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| 1982 Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 17, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Tim Spencer (Ohio State) Defensive: Garcia Lane (Ohio State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,533[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$392,835 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Mizlou | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Fred White and Irv Brown (ESPN) Ray Scott and Johnny Unitas (Mizlou) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1982 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 17, 1982, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 17th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, and the unranked BYU Cougars.
Teams
The game featured the Ohio State Buckeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the BYU Cougars from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). This was the first meeting between the two teams.[2]
Ohio State
The Buckeyes, led by fourth-year head coach Earle Bruce, started the season 2–0 and rose to no. 13 in the AP poll, but lost their next three games and fell out of the rankings. Ohio State then won its final six games, ending the regular season with a 24–14 victory over no. 13 Michigan in the Game. The Buckeyes entered the Holiday Bowl with an overall record of 8–3 and ranked no. 17 in the AP poll.
BYU
The Cougars, led by eleventh-year head coach LaVell Edwards, entered the game as the WAC champions with an overall record of 8–3. BYU's losses came against then-no. 6 Georgia, Air Force, and Utah State by a combined seven points. The Cougars ended the regular season with a 17–12 victory over Utah in the Holy War. Despite New Mexico also finishing with an identical WAC record of 7–1 (and 10–1 overall), BYU won the WAC title outright due to a 40–12 head-to-head victory over the Lobos during the season.
Scoring summary
Ohio State scored first on a 47-yard field goal by Rich Spangler, giving the Buckeyes a 3–0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, BYU quarterback Steve Young threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Neil Balholm giving BYU a 7–3 lead. Ohio State running back Tim Spencer scored on a 61-yard touchdown run, giving the Buckeyes a 10–7 lead. Buckeye quarterback Mike Tomczak later scored on a 3-yard run making it 17–7 in favor of the Buckeyes. BYU's Kurt Gunther kicked a 39-yard field goal before halftime to make it 17–10 Ohio State.
In the third quarter, Ohio State's Vaughn Broadnax scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving OSU a 24–10 lead. Tim Spencer added an 18-yard touchdown run, and Rich Spangler a 37-yard field goal to give Ohio State a 34–10 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Ohio State scored a 1-yard touchdown run going up 41–10. Steve Young fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Gordon Hudson narrowing the lead to 41–17. However, Gayle scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to respond for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes had 329 rushing yards, 132 passing yards, while also having 196 yards on return yards, possessing the ball for 34:33 with 24 first downs. BYU had 19 rushing yards, 352 passing yards, 124 return yards, with possession time being 25:27. Both teams lost a fumble, while BYU had a pass intercepted. BYU had 9 penalties for 75 yards; Ohio State had 12 penalties for 109 yards.[3][4]
Game summary
No. 17 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. BYU Cougars
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 17 Buckeyes | 3 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 47 |
| Cougars | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: December 17
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. PST
- Game attendance: 52,533
- TV announcers (ESPN): Fred White and Irv Brown / (Mizlou): Ray Scott and Johnny Unitas
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Second quarter
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| Statistics | OSU | BYU |
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| First downs | 24 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 85–461 | 64–371 |
| Rushes–yards | 66–329 | 18–19 |
| Passing yards | 132 | 352 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 11–19–0 | 28–46–1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Ohio State | Passing | Mike Tomczak | 11/19, 132 yards |
| Rushing | Tim Spencer | 21 rushes, 167 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Gary Williams | 5 receptions, 63 yards | |
| BYU | Passing | Steve Young | 27/45, 341 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Waymon Hamilton | 3 rushes, 14 yards | |
| Receiving | Gordon Hudson | 7 receptions, 81 yards, TD |
References
- 1 2 "Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on May 20, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
- ↑ "Ohio State vs BUY - All-Time Series Record & History". Winsipedia. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- ↑ "1982 Holiday Bowl – Bowl Games – Tradition - BYU Football Guide". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Ohio State 1982 Holiday Bowl".
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