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| Date | December 30, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | WR Niles Paul (Nebraska) S Matt O'Hanlon (Nebraska) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tom Zimorski (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 64,607[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,130,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler Craig James Jesse Palmer Erin Andrews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.7[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Holiday Bowl was the thirty-second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5:00 pm US PST on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The game was telecast on ESPN. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Arizona Wildcats 33–0 for the first shutout in the history of the bowl.[3] This was a rematch of the two teams, who faced each other in the 1998 Holiday Bowl, where Arizona defeated Nebraska 23–20.
- ^ "Arizona vs. Nebraska - Box Score - December 30, 2009 - ESPN".
- ^ Jon Solomon, 2009-10 Bowl TV Ratings, The Birmingham News, January 13, 2010
- ^ "Huskers harass Cats in first Holiday Bowl shutout". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2009.