2019 Holiday Bowl

2019 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
42nd Holiday Bowl
USC Trojans Iowa Hawkeyes
(8–4) (9–3)
Pac-12 Big Ten
24 49
Head coach: 
Clay Helton		 Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz
APCoachesCFP
222322
APCoachesCFP
191916
1234 Total
USC 71070 24
Iowa 721714 49
DateDecember 27, 2019
Season2019
StadiumSDCCU Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPIhmir Smith-Marsette (WR, Iowa)[1] & A. J. Epenesa (DE, Iowa)[2]
FavoriteUSC by 1[3]
RefereeJerry Magallanes (ACC)[4]
Attendance50,123
PayoutUS$6,532,700[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkFS1
AnnouncersGus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline)
Holiday Bowl
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The 2019 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2019. Kickoff was at 8:07 p.m. EST (5:07 p.m. local PST). The game was aired on FS1.[6] It was the 42nd edition of the Holiday Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. This was the third season in which the Holiday Bowl was held at the SDCCU Stadium. The game was sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union and officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.

This game marked the last Holiday Bowl with a tie-in with the Big Ten Conference, as the bowl replaced its Big Ten tie-in with an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) tie-in. This was also the last Holiday Bowl played at SDCCU Stadium, as the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the venue was subsequently demolished to make way for a new stadium.

  1. ^ @GazetteOnIowa (December 28, 2019). "Holiday Bowl Offensive MVP: 𝗜𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @GazetteOnIowa (December 28, 2019). "Holiday Bowl Defensive MVP: 𝗔.𝗝. 𝗘𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗮" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "USC vs. Iowa – Game Summary". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019–20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019–20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 16, 2019.