2008 Holiday Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2008

| title_sponsor = Pacific Life

| game_name = Holiday Bowl

| image = PacificLifeHolidayBowlLogo.png

| caption = Holiday Bowl logo

| football_season = 2008

| visitor_name_short = Oklahoma State

| visitor_nickname = Cowboys

| visitor_school = Oklahoma State University

| home_name_short = Oregon

| home_nickname = Ducks

| home_school = University of Oregon

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_conference = Big 12

| home_record = 9–3

| home_conference = Pac-10

| visitor_coach = Mike Gundy

| home_coach = Mike Bellotti

| visitor_rank_AP = 13

| visitor_rank_coaches = 14

| visitor_rank_BCS = 13

| home_rank_AP = 15

| home_rank_coaches = 13

| home_rank_BCS = 17

| visitor_1q = 17

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 7

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 21

| home_4q = 14

| date_game_played = December 30

| stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| city = San Diego, California

| MVP = QB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon {{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/cfootballnews.asp?articleID=248238|title=Masoli leads Oregon over Oklahoma State in Holiday Bowl }} {{dead link|date=September 2011}}

| odds = OK State by 3{{frac|1|2}} {{cite news|url=http://www.thespread.com/ncaa-football-top-stories-300/2008-holiday-bowl-oklahoma-state-vs.-oregon-spread-trends.html|title=2008 Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon Spread, Trends, Odds }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| referee = David Witvoet (Big Ten) http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=3638790 {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| attendance = 59,106{{Cite web |title=Oregon 42-31 Oklahoma State (Dec 30, 2008) Final Score |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/283652483 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=ESPN |language=en}}

| payout = 2,300,000 per team{{cite news|url=http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2008.html|title=2008 Holiday Bowl Game History|access-date=2010-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205133601/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/2008.html|archive-date=2010-12-05|url-status=dead}}

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer

| ratings = 3.9

}}

The 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN.{{cite news|url=http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040108aaa.html|title=Game Date Set for Pacific Life Holiday Bowl|publisher=Big 12 Sports|access-date=2008-04-20|date=2008-04-01}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.

Scoring summary

=Scoring summary=

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Scoring Play

! Score

colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 1st Quarter
OSU - Dan Bailey 45 yard FG, 10:54

|OSU 3–0

OSU - Dez Bryant 33 yard TD pass Zac Robinson (Bailey kick), 4:09

|OSU 10–0

Oregon - Jeremiah Johnson 76 yard TD run (Morgan Flint kick), 3:51

|OSU 10–7

OSU - Kendall Hunter 3 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 1:03

|OSU 17–7

colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 3rd Quarter
Oregon - Jeremiah Masoli 1 yard TD run (Flint kick), 14:15

|OSU 17–14

Oregon - Masoli 41 yard TD run (Flint kick), 8:02

|Oregon 21–17

OSU - Hunter 4 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 5:08

|OSU 24–21

Oregon - Masoli 17 yard TD run (Flint kick), :21

|Oregon 28–24

colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 4th Quarter
OSU - Robinson 1 yard TD run (Bailey kick), 12:13

|OSU 31–28

Oregon - Jaison Williams 20 yard TD pass from Masoli (Flint kick), 10:26

|Oregon 35–31

Oregon - LeGarrette Blount 29 yard TD run (Flint kick), 3:01

|Oregon 42–31

References

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