2019 Holiday Bowl
The 2019 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2019. Kickoff was at 8:07 p.m. EST (5:07 p.m. local PST). The game was aired on FS1. It was the 42nd edition of the Holiday Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. This was the third season in which the Holiday Bowl was held at the SDCCU Stadium. The game was sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union and officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.
| 2019 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 42nd Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SDCCU Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ihmir Smith-Marsette (WR, Iowa) & A. J. Epenesa (DE, Iowa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | USC by 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry Magallanes (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$6,532,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | FS1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
This game marked the last Holiday Bowl with a tie-in with the Big Ten Conference, as the bowl replaced its Big Ten tie-in with an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) tie-in. This was also the last Holiday Bowl played at SDCCU Stadium, as the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the venue was subsequently demolished to make way for a new stadium.