2003 Holiday Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2003 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl 2003 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Texas Longhorns University of Texas 9–3 Pac-10 10–2 Big 12 Bill Doba Mack Brown 15 14 16 5 5 6 0 7 19 2 0 10 0 10 December 30 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California Offense: Sammy Moore, WSUDefense: Kyle Basler, WSU Texas by 9 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IUxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4578%2C6769226 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon The Latest Line December 29, 2003 E6 Randy Smith (Big East) Marching bands 61,102http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2003.html Holiday Bowl History April 23, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080430195210/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2003.html April 30, 2008 dead 2,013,616 per team List of announcers of major college bowl games ESPN The 2003 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30 in San Diego, California, part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Washington State Cougars, and the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns. Washington State pulled off a 28–20 upset,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IkxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3307%2C6992480 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Wilson Bernie Cougars make it a special Holiday December 31, 2003 B1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=459fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4327%2C4275660 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Grummert Dale Cougalicious December 31, 2003 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mcYjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ONEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2012%2C3873543 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Fox Tom Happy Holiday December 31, 2003 1B and moved up to ninth in the final rankings. Scoreless after the first quarter, Texas running back Cedric Benson scored in the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run. Washington State tied the game following a 12-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Kegel to wide receiver Sammy Moore. Following a 39-yard field goal, Texas held a 10–7 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Washington State outscored Texas by nineteen points. They took their first lead at 13–10 on a 54-yard touchdown pass from Kegel to Moore. Jonathan Smith rushed 12 yards for a touchdown increasing the lead to 20–10, and the Cougars extended their lead to 26–10 lead after Jason David returned a fumble 18 yards for a touchdown. Early in the fourth quarter, Texas was held to a field goal; WSU led by thirteen, and the Cougars added a safety as Texas was flagged for holding in their own end zone. Chance Mock threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Roy Williams to pull Texas to within 28–20 with over four minutes remaining, but that was the end of the scoring. References Holiday Bowl Category:Holiday Bowl Category:2000s in San Diego Category:Washington State Cougars football bowl games Category:Texas Longhorns football bowl games Category:2003 in sports in California