1982 Holiday Bowl
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{{Infobox college football game
| name =
| year_game_played = 1982
| game_name = Holiday Bowl
| football_season = 1982
| visitor_name_short = Ohio State
| visitor_nickname = Buckeyes
| home_name_short = BYU
| home_nickname = Cougars
| visitor_record = 8–3
| visitor_conference = Big 10
| home_record = 8–3
| home_conference = WAC
| visitor_coach = Earle Bruce
| home_coach = LaVell Edwards
| visitor_rank_AP = 17
| visitor_rank_coaches = 16
| visitor_1q = 3
| visitor_2q = 14
| visitor_3q = 17
| visitor_4q = 13
| home_1q = 0
| home_2q = 10
| home_3q = 0
| home_4q = 7
| date_game_played = December 17
| stadium = Jack Murphy Stadium
| city = San Diego, California
| MVP = Offensive: Tim Spencer (Ohio State)
Defensive: Garcia Lane (Ohio State)
| halftime = Marching bands
| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers = Fred White and Irv Brown (ESPN)
Ray Scott and John Unitas (Mizlou)
}}
The 1982 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 17, 1982, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 17th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, and the unranked BYU Cougars.
Scoring summary
Ohio State scored first on a 47-yard field goal by Rich Spangler, giving the Buckeyes a 3–0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, BYU quarterback Steve Young threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Neil Balholm giving BYU a 7–3 lead. Ohio State running back Tim Spencer scored on a 61-yard touchdown run, giving the Buckeyes a 10–7 lead. Buckeye quarterback Mike Tomczak later scored on a 3-yard run making it 17–7 in favor of the Buckeyes. BYU's Kurt Gunther kicked a 39-yard field goal before halftime to make it 17–10 Ohio State.
In the third quarter, Ohio State's Vaughn Broadnax scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving OSU a 24–10 lead. Tim Spencer added an 18-yard touchdown run, and Rich Spangler a 37-yard field goal to give Ohio State a 34–10 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Ohio State scored a 1-yard touchdown run going up 41–10. Steve Young fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Gordon Hudson narrowing the lead to 41–17. However, Gayle scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to respond for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes had 329 rushing yards, 132 passing yards, while also having 196 yards on return yards, possessing the ball for 34:33 with 24 first downs. BYU had 19 rushing yards, 352 passing yards, 124 return yards, with possession time being 25:27. Both teams lost a fumble, while BYU had a pass intercepted. BYU had 9 penalties for 75 yards; Ohio State had 12 penalties for 109 yards.{{Cite web |url=http://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1982.html |title=1982 Holiday Bowl – Bowl Games – Tradition - BYU Football Guide |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-date=2015-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119172220/http://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/2010/tradition/bowl-1982.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://sltrib.cougarstats.com/games.php?show=details&game_id=372|title = CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Ohio State 1982 Holiday Bowl}}
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