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
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

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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