| 2001 Culligan Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | December 28, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Co-Offensive: Major Applewhite (UT, QB) 37-55, 473 yards, 4 TD Co-Offensive: Willie Hurst (UW, RB) 16 rushes, 137 yards, 2 TD Defensive: Derrick Johnson (UT, LB) 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ken Rivera (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,548[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,044,988 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Culligan Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2001, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Washington Huskies against the Texas Longhorns. Texas won 47–43 (a combined 90 points despite neither team scoring at all in the 1st quarter) after a dramatic comeback in the 4th quarter, scoring the winning touchdown with 38 seconds left. Earlier, Washington had led by as much as 19 points, and carried a 36–20 lead into the 4th quarter.