2006 Holiday Bowl

February 2020 March 2026 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl PacificLifeHolidayBowlLogo.png Holiday Bowl logo 2006 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M University California Golden Bears University of California at Berkeley 9–3 Big 12 9–3 Pac-10 Dennis Franchione Jeff Tedford 21 21 21 20 19 18 7 3 0 0 7 7 14 17 December 28 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California Co-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal)Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal)Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal) John O'Neill (Big Ten) 62,395http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2006.html Holiday Bowl History February 12, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080220203348/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2006.html February 20, 2008 dead 2,334,186 per team ESPN Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2006, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies representing the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion California Golden Bears. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing. Game summary Scoring Summary TAMU CAL 1 11:13 TAMU 6 61 2:02 RecTD Chad Schroeder Stephen McGee 19 Matt Szymanski good 7 0 1 8:01 CAL 8 80 3:08 RushTD Nate Longshore 6 Tom Schneider good 7 7 2 14:28 CAL 5 68 1:51 RushTD Marshawn Lynch 2 Tom Schneider good 7 14 2 2:08 TAMU 14 66 7:41 FG 32 Matt Szymanski 10 14 3 10:13 CAL 4 41 1:40 RushTD Marshawn Lynch 2 Tom Schneider good 10 21 3 2:00 CAL 9 72 4:46 RecTD Lavelle Hawkins Nate Longshore 3 Tom Schneider good 10 28 4 7:13 CAL 10 84 4:37 FG 21 Tom Schneider 10 31 4 3:40 CAL 4 51 1:26 RushTD Justin Forsett 7 Tom Schneider good 10 38 4 1:31 CAL 3 5 1:46 RushTD Bryan Schutte 3 Tom Schneider good 10 45 10 45 Source:http://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=263620025 Texas A&M vs. California - Game Summary - December 28, 2006 ESPN December 19, 2016 Statistics Statistics TAMU CAL First downs 21 22 Total yards 349 476 Rushes–yards 38–163 32–241 Passing yards 198 235 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 18–29–1 19–24–1 Time of possession 21:35 15:05 References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:2000s in San Diego Category:California Golden Bears football bowl games Category:Texas A&M Aggies football bowl games Holiday Bowl Category:December 2006 sports events in the United States