2006 Holiday Bowl
| 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Co-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal) Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal) Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John O'Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 62,395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,334,186 per team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2006, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies representing the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion California Golden Bears. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing.