2006 Holiday Bowl

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.

2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl logo
Texas A&M Aggies California Golden Bears (9–3) (9–3) Big 12 Pac-10 10 45 Head coach:  Dennis Franchione Head coach:  Jeff Tedford AP Coaches BCS 21 21 21 AP Coaches BCS 20 19 18
1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 3 0 0 10 California 7 7 14 17 45
Date	December 28, 2006
Season	2006
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	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	US$2,334,186 per team[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews
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Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP TAMU CAL 1 11:13 6 61 2:02 TAMU Chad Schroeder 19-yard touchdown reception from Stephen McGee, Matt Szymanski kick good 7 0 1 8:01 8 80 3:08 CAL Nate Longshore 6-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good 7 7 2 14:28 5 68 1:51 CAL Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good 7 14 2 2:08 14 66 7:41 TAMU 32-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski 10 14 3 10:13 4 41 1:40 CAL Marshawn Lynch 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good 10 21 3 2:00 9 72 4:46 CAL Lavelle Hawkins 3-yard touchdown reception from Nate Longshore, Tom Schneider kick good 10 28 4 7:13 10 84 4:37 CAL 21-yard field goal by Tom Schneider 10 31 4 3:40 4 51 1:26 CAL Justin Forsett 7-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good 10 38 4 1:31 3 5 1:46 CAL Bryan Schutte 3-yard touchdown run, Tom Schneider kick good 10 45 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 45

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Statistics

Statistics[2]	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