Holiday Bowl
MVPs
The bowl names offensive and defensive MVPs; in some instances, co-MVPs have been named, or two offensive MVPs in lieu of a defensive MVP.

Holiday Bowl

Section Title: MVPs
Table Section Text: The bowl names offensive and defensive MVPs; in some instances, co-MVPs have been named, or two offensive MVPs in lieu of a defensive MVP.

Game	Offensive MVP	Defensive MVP

Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team	Pos.

1978	Phil McConkey	Navy	WR	Tom Enlow	BYU	LB

1979	Marc Wilson	BYU	QB	Tim Wilbur	Indiana	CB

1980	Jim McMahon Craig James	BYU SMU	QB RB

1981	Jim McMahon	BYU	QB	Kyle Whittingham	BYU	LB

1982	Tim Spencer	Ohio State	RB	Garcia Lane	Ohio State	CB

1983	Steve Young	BYU	QB	Bobby Bell	Missouri	DE

1984	Robbie Bosco	BYU	QB	Leon White	BYU	LB

1985	Bobby Joe Edmonds	Arkansas	RB	Greg Battle	Arizona State	LB

1986	Mark Vlasic Todd Santos	Iowa San Diego State	QB QB	Richard Brown	San Diego State	LB

1987	Craig Burnett	Wyoming	QB	Anthony Wright	Iowa	CB

1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	RB	Sim Drain	Oklahoma State	LB

1989	Blair Thomas Ty Detmer	Penn State BYU	RB QB

1990	Bucky Richardson	Texas A&M	QB	William Thomas	Texas A&M	LB

1991	Ty Detmer	BYU	QB	Josh Arnold Carlos James	BYU Iowa	DB DB

1992	Michael Carter	Hawaii	QB	Junior Tagoai	Hawaii	DT

1993	Raymont Harris John Walsh	Ohio State BYU	RB QB	Lorenzo Styles	Ohio State	LB

1994	Todd Collins Anthoney Hill	Michigan Colorado State	QB QB	Matt Dyson	Michigan	LB

1995	Brian Kavanagh	Kansas State	QB	Mario Smith	Kansas State	DB

1996	Koy Detmer	Colorado	QB	Nick Ziegler	Colorado	DE

1997	Moses Moreno Darran Hall	Colorado State Colorado State	QB WR

1998	Keith Smith	Arizona	QB	Mike Rucker	Nebraska	DE

1999	Jonathan Beasley	Kansas State	QB	Darren Howard	Kansas State	DE

2000	Joey Harrington	Oregon	QB	Rashad Bauman	Oregon	DB

2001	Major Applewhite Willie Hurst	Texas Washington	QB RB	Derrick Johnson	Texas	LB

2002	Ell Roberson	Kansas State	QB	Terrell Suggs	Arizona State	DE

2003	Sammy Moore	Washington State	WR	Kyle Basler	Washington State	P

2004	Sonny Cumbie	Texas Tech	QB	Vincent Meeks	Texas Tech	DB

2005	Rhett Bomar	Oklahoma	QB	C. J. Ah You Anthony Trucks	Oklahoma Oregon	DE DB

2006	Marshawn Lynch Nate Longshore	California California	RB QB	Desmond Bishop	California	LB

2007	Colt McCoy	Texas	QB	Brian Orakpo	Texas	DE

2008	Jeremiah Masoli	Oregon	QB	Jairus Byrd	Oregon	DB

2009	Niles Paul	Nebraska	WR	Matt O'Hanlon	Nebraska	DB

2010	Chris Polk	Washington	RB	Mason Foster	Washington	LB

2011	David Ash	Texas	QB	Keenan Robinson	Texas	LB

2012	Lache Seastrunk	Baylor	RB	Chris McAllister	Baylor	DE

2013	Davis Webb	Texas Tech	QB	Will Smith	Texas Tech	LB

2014	Cody Kessler	USC	QB	Leonard Williams	USC	DE

2015	Joel Stave	Wisconsin	QB	Jack Cichy	Wisconsin	LB

2016	Rodney Smith	Minnesota	RB	Blake Cashman	Minnesota	LB

2017	Brian Lewerke	Michigan State	QB	Chris Frey	Michigan State	LB

2018	Clayton Thorson	Northwestern	QB	JR Pace	Northwestern	S

Sentence(s)

The 1983 Holiday Bowl game was between BYU and Missouri.

final_sentence: The 1983 Holiday Bowl game was between BYU and Missouri.