2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Co-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal) Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal) Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | John O'Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 62,395[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$2,334,186 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2006 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies representing the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion California Golden Bears. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing.