2002 Holiday Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2002

| title_sponsor = Pacific Life

| game_name = Holiday Bowl

| football_season = 2002

| visitor_name_short = Kansas State

| visitor_nickname = Wildcats

| visitor_school = Kansas State University

| home_name_short = Arizona State

| home_nickname = Sun Devils

| home_school = Arizona State University

| visitor_record = 10–2

| visitor_conference = Big 12

| home_record = 8–5

| home_conference = Pac-10

| visitor_coach = Bill Snyder

| home_coach = Dirk Koetter

| visitor_rank_AP = 6

| visitor_rank_coaches = 6

| visitor_rank_BCS = 8

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_BCS =

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 14

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 20

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 20

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 7

| date_game_played = December 27

| stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| city = San Diego, California

| MVP = Offensive: Ell Roberson, Kansas State and
Defensive: Terrell Suggs, Arizona State

| odds = Kansas State by 17.5

| referee = Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten)

| halftime = Marching bands

| attendance = 58,717{{Cite web |url=http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2002.html |title=Holiday Bowl History |access-date=April 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430195309/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2002.html |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

| payout = 2,035,788 per team

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Mike Tirico (Play by Play)
Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst)
Lee Corso (Analyst)
Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline)

| ratings = 4.2

}}

The 2002 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2002 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Arizona State Sun Devils against the Kansas State Wildcats. Kansas State won the game by a 34–27 final score.

After a scoreless first quarter, Arizona State scored first following a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andrew Walter to wide receiver Justin Taplin for an early 7–0 lead. Arizona State added to the lead when Matt Barth drilled a 26-yard field goal to put Arizona State up 10–0. Kansas State finally got on the board when running back Darren Sproles rushed 41 yards for a touchdown making it 10–7. Running back Hakim Hill answered for ASU by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, making it 17–7. Matt Barth later connected on a 39-yard field goal, increasing ASU's lead to 20–7. Before halftime, quarterback Ell Roberson rushed 32 yards for a touchdown, pulling Kansas State to within 20–14.

The defenses held in the third quarter, and the score remained 20–14 heading into the fourth quarter. Kansas State's Ell Roberson scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, but a missed PAT left the score tied at 20. Andrew Walter threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Williams to give Arizona State a 27–20 fourth quarter lead. Ell Roberson scored the tying touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with just 7 minutes left in the game. With only 75 seconds left in the game, Roberson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Evans for the winning score.