| Year Game Played: | 2000 |
| Title Sponsor: | Culligan |
| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2000 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas |
| Visitor Nickname: | Longhorns |
| Visitor School: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Home Name Short: | Oregon |
| Home Nickname: | Ducks |
| Home School: | University of Oregon |
| Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Record: | 9–2 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mack Brown |
| Home Coach: | Mike Bellotti |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 12 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 11 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 10 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 21 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 9 |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Stadium: | Qualcomm Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Joey Harrington, Oregon Defensive: Rashad Bauman, Oregon |
| Referee: | Judson Howard (Big West) |
| Halftime: | Marching bands (including Lincoln High School Marching Band from Lincoln, NE and Elk City High School from Elk City, OK) |
| Attendance: | 63,278[1] |
| Payout: | 2,005,743 per team |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Mike Tirico (Play by Play) Lee Corso (Analyst) Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline) |
The 2000 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 2000 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 2000 Pac-10 co- champions Oregon Ducks and the Texas Longhorns. Oregon won the game by a final score of 35 - 30.
Oregon scored first when quarterback Joey Harrington threw a one yard touchdown pass to tight end Justin Peelle, which gave the Ducks an early 7 - 0 lead. Later in the first quarter, wide receiver Keenan Howry threw an 18 yard touchdown pass to Harrington on a trick play for a 14 - 0 Duck lead.
Texas responded after running back Hodges Mitchell scored on a three yard touchdown run, making it 14 - 7. Texas Quarterback Chris Simms later tied the game at 14 - 14 on a four-yard touchdown run. 30 seconds later, cornerback Greg Brown intercepted a pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown, putting Texas up 21 - 14. That score held up until halftime.
In the third quarter, Joey Harrington threw a 55 yard touchdown pass to running back Maurice Morris, and Oregon tied the game at 21. In the fourth quarter, Oregon reclaimed the lead after Harrington ran for a nine-yard touchdown score, which gave the Ducks a 28 - 21 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, a mere 17 seconds later, Victor Ike of Texas returned it 93 yards for a touchdown which evened the score at 28. Jason Willis of Oregon scored the go ahead touchdown run to give Oregon a 35 - 28 lead. A Texas safety, moved Texas within 35 - 30, which held up to be the final score, as Texas drove down the field after the safety but dropped potential touchdown passes to end the drive.[2]
| Statistics | Texas | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Rushing yards | 54 | 129 |
| Passing yards | 245 | 291 |
| Total offense | 342 | 340 |
| Return yards | 45 | 1 |
| Passing | 17–33–4 | 20–32–1 |
| Fumbles–lost | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Penalties–yards | 6–55 | 6–50 |
| Punts–average | 3–42.3 | 5–32.4 |