2012 Holiday Bowl

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2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
35th Holiday Bowl Game
Baylor Bears UCLA Bruins (7–5) (9–4) Big 12 Pac-12 49 26 Head coach:  Art Briles Head coach:  Jim L. Mora AP Coaches BCS NR NR NR AP Coaches BCS 17 19 17
1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 14 21 7 7 49 UCLA 0 10 3 13 26
Date	December 27, 2012
Season	2012
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Offense: Lache Seastrunk Defense: Chris McAllister
Favorite	UCLA by 1[1]
Referee	Wayne Winkler (C-USA)
Attendance	55,507
Payout	US$2.075 million per team [2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Dave Pasch (Play-by-play) Brian Griese (Analyst) Jenn Brown (Sideline)
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The 2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, the 35th edition of the game, was a postseason American college football bowl game between the Baylor Bears from the Big 12 Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12), played on December 27, 2012, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game was the final contest of the 2012 NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-FBS) football season for both teams. The game kicked off at 6:45 p.m. PT and was broadcast on both ESPN TV and ESPN Radio. This is the first Holiday Bowl appearance for both Baylor and UCLA, as well as the first-ever meeting between the two teams.^[3] It also marks the first time one of the Pac-12's Southern California teams has played in the Holiday Bowl.