| Year Game Played: | 2006 |
| Title Sponsor: | Pacific Life |
| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2006 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas A&M |
| Visitor Nickname: | Aggies |
| Visitor School: | Texas A&M University |
| Home Name Short: | California |
| Home Nickname: | Golden Bears |
| Home School: | University of California at Berkeley |
| Visitor Record: | 9 - 3 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Record: | 9 - 3 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dennis Franchione |
| Home Coach: | Jeff Tedford |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 21 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 21 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 21 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 20 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 19 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 18 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 17 |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Stadium: | Qualcomm Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Mvp: | Co-Offensive: Marshawn Lynch (Cal) Co-Offensive: Nate Longshore (Cal) Defensive: Desmond Bishop (Cal) |
| Referee: | John O'Neill (Big Ten) |
| Attendance: | 62,395[1] |
| Payout: | 2,334,186 per team |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 28, 2006 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the Texas A&M Aggies representing the Big 12 against the Pac-10 co-champion California Golden Bears. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing.
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| Statistics | TAMU | CAL |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 22 |
| Total yards | 349 | 476 |
| Rushes–yards | 38–163 | 32–241 |
| Passing yards | 198 | 235 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 18–29–1 | 19–24–1 |
| Time of possession | 21:35 | 15:05 |