2008 Holiday Bowl

DateDecember 30, 2008

Season2008

StadiumQualcomm Stadium

LocationSan Diego, California

2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl logo
Oklahoma State Cowboys Oregon Ducks (9–3) (9–3) Big 12 Pac-10 31 42 Head coach:  Mike Gundy Head coach:  Mike Bellotti AP Coaches BCS 13 14 13 AP Coaches BCS 15 13 17
1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 17 0 7 7 31 Oregon 7 0 21 14 42
Date	December 30, 2008
Season	2008
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	QB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon [1]
Favorite	OK State by 31⁄2 [2]
Referee	David Witvoet (Big Ten) [3]
Attendance	59,106[4]
Payout	US$2,300,000 per team[5]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer
Nielsen ratings	3.9
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The 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN.^[6] The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.