Holiday Bowl

Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl
	DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Stadium	Snapdragon Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
Previous stadiums	San Diego Stadium; (1978–2019); Petco Park; (2021–2023)
Operated	1978–present
Conference tie-ins	Pac-12 (1997–present); ACC (2022–present)
Previous conference tie-ins	WAC (1978–1997); Big 12 (1995–2013); Big Ten (1991–1994; 2014–2020);
Payout	US$6,532,700 (2019)
Website	holidaybowl.com
Sponsors
	SeaWorld (1986–1990); Thrifty Car Rental (1991–1994); Plymouth (1995–1997); Culligan (1998–2001); Pacific Life Insurance Company (2002–2009); Bridgepoint Education (2010–2012); National University (2013–2014); National Funding (2015–2016); San Diego County Credit Union (2017–2019, 2022); DirecTV (2023–present);
Former names
	Holiday Bowl (1978–1985); Sea World Holiday Bowl (1986–1990); Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl (1991–1994); Plymouth Holiday Bowl (1995–1997); Culligan Holiday Bowl (1998–2001); Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (2002–2009); Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (2010–2012); National University Holiday Bowl (2013–2014); National Funding Holiday Bowl (2015–2016); San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (2017–2022);
2023 matchup
	Louisville vs. USC (USC 42–28)
2024 matchup
	Syracuse vs. Washington State (Syracuse 52–35)

The Holiday Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in San Diego, California. Operating since 1978, its current conference tie-ins are with the Pac-12 Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The bowl is held at Snapdragon Stadium; it was played at San Diego Stadium from 1978 to 2019, and at Petco Park from 2021 to 2023.

Historically, the Holiday Bowl had a long-standing tie-in with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). During this period, the bowl hosted the game that clinched the national championship for the BYU Cougars in 1984, one of only two times a non-New Year's Six bowl game has done this. The bowl also previously had tie-ins with the Big 12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference.