2008 Holiday Bowl

The 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN.^[6] The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.

2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl logo
Oklahoma State Cowboys Oregon Ducks (9–3) (9–3) Big 12 Pac-10 31 42 Head coach:  Mike Gundy Head coach:  Mike Bellotti AP Coaches BCS 13 14 13 AP Coaches BCS 15 13 17
1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 17 0 7 7 31 Oregon 7 0 21 14 42
Date	December 30, 2008
Season	2008
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	QB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon [1]
Favorite	OK State by 31⁄2 [2]
Referee	David Witvoet (Big Ten) [3]
Attendance	59,106[4]
Payout	US$2,300,000 per team[5]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer
Nielsen ratings	3.9
Holiday Bowl  < 2007  2009 >

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
1st Quarter
OSU - Dan Bailey 45 yard FG, 10:54	OSU 3-0
OSU - Dez Bryant 33 yard TD pass Zac Robinson (Bailey kick), 4:09	OSU 10-0
Oregon - Jeremiah Johnson 76 yard TD run (Morgan Flint kick), 3:51	OSU 10-7
OSU - Kendall Hunter 3 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 1:03	OSU 17-7
3rd Quarter
Oregon - Jeremiah Masoli 1 yard TD run (Flint kick), 14:15	OSU 17-14
Oregon - Masoli 41 yard TD run (Flint kick), 8:02	Oregon 21-17
OSU - Hunter 4 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 5:08	OSU 24-21
Oregon - Masoli 17 yard TD run (Flint kick), :21	Oregon 28-24
4th Quarter
OSU - Robinson 1 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 12:13	OSU 31-28
Oregon - Jaison Williams 20 yard TD pass from Masoli (Flint kick), 10:26	Oregon 35-31
Oregon - LeGarrette Blount 29 yard TD run (Flint kick), 3:01	Oregon 42-31

References

1. "Masoli leads Oregon over Oklahoma State in Holiday Bowl". ^{[dead link]}
2. "2008 Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon Spread, Trends, Odds".^{[dead link]}
3. http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=3638790 ^{[dead link]}
4. "Oregon 42-31 Oklahoma State (Dec 30, 2008) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
5. "2008 Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
6. "Game Date Set for Pacific Life Holiday Bowl". Big 12 Sports. April 1, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2008.^{[dead link]}