After a scoreless first quarter, Arizona State scored first following a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andrew Walter to wide receiver Justin Taplin for an early 7–0 lead. Arizona State added to the lead when Matt Barth drilled a 26-yard field goal to put Arizona State up 10–0. Kansas State finally got on the board when running back Darren Sproles rushed 41 yards for a touchdown making it 10–7. Running back Hakim Hill answered for ASU by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, making it 17–7. Matt Barth later connected on a 39-yard field goal, increasing ASU's lead to 20–7. Before halftime, quarterback Ell Roberson rushed 32 yards for a touchdown, pulling Kansas State to within 20–14.
The defenses held in the third quarter, and the score remained 20–14 heading into the fourth quarter. Kansas State's Ell Roberson scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, but a missed PAT left the score tied at 20. Andrew Walter threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Williams to give Arizona State a 27–20 fourth quarter lead. Ell Roberson scored the tying touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with just 7 minutes left in the game. With only 75 seconds left in the game, Roberson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Evans for the winning score.
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2002, holiday, bowl, college, football, bowl, game, played, december, 2002, diego, california, part, 2002, ncaa, division, football, season, featured, arizona, state, devils, against, kansas, state, wildcats, kansas, state, game, final, score, 2002, pacific, l. The 2002 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 27 2002 in San Diego California It was part of the 2002 NCAA Division I A football season It featured the Arizona State Sun Devils against the Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State won the game by a 34 27 final score 2002 Pacific Life Holiday BowlKansas State Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils 10 2 8 5 Big 12 Pac 1034 27Head coach Bill Snyder Head coach Dirk KoetterAPCoachesBCS668 APCoachesBCSNRNRNR1234 TotalKansas State 014020 34Arizona State 02007 27DateDecember 27 2002Season2002StadiumQualcomm StadiumLocationSan Diego CaliforniaMVPOffensive Ell Roberson Kansas State andDefensive Terrell Suggs Arizona StateFavoriteKansas State by 17 5RefereeBill LeMonnier Big Ten Halftime showMarching bandsAttendance58 717 1 PayoutUS 2 035 788 per team 1 United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersMike Tirico Play by Play Kirk Herbstreit Analyst Lee Corso Analyst Dr Jerry Punch Sideline Nielsen ratings4 2Holiday Bowl lt 2001 2003 gt After a scoreless first quarter Arizona State scored first following a 6 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andrew Walter to wide receiver Justin Taplin for an early 7 0 lead Arizona State added to the lead when Matt Barth drilled a 26 yard field goal to put Arizona State up 10 0 Kansas State finally got on the board when running back Darren Sproles rushed 41 yards for a touchdown making it 10 7 Running back Hakim Hill answered for ASU by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown making it 17 7 Matt Barth later connected on a 39 yard field goal increasing ASU s lead to 20 7 Before halftime quarterback Ell Roberson rushed 32 yards for a touchdown pulling Kansas State to within 20 14 The defenses held in the third quarter and the score remained 20 14 heading into the fourth quarter Kansas State s Ell Roberson scored on a 3 yard touchdown run but a missed PAT left the score tied at 20 Andrew Walter threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Williams to give Arizona State a 27 20 fourth quarter lead Ell Roberson scored the tying touchdown on a 1 yard quarterback sneak with just 7 minutes left in the game With only 75 seconds left in the game Roberson threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to Derrick Evans for the winning score References edit a b Holiday Bowl History Archived from the original on April 30 2008 Retrieved April 23 2008 nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Holiday Bowl amp oldid 1195022876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
