Minnesota Gophers Head to California for Holiday Bowl​

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football team has accepted an invitation to play the Washington State Cougars in the 2016 National Funding Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27, in San Diego. The 6 p.m. CT game will be played at Qualcomm Stadium (Home of the San Diego Chargers) and will be broadcast on ESPN.

This 2016 National Funding Holiday Bowl will mark the 39th staging of the game, but it will be the first time that Minnesota will play in the bowl, according to GopherSports.com. The contest will also mark Minnesota's first bowl game in California since it beat UCLA 21-3 in the 1962 Rose Bowl.

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