2006 Holiday Bowl

2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
	Holiday Bowl logo
Texas A&M Aggies	California Golden Bears
(9–3)	(9–3)
Big 12	Pac-10
10	45
Head coach: ; Dennis Franchione	Head coach: ; Jeff Tedford
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
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews
Holiday Bowl
← 2005	2007 →

2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
	Holiday Bowl logo
Texas A&M Aggies	California Golden Bears
(9–3)	(9–3)
Big 12	Pac-10
10	45
Head coach: ; Dennis Franchione	Head coach: ; Jeff Tedford
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
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews
Holiday Bowl
← 2005	2007 →

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	TAMU	CAL
1	11:13	6	61	2:02	TAMU	Chad Schroeder 19-yard touchdown reception from Stephen McGee, Matt Szymanski kick good	7	0
1	8:01	8	80	3:08	CAL	Nate Longshore 6-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	7	7
2	14:28	5	68	1:51	CAL	Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	7	14
2	2:08	14	66	7:41	TAMU	32-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski	10	14
3	10:13	4	41	1:40	CAL	Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	21
3	2:00	9	72	4:46	CAL	Lavelle Hawkins 3-yard touchdown reception from Nate Longshore, Tom Schneider kick good	10	28
4	7:13	10	84	4:37	CAL	21-yard field goal by Tom Schneider	10	31
4	3:40	4	51	1:26	CAL	Justin Forsett 7-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	38
4	1:31	3	5	1:46	CAL	Bryan Schutte 3-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	45
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							10	45

Source:^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Holiday Bowl History". Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Texas A&M vs. California - Game Summary - December 28, 2006". ESPN. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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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.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	TAMU	CAL
1	11:13	6	61	2:02	TAMU	Chad Schroeder 19-yard touchdown reception from Stephen McGee, Matt Szymanski kick good	7	0
1	8:01	8	80	3:08	CAL	Nate Longshore 6-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	7	7
2	14:28	5	68	1:51	CAL	Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	7	14
2	2:08	14	66	7:41	TAMU	32-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski	10	14
3	10:13	4	41	1:40	CAL	Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	21
3	2:00	9	72	4:46	CAL	Lavelle Hawkins 3-yard touchdown reception from Nate Longshore, Tom Schneider kick good	10	28
4	7:13	10	84	4:37	CAL	21-yard field goal by Tom Schneider	10	31
4	3:40	4	51	1:26	CAL	Justin Forsett 7-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	38
4	1:31	3	5	1:46	CAL	Bryan Schutte 3-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good	10	45
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							10	45

Source:^[2]

^ a b "Holiday Bowl History". Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
^ a b "Texas A&M vs. California - Game Summary - December 28, 2006". ESPN. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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v t e 2006–07 NCAA football bowl game season
Poinsettia (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 22) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 23) New Mexico (Dec. 23) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Emerald (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 28) Independence (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Liberty (Dec. 29) Insight (Dec. 29) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 30) MPC Computers (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) International (Jan. 6) GMAC (Jan. 7)
Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games: North–South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

v t e Holiday Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History San Diego Stadium (1978–2019) Petco Park (2022–2023) Snapdragon Stadium (2024–present) Atlantic Coast Conference Pac-12 Conference
Games	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–2021 2022 2023 2024 2026

v t e 2006–07 NCAA football bowl game season
Poinsettia (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 22) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 23) New Mexico (Dec. 23) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Emerald (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 28) Independence (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Liberty (Dec. 29) Insight (Dec. 29) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 30) MPC Computers (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) International (Jan. 6) GMAC (Jan. 7)
Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games: North–South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

v t e Holiday Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History San Diego Stadium (1978–2019) Petco Park (2022–2023) Snapdragon Stadium (2024–present) Atlantic Coast Conference Pac-12 Conference
Games	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–2021 2022 2023 2024 2026