latter of which served as the game's host) to join the Pacific-8 Conference in ...
WAC co-champion Holiday Bowl champion. Holiday Bowl, W 27–17 vs. Illinois. Conference: ... San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl) ESPN: W 27–17: 44,457 *Non-conference game;
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)
However, the season ended with two disastrous losses in the last three games, including a 62–14 rout by Oklahoma State (led by Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders) in the Holiday Bowl. The Cowboys offense scored 511 points, while the defense allowed 280 points.
They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1, 7–0 WAC), and with a victory over Missouri in the Holiday Bowl. The Cougars offense scored 505 points while the defense allowed 247 points.
The 1984 Holiday Bowl was a bowl game contested in college football for the 1984 season. Played on December 21 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California, it pitted the unranked Michigan Wolverines against the top-ranked BYU Cougars. Despite six turnovers and being down by seven in the fourth quarter, BYU rallied and won the game, 24–17.
The 1987 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1987, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season . It featured the 18th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes and the 10–2 Wyoming Cowboys .