The 1995 Holiday Bowl was a college football

College football

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 bowl game

Bowl game

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 played December 29, 1995 in San Diego, California

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. It was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season

1995 NCAA Division I-A football season

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. It featured the Kansas State Wildcats

1995 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1995 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1995. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1995 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 10-2, and a 5-2 record in...

, and the .

Kansas State scored first following a 3 yard touchdown run by running back Eric Hickson, putting the Wildcats up 7-0. Colorado State answered with a 2 yard touchdown run by Jamie Blake

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 tying the game at 7.

In the second quarter, running back Mike Lawrence scored on a 5 yard touchdown run, giving Kansas State a 13-7 lead. Dederick Kelly scored on an 18 yard touchdown run, but the ensuing 2 point try missed, leaving the score 19-7, KSU. Quarterback Brian Kavanagh threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brian Lojka to increase the lead to 26-7 at halftime.

Brian Kavanagh added an 18 yard touchdown pass to Tyson Schwieger giving the Wildcats a 33-7 lead. Colorado State scored following a 3 yard touchdown run from E.J. Watson, pulling Kansas State to 33-14. Mike Lawrence answered with his second touchdown run of the game, a 6 yarder, to increase K State's lead to 40-14. Gordon Washington of Colorado State scored on a 12 yard touchdown run making it 40-21.

Brian Kavanagh added his third passing touchdown in the third quarter, a 4 yard strike to Kevin Lockett

Kevin Lockett

Kevin Eugene Lockett is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the New York Jets. He played college football at Kansas State University where he was a football and academic All-American. ...

, increasing Kansas State's lead to 47-21. Kavanagh added his fourth touchdown pass of the game, when he threw a 33 yard pass to Mitch Running for a 54-21 win.

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