| 1980 Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jim McMahon (BYU) Craig James (SMU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McClintock (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,200[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$261,035 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Mizlou | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott and Grady Alderman | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1980 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 19, 1980, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The game is famous due to a furious fourth quarter rally—including a last-second "miracle" touchdown—that gave BYU a 46–45 victory over SMU. Thus, the game is known as the “Miracle Bowl”, especially among BYU fans.[2]