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The 2014 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2014, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California . The 37th edition of the Holiday Bowl , it featured Nebraska from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference . It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season . The game started at 5:00 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN (also on ESPN Radio). Sponsored by National University , it was officially known as the National University Holiday Bowl .
This was the fifth overall meeting between these two teams, with USC leading the series 3–0–1 before this game. The last time these two teams met was in 2007.
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
NEB
USC
1
11:05
5
29
1:47
NEB
34-yard field goal by Drew Brown
3
0
1
10:54
–
–
0:11
USC
Adoree' Jackson 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Andre Heidari kick good
3
7
1
8:23
6
53
2:31
NEB
Kenny Bell 18-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Armstrong Jr. , Drew Brown kick good
10
7
1
6:05
2
42
2:18
USC
42-yard field goal by Andre Heidari
10
10
1
1:25
6
39
2:42
NEB
De'Mornay Pierson-El 9-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Armstrong Jr., Drew Brown kick good
17
10
2
13:11
10
75
3:14
USC
Nelson Agholor 17-yard touchdown reception from Cody Kessler , Andre Heidari kick good
17
17
2
6:39
12
80
3:32
USC
Javorius Allen 2-yard touchdown run, Andre Heideri kick good
17
24
3
12:01
1
71
0:12
USC
Adoree' Jackson 71-yard touchdown reception from Cody Kessler, Andre Heidari kick good
17
31
3
9:41
7
73
2:20
NEB
Ameer Abdullah 20-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good
24
31
3
8:06
5
68
1:35
USC
Javorius Allen 44-yard touchdown run, Andre Heidari kick good
24
38
3
2:28
6
9
3:25
NEB
25-yard field goal by Drew Brown
27
38
3
2:03
2
65
0:25
USC
Bryce Dixon 20-yard touchdown reception from Cody Kessler, Andre Heidari kick good
27
45
3
0:24
3
64
1:39
NEB
Jordan Westerkamp 65-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Armstrong Jr., Drew Brown kick good
34
45
4
6:52
9
77
2:51
NEB
Tommy Armstrong Jr. 15-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good
42
45
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
42
45
Source: [ 3]
Statistics[ 3]
NEB
USC
First downs
28
22
Plays–yards
94–525
73–515
Rushes–yards
43–144
34–194
Passing yards
371
321
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
31–49–1
23–39–1
Time of possession
34:26
25:34
Nebraska Defensive starters
LB LB
Zaire Anderson (13)
Josh Banderas (52)
DE DT DT DE
Randy Gregory (4)
Vincent Valentine (98)
Maliek Collins (7)
Greg McMullen (90)
USC Offensive starters
LT LG C RG RT
Toa Lobendahn (50)
Damien Mama (51)
Max Tuerk (75)
Viane Talamaivao (60)
Zach Banner (73)
USC Defensive starters
WOLB WILB MILB SOLB
J.R. Tavai (56)
Hayes Pullard (10)
Anthony Sarao (56)
Su'a Cravens (21)
LE NT RE
Claudeson Pelon (90)
Delvon Simmons (52)
Leonard Williams (94)
Nebraska Offensive starters
WR
De'Mornay Pierson-El (15)
LT LG C RG RT
Alex Lewis (71)
Jake Cotton (68)
Dylan Utter (66)
Mike Moudy (74)
Givens Price (78)
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
The 1984 game is the only time that the eventual national champion played its bowl game in December.
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
