2006 Holiday Bowl

2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl logo
1234 Total
Texas A&M 7300 10
California 771417 45
DateDecember 28, 2006
Season2006
StadiumQualcomm Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPCo-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal)
Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal)
Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal)
RefereeJohn O'Neill (Big Ten)
Attendance62,395[1]
PayoutUS$2,334,186 per team[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
Holiday Bowl
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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.

  1. ^ a b "Holiday Bowl History". Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.