1983 Holiday Bowl
| 1983 Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
Offensive: Steve Young (BYU) Defensive: Bobby Bell (Missouri) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,480[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$412,093 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Simpson and Bud Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 23, 1983 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the ninth ranked BYU Cougars, and the unranked Missouri Tigers.
Missouri scored first with a 2-yard touchdown run from running back Eric Drain giving the Tigers an early 7–0 lead. In the second quarter, BYU quarterback Steve Young scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7–7. Missouri's Brad Burditt kicked a 37-yard field goal, as Missouri took a 10–7 lead into halftime.
In the third quarter, BYU came up on top, thanks to a 33-yard touchdown pass from Steve Young to Eddie Stinnett giving BYU a 14–10 lead. In the fourth quarter, Eric Drain scored on his second rushing touchdown of the game, a 2-yarder, for the Tigers to take a 17–14 lead. With just 23 seconds left, Young gave a handoff to Eddie Stinnett. Stinnett then turned around and passed it back to Young, who caught it and ran in for a touchdown, giving BYU a 21–17 win.
Young achieved a rare feat in college football: one touchdown pass, one touchdown run, and one touchdown reception all in a single game. For his efforts, he was named offensive MVP. Missouri's Bobby Bell was awarded the defensive MVP.
Legacy
The game was placed in NCAA Football video games as a "College Classic", challenging players to recreate the ending. The challenge begins the Cougars' final scoring drive of the game, with the player attempting to score the go-ahead touchdown.