1995 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 1995 Plymouth Holiday Bowl 1995 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State University Colorado State Rams Colorado State University 9-2 Big Eight 8-3 WAC Bill Snyder Sonny Lubick 10 10 10 7 19 21 7 7 0 14 0 December 29 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California Offensive: Brian Kavanagh and Mario Smith John Soffey (Big East) Marching bands & NCA cheer team 51,051http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1995.html Holiday Bowl Game History 2008-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080420200323/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1995.html 2008-04-20 dead 1,360,528 per team ESPN Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, and Adrian Karsten The 1995 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 1995, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Kansas State Wildcats, and the Colorado State Rams. Game summary Kansas State scored first following a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Eric Hickson, putting the Wildcats up 7–0. Colorado State answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Jamie Blake tying the game at 7. In the second quarter, running back Mike Lawrence scored on a 5-yard touchdown run, giving Kansas State a 13–7 lead. Dederick Kelly scored on an 18-yard touchdown run, but the ensuing two-point try missed, leaving the score 19–7. Quarterback Brian Kavanagh threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brian Lojka to increase the lead to 26–7 at halftime. Kavanagh added an 18-yard touchdown pass to Tyson Schwieger giving the Wildcats a 33–7 lead. Colorado State scored following a 3-yard touchdown run from E. J. Watson, pulling Kansas State to 33–14. Mike Lawrence answered with his second touchdown run of the game, a 6-yarder, to increase K State's lead to 40–14. Gordon Washington of Colorado State scored on a 12-yard touchdown run making it 40–21. Kavanagh threw his third passing touchdown on the day in the third quarter, a 4-yard strike to Kevin Lockett, increasing Kansas State's lead to 47–21. Kavanagh added his fourth touchdown pass of the game, when he threw a 33-yard pass to Mitch Running for a 54–21 win.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-30-sp-19359-story.html Archives Los Angeles Times References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:1990s in San Diego Category:Kansas State Wildcats football bowl games Category:Colorado State Rams football bowl games Holiday Bowl