1984 Holiday Bowl

1984 Holiday Bowl
Michigan Wolverines BYU Cougars
(6–5) (12–0)
Big Ten WAC
17 24
Head coach: 
Bo Schembechler		 Head coach: 
LaVell Edwards
APCoaches
11
1234 Total
Michigan 0773 17
BYU 010014 24
DateDecember 21, 1984
Season1984
StadiumJack Murphy Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPRobbie Bosco (offensive)
Leon White (defensive)
FavoriteBYU by 7 [1][2][3]
RefereeWendell Shelton (SWC)
Attendance61,243 [4]
PayoutUS$502,635 per team[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkMizlou / ESPN
AnnouncersHoward David, Paul Maguire
Holiday Bowl
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The 1984 Holiday Bowl was a bowl game contested in college football for the 1984 season. Played on December 21 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, it pitted the unranked Michigan Wolverines against the top-ranked BYU Cougars. Despite six turnovers and being down by seven in the fourth quarter, BYU rallied and won the game, 24–17.[5][6] The attendance of 61,248 was a record for Jack Murphy Stadium at that time.

BYU's victory helped propel them to being a consensus selection for the national championship for the 1984 season. This game marks a rare example of a team named as national champion by NCAA-recognized selector(s) playing their bowl game during the month of December.

  1. ^ "Betting line: Holiday Bowl". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). December 21, 1984. p. 20.
  2. ^ "Holiday Bowl". Pittsburgh Press. December 21, 1984. p. C3.
  3. ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 21, 1984. p. 25.
  4. ^ a b "Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "BYU finishes 13-0, but will it stay No. 1?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 22, 1984. p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Bosco comes back, BYU defeats UM". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 22, 1984. p. 14.