2007 Holiday Bowl
| 2007 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: QB Colt McCoy, Texas Defensive: DE Brian Orakpo, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas by 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Penn Wagers (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Various high school marching bands and both colleges' marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 64,020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,250,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lisa Salters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2007 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2007, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and 1 of 32 games in the 2007–08 bowl season. It featured the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion Arizona State Sun Devils. Texas won, 52–34, and set Holiday Bowl records for the earliest score and for most points scored in the first quarter. Texas also set a school record for most points scored in a bowl game. A bizarre play involving Chris Jessee, a member of the Longhorn football operations staff and the stepson of the Texas head coach, has been cited as one of the strangest plays of the season.