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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| Game Name          = Holiday Bowl
| Optional Subheader = Bowl Game
| Title Sponsor      = <!-- None from 1978 to 1985 Holiday Bowl -->
| Image              = 
| Caption            = 
| Date Game Played   = December 21
| Year Game Played   = 1979
| Football Season    = 1979
| Stadium            = [[San Diego Stadium]]
| City               = [[San Diego, California]]
| Visitor School     = Indiana University
| Visitor Name Short = Indiana
| Visitor Nickname   = Hoosiers
| Visitor Record     = 7&ndash;4  <!-- Record prior to game -->
| Visitor AP         = 
| Visitor Coaches    = 
| Visitor Coach      = [[Lee Corso]]
| Visitor1           = 14
| Visitor2           = 7
| Visitor3           = 10
| Visitor4           = 7
| Home School        = Brigham Young University
| Home Name Short    = BYU
| Home Nickname      = Cougars
| Home Record        = 11&ndash;1  <!-- Record prior to game -->
| Home AP            = 9
| Home Coaches       = 9
| Home Coach         = [[LaVell Edwards]]
| Home1              = 14
| Home2              = 3
| Home3              = 17
| Home4              = 3
| MVP                = [[Marc Wilson (American football)|Marc Wilson]] (BYU)<br />[[Tim Wilbur]] (Indiana) 
| Odds               = 
| Anthem             = 
| Referee            =
| Halftime           =
| Attendance         = 52,500<ref name="Game History">[http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1979.html Holiday Bowl Game History]</ref> 
| Payout             = 271,214 per team<ref name="Game History" />
| US Network         =
| US Announcers      = 
| Ratings            = 
| Intl Network       = 
| Intl Announcers    =
}}

The '''1979 Holiday Bowl''' was a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] played December 21, 1979 in [[San Diego, California]]. It was part of the [[1979 NCAA Division I-A football season]]. It featured the [[1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana Hoosiers]] against the [[1979 BYU Cougars football team|BYU Cougars]]. Indiana won 38–37.

==Game summary==

The game, which featured an 11-0 BYU team going against a 7-4 Indiana team coached by future [[ESPN]] college football analyst [[Lee Corso]], went back and forth from start to finish. The Cougars held a 37-31 lead late in the fourth quarter when Tim Wilbur took a 62 yard punt back for the go-ahead score to squeak out the upset victory.

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