 The Red Raiders won, 37–23, against the Arizona State Sun Devils.The last, and only other, time these two teams met was in the 1999, in both teams' preseason opener despite both teams having been members of the Border Conference.In this Holiday Bowl meeting, the Red Raiders led the entire game, with the smallest lead of 7 points only lasting 11 seconds on the game clock, as Reginald Davis returned a 90-yard kickoff for a touchdown, to answer the Sun Devils' Taylor Kelly's 44-yard touchdown run, early in the third quarter.