2007 Holiday Bowl
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The 2007 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2007 in San Diego. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007–08 bowl season. It featured the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion Arizona State Sun Devils. Texas won, 52–34, and set Holiday Bowl records for the earliest score and for most points scored in the first quarter. Texas also set a school record for most points scored in a bowl game. A bizarre play involving Chris Jessee,[lower-alpha 1] a member of the Longhorn football operations staff and the stepson of the Texas head coach, has been cited as one of the strangest plays of the season.
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Date | December 27, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Diego | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offensive: QB Colt McCoy, Texas Defensive: DE Brian Orakpo, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Texas by 1½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Penn Wagers (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Various high school marching bands and both colleges' marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 64,020[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$2,250,000 per team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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