2004 Holiday Bowl

2004 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Texas Tech on offense
Texas Tech Red Raiders California Golden Bears (7–4) (10–1) Big 12 Pac-10 45 31 Head coach:  Mike Leach Head coach:  Jeff Tedford AP Coaches BCS 23 21 22 AP Coaches BCS 4 4 5
1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 7 17 14 7 45 California 14 0 3 14 31
Date	December 30, 2004
Season	2004
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Offensive: Sonny Cumbie, Texas Tech Defensive: Vincent Meeks, Texas Tech
Referee	Frank White (WAC)
Attendance	63,711[1]
Payout	US$2,086,815 per team[1]
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The 2004 Holiday Bowl was the third bowl game (also the second of three in California) played of the 2004–05 bowl season on December 30, 2004. The game was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, pitting the Pac-10's California Golden Bears and the Big 12's Texas Tech Red Raiders. Cal was edged out for a BCS bowl berth by Texas in the last week of the regular season.