1990 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl 1990 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M University BYU Cougars Brigham Young University 8-3-1 SWC 10–2 WAC R. C. Slocum LaVell Edwards NR 19 13 9 14 23 7 21 7 0 7 0 December 29 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego Offensive: Bucky RichardsonDefensive: William Thomas James Sprenger (Pac-10) 61,441http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1990.html Holiday Bowl Game History 2008-06-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20080620012759/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1990.html 2008-06-20 dead 1,200,728 per team ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Sean McDonough, Mike Gottfried, and Neil Lomax The 1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas A&M Aggies and BYU Cougars on December 29, 1990, at Jack Murphy Stadium, now known as Qualcomm Stadium, in San Diego, California. The game was part of the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the final game of the season for both teams. Texas A&M defeated BYU 65–14.http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?SID=MFB&pageID=984 1990 Sea World Holiday Bowl Texas A&M Athletics 2008-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080306191939/http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?SID=MFB&pageID=984 2008-03-06 dead http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1990.html THE 1990 SEAWORLD HOLIDAY BOWL The Pacific Life Holiday Bowl 2008-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080620012759/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1990.html 2008-06-20 dead The game featured BYU's Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, and marked the last time for more than 20 years that the season's Heisman winner would appear in a bowl before New Year's Day. This would not happen again until the 2011 Alamo Bowl, featuring Baylor's Robert Griffin III.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2011-12-30/baylor-wins-alamo-bowl-shooutout-over-washington/52279216/1 Baylor wins Alamo Bowl shootout Associated Press USA Today December 29, 2011 December 30, 2011 Game summary Texas A&M - R. Wilson 1 yard touchdown yard run (Talbot kick) BYU - C. Smith 8 yard touchdown yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) Texas A&M - D. Lewis 6 yard touchdown yard run (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - Richardson 6 yard touchdown yard run (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - Safety Texas A&M - Richardson 22 yard touchdown pass from D. Lewis (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - Garrett 6 yard touchdown pass from Richardson (Talbot kick) BYU - Clark 1 yard touchdown pass from Evans (Kauffman kick) Texas A&M - Richardson 27 yard touchdown yard run (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - D. Lewis 3 yard touchdown yard run (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - Paterson 14 yard touchdown yard pass from Pavlas (Talbot kick) Texas A&M - Krahl 9 yard touchdown yard pass from Pavlas (Talbot kick) Texas A&M dominated the Cougars, rushing for 356 yards (while BYU had -12), passing for 324 (while BYU had 197), and forcing four turnovers (with the Aggies only having one), while only punting once and having the ball 38:28 of the game, with 72 return yards. BYU had 207 return yards (in part due to having 10 kickoffs and one punt to return), with a paltry 21:31 possession time. Ty Detemer went 11-of-23 for 120 yards and one touchdown and interception while being sacked twice. He was later replaced by Joe Evans, who went 4-of-9 for 77 yards with one touchdown, while being sacked thrice. Bucky Richardson threw 9-of-11 for 203 yards with one touchdown, while also rushing for 129 yards on 12 carries and 2 touchdowns, along a catch for 22 yards that also was for a touchdown. His four touchdown performance gained him MVP honors. William Thomas had 6 tackles, 2 of them going for sacks while being named defensive MVP.http://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1990.html 1990 Holiday Bowl – Bowl Games – Tradition - BYU Football Guide 2017-01-06 2015-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003161747/http://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1990.html dead http://sltrib.cougarstats.com/games.php?show=details&game_id=268 CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Texas A&M 1990 Holiday Bowlhttp://www.deseretnews.com/article/230013203/1990-Holiday-Bowl-Texas-AM-65-BYU-14.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140304015220/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/230013203/1990-Holiday-Bowl-Texas-AM-65-BYU-14.html dead March 4, 2014 1990 Holiday Bowl: Texas A&M 65, BYU 14 Deseret News 4 December 2000http://sports.tamu.edu/cbs/football/spec-rel/1990-holiday-bowl.html 1990 Holiday Bowl 2017-01-06 2014-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302005820/http://sports.tamu.edu/cbs/football/spec-rel/1990-holiday-bowl.html dead References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:1990s in San Diego Category:Texas A&M Aggies football bowl games Category:BYU Cougars football bowl games Category:1990 in sports in California