2014 Holiday Bowl

2014 National University Holiday Bowl
37th Holiday Bowl Game
Nebraska Cornhuskers USC Trojans
(9–3) (8–4)
Big Ten Pac-12
42 45
Head coach: 
Barney Cotton (interim)		 Head coach: 
Steve Sarkisian
APCoaches
2522
APCFP
2424
1234 Total
Nebraska 170178 42
USC 1014210 45
DateDecember 27, 2014
Season2014
StadiumQualcomm Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPOffense: USC QB Cody Kessler[1]
Defense: USC DE Leonard Williams[1]
FavoriteUSC by 7[2]
RefereeRandy Christal[3] (Big XII)
Attendance55,789[3]
PayoutUS$2.075 million per team [4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersRece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, & Samantha Ponder (ESPN)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
Holiday Bowl
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The 2014 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2014, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 37th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured Nebraska from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 5:00 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN (also on ESPN Radio). Sponsored by National University, it was officially known as the National University Holiday Bowl.

  1. ^ a b Zieralski, Ed (December 27, 2014). "Nebraska shows heart in loss". utsandiego.com. U-T San Diego. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  2. ^ Odds
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Bowls". ncaafootball.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.