| 1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive:Bucky Richardson Defensive:William Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Sprenger (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 61,441[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,200,728 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough,Mike Gottfried, andNeil Lomax | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl was a post-seasoncollege footballbowl game between theTexas A&M Aggies andBYU Cougars on December 29, 1990, at Jack Murphy Stadium, now known asQualcomm Stadium, inSan Diego, California. The game was part of the1990 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the final game of the season for both teams. Texas A&M defeated BYU 65–14.[2][3]
The game featured BYU'sHeisman Trophy winnerTy Detmer, and marked the last time for more than 20 years that the season's Heisman winner would appear in a bowl beforeNew Year's Day. This would not happen again until the2011 Alamo Bowl, featuringBaylor'sRobert Griffin III.[4]
Texas A&M dominated the Cougars, rushing for 356 yards (while BYU had -12), passing for 324 (while BYU had 197), and forcing four turnovers (with the Aggies only having one), while only punting once and having the ball 38:28 of the game, with 72 return yards. BYU had 207 return yards (in part due to having 10 kickoffs and one punt to return), with a paltry 21:31 possession time. Ty Detemer went 11-of-23 for 120 yards and one touchdown and interception while being sacked twice. He was later replaced by Joe Evans, who went 4-of-9 for 77 yards with one touchdown, while being sacked thrice.Bucky Richardson threw 9-of-11 for 203 yards with one touchdown, while also rushing for 129 yards on 12 carries and 2 touchdowns, along a catch for 22 yards that also was for a touchdown. His four touchdown performance gained him MVP honors.William Thomas had 6 tackles, 2 of them going for sacks while being named defensive MVP.[5][6][7][8]