2009 Holiday Bowl

2009 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Arizona Wildcats Nebraska Cornhuskers (8–4) (9–4) Pac-10 Big 12 0 33 Head coach:  Mike Stoops Head coach:  Bo Pelini AP Coaches BCS 22 23 20 AP Coaches BCS 20 19 22
1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 Nebraska 10 13 10 0 33
Date	December 30, 2009
Season	2009
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	WR Niles Paul (Nebraska) S Matt O'Hanlon (Nebraska)
Referee	Tom Zimorski (ACC)
Attendance	64,607[1]
Payout	US$2,130,000 per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler Craig James Jesse Palmer Erin Andrews
Nielsen ratings	3.7[2]
Holiday Bowl  < 2008  2010 >

The 2009 Holiday Bowl was the thirty-second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5:00 pm US PST on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The game was telecast on ESPN. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Arizona Wildcats 33–0 for the first shutout in the history of the bowl.^[3] This was a rematch of the two teams, who faced each other in the 1998 Holiday Bowl, where Arizona defeated Nebraska 23–20.