1986 Freedom Bowl
The 1986 Freedom Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 1986. It was the third Freedom Bowl Game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the BYU Cougars 31–10. UCLA tailback Gaston Green was named the Player Of The Game. He ran for a record 266 yards, second only at the time to Curtis Dickey who ran for 276 in the 1978 Hall of Fame Classic. This is still the Pac-10 record for most rushing yards in a bowl game, and fourth highest in NCAA bowl history.
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| Date | December 30, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Anaheim Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Anaheim, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Gaston Green (UCLA RB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | BYU Cougar Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | J.C. Louderback (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | BYU Cougar Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Mizlou Television Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Howard David and Jack Snow | ||||||||||||||||||
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