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unusual facts about Holiday Bowl



Indiana University Marching Hundred

The band's appearances have included: the Kentucky Derby (1939), the Presidential Inaugural Parade (1953), the Rose Bowl (1968), the Holiday Bowl (1979), the All-American Bowl (1986), the Peach Bowl (1988 and 1990), the Liberty Bowl (1988), the Copper Bowl (1991), the Independence Bowl (1993), and the Insight Bowl (2007).

Lawn Rangers

The group has participated in a number of parades including the Holiday Bowl parade in San Diego, California, the Fiesta Bowl parade in Tempe, Arizona, the Indianapolis 500 parade, and the NFL Hall of Fame Game parade in Canton, Ohio.


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2009 Holiday Bowl

On December 8, 2009, the Holiday Bowl committee announced a marketing campaign with fast food franchise Jack in the Box where Jack Box, the fictional Chairman and CEO of the company and star of its marketing campaigns, would be the Honorary Chairman of the game and the Grand Marshal of the Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade.

Gorman Thomas

Gorman Thomas was featured on the 1989 Holiday Bowl episode of Cheap Seats in a trivia segment titled "Mormon, Foreman, or Gorman."

La Plata High School

Matt Dyson, football player Oakland Raiders 1995 (fifth round draft pick), Head Coach football George Mason University 2002–present, 1994 Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California.

University of San Diego High School

Bruce Binkowski - Executive Director, Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Long time stadium announcer for San Diego Padres