1985 Holiday Bowl
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Date | December 22, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offensive: Bobby Joe Edmonds (Arkansas) Defensive: Greg Battle (Arizona State) |
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Halftime show | Marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 60,641[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$546,957 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | USA Network Lorimar Sports Network |
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Announcers | Eddie Doucette and Kyle Rote, Jr. (USA Network) Tom Hammond and Terry Donahue (Lorimar Sports Network) |
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The 1985 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 22, 1985 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 14th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, and the unranked Arizona State Sun Devils.
Arizona State scored first on a 47-yard field goal from Kent Bostrom taking a 3-0 lead. Arkansas's Dwight Thomas responded by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, as the Razorbacks claimed a 7-3 lead. That would conclude the 1st quarter of scoring. Bostrom kicked a 22-yard field goal, Jeff Van Raaphorst fired a 16-yard touchdown pass to Joe Cox, and the 2-point conversion was successful, as Arizona State wound up taking a 14-7 lead to halftime.
In the fourth quarter, Bobby Joe Edmonds scored on a 17-yard rushing touchdown, and the 2-point conversion try was successful, as Arkansas took a 15-14 lead. Bostrom kicked a 28-yard field goal to put the Sun Devils in front 17-15. Kendall Trainor kicked a 37-yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining as Arkansas won by a final 18-17 count.
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