| Year Game Played: | 1995 |
| Title Sponsor: | Plymouth |
| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| Football Season: | 1995 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Kansas State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Wildcats |
| Visitor School: | Kansas State University |
| Home Name Short: | Colorado State |
| Home Nickname: | Rams |
| Home School: | Colorado State University |
| Visitor Record: | 9-2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big Eight |
| Home Record: | 8-3 |
| Home Conference: | WAC |
| Visitor Coach: | Bill Snyder |
| Home Coach: | Sonny Lubick |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 10 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 10 |
| Visitor Rank Bowlalliance: | 10 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 19 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 21 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Stadium: | Jack Murphy Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Brian Kavanagh and Mario Smith |
| Referee: | John Soffey (Big East) |
| Halftime: | Marching bands & NCA cheer team |
| Attendance: | 51,051[1] |
| Payout: | 1,360,528 per team |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, and Adrian Karsten |
The 1995 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 1995, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Kansas State Wildcats, and the Colorado State Rams.
Kansas State scored first following a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Eric Hickson, putting the Wildcats up 7–0. Colorado State answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Jamie Blake tying the game at 7.
In the second quarter, running back Mike Lawrence scored on a 5-yard touchdown run, giving Kansas State a 13–7 lead. Dederick Kelly scored on an 18-yard touchdown run, but the ensuing two-point try missed, leaving the score 19–7. Quarterback Brian Kavanagh threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brian Lojka to increase the lead to 26–7 at halftime.
Kavanagh added an 18-yard touchdown pass to Tyson Schwieger giving the Wildcats a 33–7 lead. Colorado State scored following a 3-yard touchdown run from E. J. Watson, pulling Kansas State to 33–14. Mike Lawrence answered with his second touchdown run of the game, a 6-yarder, to increase K State's lead to 40–14. Gordon Washington of Colorado State scored on a 12-yard touchdown run making it 40–21.
Kavanagh threw his third passing touchdown on the day in the third quarter, a 4-yard strike to Kevin Lockett, increasing Kansas State's lead to 47–21. Kavanagh added his fourth touchdown pass of the game, when he threw a 33-yard pass to Mitch Running for a 54–21 win.[2]