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2006 Holiday Bowl

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2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl

Holiday Bowl logo

Texas A&M Aggies

California Golden Bears

(9–3)

Big 12

Pac-10

Head coach:
Dennis Franchione

Head coach:
Jeff Tedford

AP	Coaches	BCS
21	21	21

AP	Coaches	BCS
20	19	18

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	3	0	0	10
California	7	7	14	17	45

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^[1]

Payout

US$2,334,186 per team^[1]

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN

Holiday Bowl
< 2005	2007 >

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[edit]

Scoring Summary[edit]

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]

Statistics[edit]

Statistics^[2]	TAMU	CAL
First downs	21	22
Total yards	349	476
Rushes–yards	38–163	32–241
Passing yards	198	235
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	18–29–1	19–24–1
Time of possession	21:35	15:05

References[edit]

^ ^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 1984 game is the only time that the eventual national champion played its bowl game in December.

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