1992 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 1992 Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl 1992 Illinois Fighting Illini University of Illinois Hawaii Rainbow Warriors University of Hawaii 6–4–1 Big Ten 10–2 WAC Lou Tepper Bob Wagner NR 24 7 3 0 7 0 7 10 10 December 30 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California Offensive: Michael Carter (Hawaii)Defensive: Junior Tagoai (Hawaii) Pat Flood (Pac-10) Marching bands 44,457http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1992.html Holiday Bowl Game History May 23, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517044339/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1992.html May 17, 2008 dead 1,500,000 per team ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Sharlene Hawkes The 1992 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1992, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the unranked Illinois Fighting Illini, and the 25th ranked Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Background Hawaii was co-champion of the Western Athletic Conference (along with Fresno State and BYU), their first ever conference championship. As such, they were invited to the Holiday Bowl, their first bowl game outside of Hawaii and their second bowl in three years. Illinois was making their fifth straight bowl game.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Aug/04/sp/hawaii908040319.html Rainbows had magical season, bowl victory in '92 Hawaii's Newspaper The Honolulu Advertiser 2017-01-06 2017-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20170107095651/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Aug/04/sp/hawaii908040319.html dead Game summary Illinois took an early 7–0 lead on a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jason Verduzco to John Wright. Hawaii responded with a 6-yard touchdown run from running back Travis Sims, tying the game at 7. At the end of the quarter, Illinois' Chris Richardson kicked a 19-yard field goal giving the Illini a 10–7 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Travis Sims scored on a 1-yard touchdown run putting Hawaii up 14–10. Jason Elam added a 45-yard field goal, to make the score 17–10 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Elam added a 37-yard field goal, and Michael Carter threw a 53-yard bomb to Darrick Branch putting Hawaii up 27–10. Verduzco and Wright connected for the second time of the game, as Illinois made the final score 27–17 Hawaii. References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:1990s in San Diego Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football bowl games Category:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football bowl games Category:1992 in sports in California Category:December 1992 sports events in the United States