2014 Holiday Bowl
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| 2014 National University Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 37th Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | San Diego Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: USC QB Cody Kessler Defense: USC DE Leonard Williams[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | USC by 7[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Randy Christal[3] (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,789[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2.075 million | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN / ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Samantha Ponder (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Holiday Bowl, known as the National University Holiday Bowl for sponsorship purposes, was the thirty-seventh edition of the college football bowl game, played on December 27, 2014 at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California. Part of the 2014–15 bowl season, it featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten and USC Trojans of the Pac-12. The game kicked off at 5:00 p.m. PST and was broadcast on ESPN and ESPN Radio.
Nebraska
The 2014 Holiday Bowl was the fifth all-time and first postseason meeting between Nebraska and USC, with the Trojans leading 3–0–1 prior to the game.
Under first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, USC entered the Holiday Bowl as a seven-point favorite over Nebraska. The Cornhuskers, weeks removed from firing Bo Pelini, were led by interim head coach Barney Cotton.[4]