2000 Bowl Recap

Offensive MVP
Joey Harrington, Oregon
19-30, 273 yards, 2 TD, 1 rushing TD, 1 TD catch

Defensive MVP
Rashad Bauman, Oregon
6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, 1 pass broken up

Attendance
63,278

Payout per Team
$2,005,743

Texas Head Coach
Mack Brown

Oregon Head Coach
Mike Bellotti

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2000

THE 2000 CULLIGAN HOLIDAY BOWL
Texas (9-2) vs. Oregon (9-2)

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FINAL
TEXAS
0
21
0
9
30
OREGON
14
0
7
14
35
 

It was a typical Holiday Bowl thriller with the final outcome not determined until the last play of the game.

The first 15 minutes belonged to the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, who jumped out to a 14-0 lead. No. 12 Texas responded with three second quarter touchdowns to take a 7-point advantage into the locker room, 21-14.

Duck signal caller Joey Harrington connected on a 55-yard scoring pass to tailback Maurice Morris early in the third quarter to tie the game. Harrington then gave Oregon a 28-21 advantage when he scrambled for 9-yards for a touchdown at the 9:43 mark of the fourth quarter.

 
That lead lasted all of 18 seconds thanks to the heroics of Texas return specialist Victor Ike, who returned the ensuing kickoff a Holiday Bowl record 93 yards for the game tying touchdown.

The Ducks took the lead for good on a 4-yard touchdown run by Jason Willis and held off the Longhorns, who were throwing for the endzone as time ran out.