2012 Holiday Bowl

2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
35th Holiday Bowl Game
1234 Total
Baylor 142177 49
UCLA 010313 26
DateDecember 27, 2012
Season2012
StadiumQualcomm Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPOffense: Lache Seastrunk
Defense: Chris McAllister
FavoriteUCLA by 1[1]
RefereeWayne Winkler (C-USA)
Attendance55,507
PayoutUS$2.075 million per team [2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Pasch (Play-by-play)
Brian Griese (Analyst)
Jenn Brown (Sideline)
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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.

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2012
  2. ^ "Bowls". ncaafootball.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Twitter / BUFootball: First-ever trip to the Holiday". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.