Offensive: Sonny Cumbie, Texas Tech Defensive: Vincent Meeks, Texas Tech
Referee
Frank White (WAC)
Attendance
63,711[1]
Payout
US$2,086,815 per team[1]
Holiday Bowl
< 2003
2005 >
The 2004 Holiday Bowl was the third bowl game (also the second of three in California) played of the 2004–05 bowl season on December 30, 2004. The game was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, pitting the Pac-10's California Golden Bears and the Big 12's Texas Tech Red Raiders. Cal was edged out for a BCS bowl berth by Texas in the last week of the regular season.
^ abHoliday Bowl History Archived November 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
The 2004HolidayBowl was the third bowl game (also the second of three in California) played of the 2004–05 bowl season on December 30, 2004. The game...
The HolidayBowl is an annual college football bowl game held in San Diego, California. Founded in 1978, the bowl is held at Snapdragon Stadium. The current...
The 2009 HolidayBowl was the thirty-second edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The...
The 2011 Bridgepoint Education HolidayBowl, the 34th edition of the game, was a postseason American college football bowl game between the Texas Longhorns...
The 2007 Pacific Life HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2007 in San Diego. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS...
The 1988 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1988, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football...
The 1999 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 1999, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football...
The 2003 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30 in San Diego, California, part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season...
The 2002 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2002 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football...
The 1982 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 17, 1982, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football...
Texas was picked over Cal for a Rose Bowl berth, the fourth-ranked Bears were awarded a spot in the HolidayBowl, which they lost to Texas Tech, 45–31...
The 1993 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1993, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football...
after the fact was its 45-31 loss to Texas Tech University in the 2004HolidayBowl. Cal played without two of the highest performing receivers in the...
in February from Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 until Super Bowl LV in 2021, but is now the second Sunday, beginning with Super Bowl LVI. Festivities typically...
The 2008 Pacific Life HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California between the...
The 1995 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 1995, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football...
defeating the Golden Bears, 45–31, in the 2004HolidayBowl. This was California's first Independence Bowl. It was also the Golden Bears' final game as...
The 2005 HolidayBowl was a college football bowl game. The game was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on December 29, 2005, with the Big 12 Conference's...
from 2 bowl game appearances, the 2004 Pacific Life HolidayBowl and 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, remain unbroken. The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic's...
place in Southern Division of the Big 12, defeated California in the 2004HolidayBowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 434 to 314. The team...
The 2004 Alamo Bowl featured the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State got on the board first, when quarterback Justin Zwick...
2004 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Ole Miss Rebels on January 2, 2004,...
participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football. The conference formed in 1994 and begin conference...
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Bowl, 2002 Tangerine Bowl, 2003 Houston Bowl, and 2004 HolidayBowl. Texas Tech finished the 2004 season ranked 17th in the final Coaches Poll, which was...