| Year Game Played: | 2008 |
| Title Sponsor: | Pacific Life |
| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| 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 [1] |
| Odds: | OK State by 3 [2] |
| Referee: | David Witvoet (Big Ten) [3] |
| Attendance: | 59,106[4] |
| Payout: | 2,300,000 per team[5] |
| 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.[6] The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.
| Scoring Play | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||