2010 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 August 2025 Holiday Bowl 33rd Holiday Bowl Bridgepoint Education December 30 2010 2010 San Diego Stadium San Diego, California University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Cornhuskers 10–3 Big 12 17 16 18 Bo Pelini 0 7 0 0 University of Washington Washington Huskies 6–6 Pac-10 Steve Sarkisian 10 0 7 2 Nebraska by 14https://www.theolympian.com/sports/college/pac-12/university-of-washington/article25275529.html Huskies hand Nebraska a Holiday surprise Todd Millen The Olympian December 31, 2010 August 25, 2025 Land Clark (MW) 57,921 2,130,000 ESPN Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Todd Blackledge (analyst) Erin Andrews (sideline) 4.0 The 2010 Holiday Bowl, known as the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl for sponsorship purposes, was the thirty-third edition of the college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2010 at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California. Part of the 2010–11 bowl season, it featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten and the Washington Huskies of the Pac-10. The game began at 7:00 p.m. PST and was broadcast on ESPN. Teams The 2010 Holiday Bowl was the eighth all-time and first postseason meeting between Nebraska and Washington, with the Cornhuskers leading 4–3–1 prior to the game. The teams met in September 2010, a dominant NU victory in Seattle. Nebraska 2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Big 12 North champion Nebraska entered 10–3, narrowly losing the conference championship game to Oklahoma. The 2010 game was NU's third overall and second consecutive Holiday Bowl appearance. Washington 2010 Washington Huskies football team Washington began 3–6, but won its final three games to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2002. The 2010 game was UW's fourth Holiday Bowl appearance. Game Nebraska, a heavy favorite after a dominant win over the Huskies in September, quickly found itself on the wrong foot in a Holiday Bowl rematch when Washington capitalized on a Rex Burkhead fumble to take a 7–0 lead. The next two NU drives both ended on third-down shovel pass attempts by freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez, allowing the Huskies to extend the lead to ten. The Cornhuskers got on the board after a late hit by UW safety Nate Fellner extended a drive that had stalled near midfield. Washington missed a field goal just before halftime, but took a 10–7 lead into the break despite starting quarterback Jake Locker not completing a pass (running back Jesse Callier completed one to Locker on UW's opening drive).http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2013810490_uwfbside31.html Jake Locker's final game at UW hits all the familiar notes Percy Allen The Seattle Times December 31, 2010 August 26, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20110510112422if_/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2013810490_uwfbside31.html May 10, 2011 Locker completed his first pass on UW's opening drive of the third quarter and ran in a touchdown on the following play to put the Huskies up by two scores. Backup Cody Green replaced an injured Martinez on NU's first drive of the fourth quarter, which ended in a safety after a holding penalty in the end zone. Nebraska was unable to mount a scoring threat for the remainder of the game and Washington ran out the clock on a 19–7 victory. Nebraska finished with a season-low 91 rushing yards after compiling 383 against Washington in September.https://dataomaha.com/huskers/history/game/2010-12-30-washington Holiday Hangover: Pelini calls flat performance by Huskers ridiculous Mitch Sherman Omaha World-Herald December 30, 2010 August 26, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20190812224608if_/https://dataomaha.com/huskers/history/game/2010-12-30-washington August 12, 2019 It was UW's first bowl victory and first four-game win streak since 2001.https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/revengeful-holiday-for-huskies/ Revengeful Holiday for Huskies Bob Condotta The Seattle Times December 31, 2010 August 26, 2025 Scoring summary Qtr Time Drive Team Detailhttps://www.huskermax.com/game/2010-washington-football-holiday-bowl/ In rematch, Huskies shut down Huskers HuskerMax August 25, 2025 Score Plays Yards TOP NU UW 1 9:08 3 21 1:07 UW Chris Polk 3-yd run (Erik Folk kick) 0 7 1:29 8 34 3:05 UW Folk 39-yd field goal 0 10 2 10:24 10 74 6:05 NU Kyler Reed 15-yd pass from Taylor Martinez (Alex Henery kick) 7 10 3 13:18 4 53 1:42 UW Jake Locker 25-yd run (Folk kick) 7 17 4 13:38 – – – UW Nebraska holding penalty in end zone 7 19 Individual leaders Team Category Player Statistics NU Passing Taylor Martinez 7/9, 53 yds, TD, INT Rushing Rex Burkhead 12 car, 39 yds Receiving Mike McNeill 3 rec, 39 yds UW Passing Jake Locker 5/16, 56 yds Rushing Chris Polk 34 car, 177 yds, TD Receiving D'Andre Goodwin 2 rec, 30 yds Team statistics Statistic Nebraska Washington First downs 14 21 Rushes–yards 41–91 52–268 Comp.–att. Completions–pass attempts–yards 10–21–98 6–19–72 Total offense 189 340 Turnovers 2 0 Punts–average 6–36.5 4–39.8 Penalties–yards 12–102 3–30 Time of possession 28:56 31:04 See also List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Category:Washington Huskies football bowl games Holiday Bowl Category:December 2010 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in San Diego