| 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Holiday Bowl logo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | OK State by 31⁄2 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Witvoet (Big Ten) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,106[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,300,000 per team[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN.[6] The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.
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- ^ "Oregon 42-31 Oklahoma State (Dec 30, 2008) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ "2008 Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ "Game Date Set for Pacific Life Holiday Bowl". Big 12 Sports. April 1, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2008.[dead link]