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2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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35th Holiday Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 27, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Lache Seastrunk Defense: Chris McAllister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | UCLA by 1[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Wayne Winkler (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 55,507 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$2.075 million per team [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Dave Pasch (Play-by-play) Brian Griese (Analyst) Jenn Brown (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, the 35th edition of the game, was a postseason American college football bowl game between the Baylor Bears from the Big 12 Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12), played on December 27, 2012, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game was the final contest of the 2012 NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-FBS) football season for both teams. The game kicked off at 6:45 p.m. PT and was broadcast on both ESPN TV and ESPN Radio. This is the first Holiday Bowl appearance for both Baylor and UCLA, as well as the first-ever meeting between the two teams.[3] It also marks the first time one of the Pac-12's Southern California teams has played in the Holiday Bowl.