1990 Holiday Bowl

The 1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas A&M Aggies and BYU Cougars on December 29, 1990, at Jack Murphy Stadium, now known as Qualcomm Stadium, in San Diego. The game was part of the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the final game of the season for both teams. Texas A&M defeated BYU 65–14.

1990 SeaWorld Holiday Bowl
1234 Total
Texas A&M 1423721 65
BYU 7070 14
DateDecember 29, 1990
Season1990
StadiumJack Murphy Stadium
LocationSan Diego
MVPOffensive: Bucky Richardson
Defensive: William Thomas
RefereeJames Sprenger (Pac-10)
Attendance61,441
PayoutUS$1,200,728 per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersSean McDonough and Mike Gottfried

The game featured BYU's Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, and marked the last time for more than 20 years that the season's Heisman winner would appear in a bowl before New Year's Day. This would not happen again until the 2011 Alamo Bowl, featuring Baylor's Robert Griffin III.

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