1989 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 1989 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl 1989 Penn State Nittany Lions Pennsylvania State University BYU Cougars Brigham Young University 7–3–1 Independent 10–2 WAC Joe Paterno LaVell Edwards 18 18 19 16 3 9 17 21 3 10 13 13 December 30 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California Co-Offensive: Ty Detmer (BYU)Co-Offensive: Blair Thomas (Penn State) Marching bands 61,113http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1989.html Holiday Bowl Game History 2008-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20081116073458/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1989.html 2008-11-16 dead 1,109,038 per team ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Tim Brando, Vince Dooleyand Jerry Punch The 1989 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1989, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and BYU Cougars. Game summary Penn State - Tarasi 30 yard field goal BYU - Chaffetz 20 yard field goal Penn State - Smith 24 touchdown yard pass from Sacca (kick failed) BYU - Detmer 1 touchdown yard run (Chaffetz kick) Penn State - Tarasi 36 yard field goal BYU - Chaffetz 22 yard field goal Penn State - Tarasi 51 yard field goal Penn State - Thompson 16 yard touchdown run (Tarasi kick) BYU - Detmer 1 yard touchdown run (kick failed) Penn State - Thompson 14 yard touchdown run (Tarasi kick) BYU - Boyce 12 yard touchdown pass from Detmer (Chaffetz kick) Penn State - Thomas 7 yard touchdown run (run failed) Penn State - Daniels 52 yard touchdown pass from Sacca (pass failed) BYU - Whittingham 10 yard touchdown run (Chaffetz kick) BYU - Nyberg 3 yard touchdown yard pass from Detmer (pass failed) Penn State - Collins 2-point conversion interception return Penn State - Brown 53 yard touchdown fumble return (kick) BYU quarterback Ty Detmer was marching the Cougars toward a game-winning touchdown in the closing seconds when he had the ball stripped by Penn State's Gary Brown, who returned it 53 yards for a touchdown to seal the Nittany Lions victory. Stealing the ball before Detmer could throw it was the only way he could be stopped by the Penn State defense. Detmer completed 42 of 59 passes for 576 yards, all Holiday Bowl records, and shared Offensive MVP honors with Penn State running back Blair Thomas, who rushed for a Holiday Bowl record 35 times for 186 yards.http://sltrib.cougarstats.com/games.php?show=details&game_id=281 CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Penn State 1989 Holiday Bowlhttp://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1989.html Archived copy 2017-01-06 2020-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20200503193320/https://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1989.html dead http://www.deseretnews.com/article/230013198/1989-Holiday-Bowl-Penn-State-50-BYU-39.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180519052604/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/230013198/1989-Holiday-Bowl-Penn-State-50-BYU-39.html dead May 19, 2018 1989 Holiday Bowl: Penn State 50, BYU 39 Deseret News 4 December 2000 References External links New York Times summary of game Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:1980s in San Diego Category:BYU Cougars football bowl games Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games Category:1989 in sports in California