1985 Holiday Bowl
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,641[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$546,957 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network |
USA Network Lorimar Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Eddie Doucette and Kyle Rote, Jr. (USA Network) Tom Hammond and Terry Donahue (Lorimar Sports Network) | ||||||||||||||||||
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. It was the first Holiday Bowl game since its inception that did not feature BYU.
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.