# 2014 Holiday Bowl

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.

## Teams

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.

### USC
## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | 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 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | 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 |

## Depth chart

* FS
* Corey Cooper (6)
* SS
* Nate Gerry (25)
* NB
* Byerson Cockrell (28)
| LB | LB |
| Zaire Anderson (13) | Josh Banderas (52) |
* CB
* Daniel Davie (23)
| DE | DT | DT | DE |
| Randy Gregory (4) | Vincent Valentine (98) | Maliek Collins (7) | Greg McMullen (90) |
* CB
* Josh Mitchell (5)
* WR
* Nelson Agholor (15)
* WR
* Steven Mitchell (7)
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Toa Lobendahn (50) | Damien Mama (51) | Max Tuerk (75) | Viane Talamaivao (60) | Zach Banner (73) |
* TE
* Randall Telfer
* WR
* JuJu Smith (9)
* QB
* Cody Kessler (6)
* RB
* Javorius Allen (37)

## Depth chart

* FS
* Gerald Bowman (27)
| WOLB | WILB | MILB | SOLB |
| J.R. Tavai (56) | Hayes Pullard (10) | Anthony Sarao (56) | Su'a Cravens (21) |
* SS
* John Plattenburg (24)
* CB
* Josh Shaw (6)
| LE | NT | RE |
| Claudeson Pelon (90) | Delvon Simmons (52) | Leonard Williams (94) |
* CB
* Adoree' Jackson (2)
* WR
* Kenny Bell (80)
* 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) |
* TE
* Cethan Carter (11)
* WR
* Jordan Westerkamp (1)
* QB
* Tommy Armstrong (4)
* RB
* Ameer Abdullah (8)