| 1984 Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Robbie Bosco (offensive) Leon White (defensive) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | BYU by 7 [1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Wendell Shelton (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 61,243 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$502,635 per team[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Mizlou / ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Howard David, Paul Maguire | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1984 Holiday Bowl was a bowl game contested in college football for the 1984 season. Played on December 21 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, it pitted the unranked Michigan Wolverines against the top-ranked BYU Cougars. Despite six turnovers and being down by seven in the fourth quarter, BYU rallied and won the game, 24–17.[5][6] The attendance of 61,248 was a record for Jack Murphy Stadium at that time.
BYU's victory helped propel them to being a consensus selection for the national championship for the 1984 season. This game marks a rare example of a team named as national champion by NCAA-recognized selector(s) playing their bowl game during the month of December.
- ^ "Betting line: Holiday Bowl". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). December 21, 1984. p. 20.
- ^ "Holiday Bowl". Pittsburgh Press. December 21, 1984. p. C3.
- ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 21, 1984. p. 25.
- ^ a b "Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "BYU finishes 13-0, but will it stay No. 1?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 22, 1984. p. 1B.
- ^ "Bosco comes back, BYU defeats UM". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 22, 1984. p. 14.