| 2000 Culligan Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive:Joey Harrington, Oregon Defensive: Rashad Bauman, Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Judson Howard (Big West) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching bands (including Millard South High School Marching Band from Omaha, NE, Lincoln High School Marching Band from Lincoln, NE and Elk City High School from Elk City, OK) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 63,278[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,005,743 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Tirico (Play by Play) Lee Corso (Analyst) Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2000 Holiday Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played December 29, 2000 inSan Diego, California. It was part of the2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 2000 Pac-10 co- champions Oregon Ducks and theTexas Longhorns. Oregon won the game by a final score of 35–30.
Oregon scored first whenquarterbackJoey Harrington threw a one yardtouchdownpass totight endJustin Peelle, which gave the Ducks an early 7–0 lead. Later in the first quarter,wide receiverKeenan Howry threw an 18 yard touchdown pass to Harrington on a trick play for a 14–0 Duck lead.
Texas responded afterrunning back Hodges Mitchell scored on a three yardtouchdownrun, making it 14–7. Texas QuarterbackChris Simms later tied the game at 14–14 on a four-yard touchdown run. 30 seconds later, cornerback Greg Brownintercepted a pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown, putting Texas up 21–14. That score held up until halftime.
In the third quarter, Joey Harrington threw a 55 yard touchdown pass to running backMaurice Morris, and Oregon tied the game at 21. In the fourth quarter, Oregon reclaimed the lead after Harrington ran for a nine-yard touchdown score, which gave the Ducks a 28–21 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, a mere 17 seconds later, Victor Ike of Texas returned it 93 yards for a touchdown which evened the score at 28.Jason Willis of Oregon scored the go ahead touchdown run to give Oregon a 35–28 lead. A Texassafety, moved Texas within 35–30, which held up to be the final score, as Texas drove down the field after the safety but dropped potential touchdown passes to end the drive.[2]
| Statistics | Texas | Oregon |
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| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Rushing yards | 54 | 129 |
| Passing yards | 245 | 291 |
| Total offense | 342 | 340 |
| Return yards | 45 | 1 |
| Passing | 17–33–4 | 20–32–1 |
| Fumbles–lost | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Penalties–yards | 6–55 | 6–50 |
| Punts–average | 3–42.3 | 5–32.4 |
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