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The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978. The game is currently sponsored by Pacific Life and is known as the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl.
Brigham Young University played in the first seven of their record eleven Holiday Bowls prompting some to call it the "BYU Bowl". Fans remember the 1980 game as having one of the most exciting four minutes in NCAA history when BYU erased a 20 point deficit to win on the final play of the game. Four years later, the Cougars, led by their coach, LaVell Edwards, won the mythical national college football championship in the Holiday Bowl by defeating the University of Michigan, coached by Bo Schembechler, 24-17. It was the first — and only — time that the title was not won in a New Year's Day Bowl Game.
Previous results
| Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team
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| December 22, 1978 | Navy | 23 | BYU | 16
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| December 21, 1979 | Indiana | 38 | BYU | 37
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| December 19, 1980 | BYU | 46 | SMU | 45
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| December 18, 1981 | BYU | 38 | Washington State | 36
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| December 17, 1982 | Ohio State | 47 | BYU | 17
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| December 23, 1983 | BYU | 21 | Missouri | 17
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| December 21, 1984 | BYU | 24 | Michigan | 17
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| December 22, 1985 | Arkansas | 18 | Arizona State | 17
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| December 30, 1986 | Iowa | 39 | San Diego State | 38
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| December 30, 1987 | Iowa | 20 | Wyoming | 19
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| December 30, 1988 | Oklahoma State | 62 | Wyoming | 14
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| December 29, 1989 | Penn State | 50 | BYU | 39
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| December 29, 1990 | Texas A&M | 65 | BYU | 14
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| December 30, 1991 | BYU | 13 | Iowa | 13
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| December 30, 1992 | Hawaii | 27 | Illinois | 17
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| December 30, 1993 | Ohio State | 28 | BYU | 21
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| December 30, 1994 | Michigan | 24 | Colorado State | 14
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| December 29, 1995 | Kansas State | 54 | Colorado State | 21
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| December 30, 1996 | Colorado | 33 | Washington | 21
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| December 29, 1997 | Colorado State | 35 | Missouri | 24
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| December 30, 1998 | Arizona | 23 | Nebraska | 20
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| December 29, 1999 | Kansas State | 24 | Washington | 20
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| December 29, 2000 | Oregon | 35 | Texas | 30
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| December 28, 2001 | Texas | 47 | Washington | 43
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| December 27, 2002 | Kansas State | 34 | Arizona State | 27
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| December 30, 2003 | Washington State | 28 | Texas | 20
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| December 30, 2004 | Texas Tech | 45 | California | 31
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