SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The 46th annual Holiday Bowl will be a match up between the17th-ranked Arizona Wildcats and the SMU Mustangs, sports officials announced Sunday.
The match between the two teams will mark the first ever Holiday Bowl held in San Diego at the Snapdragon Stadium.
“The Trust and Will Holiday Bowl is well known for explosive, high-scoring games and down-to-the-wire finishes,” said Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego, organizers of the annual Holiday Bowl. “This matchup between potent offenses and exciting styles of football should provide another exciting chapter in the history of San Diego’s bowl game.Expect the Wildcats and Mustangs to put on quite a show!”
Arizona and SMU teams have played each other twice, once in 1938 and once in 1985. SMU won the first time and Arizona won the second, however, Arizona is risign a five game winning streak.
The Wildcats have been in the holiday bowl twice, defeating the Cornhuskers once, and losing to the same team the second time they appeared in the Holiday Bowl 2009. SMU has competed in the Holiday Bowl once before, when they lost to BYU by one point in 1980.
Tickets will start at $50 and can be purchased at Holidaybowl.com.