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1999 Holiday Bowl

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1999 Culligan Holiday Bowl
1234 Total
Kansas State 7377 24
Washington 6770 20
DateDecember 29, 1999
Season1999
StadiumQualcomm Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPOffensive: Jonathan Beasley, Kansas State
Defensive: Darren Howard, Kansas State
Halftime showMarching bands
Attendance57,118[1]
PayoutUS$1,960,000 per team[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Tirico (Play by Play)
Lee Corso (Analyst)
Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst)
Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline)
Holiday Bowl
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The 1999 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 29, 1999, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Kansas State Wildcats, and the Washington Huskies.

Washington scored the first points of the game, after a 39-yard John Anderson field goal, giving Washington an early 3–0 lead. Kansas State responded with a 1-yard touchdown run by Jonathan Beasley, giving KSU a 7–3 lead. John Anderson kicked his second field goal of the game, a 49 yarder, making it 7–6 Kansas State.

In the second quarter, Kansas State's Jamie Rheem kicked a 41-yard field goal, increasing Kansas State's lead to 10–6. Washington later scored on a 3-yard touchdown run by Pat Coniff, giving Washington a 13–10 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Jonathan Beasley scored his second touchdown of the game with an 11-yard run, to put Kansas State back on top 17–13. Washington reclaimed the lead after Maurice Shaw took a handoff, and ran 5 yards for a touchdown, 20–17. In the fourth quarter, Jonathan Beasley scored his third rushing touchdown of the game, giving Kansas State the lead for good at 24–20.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Holiday Bowl History". Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.