The 2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, the 35th edition of the game, is a postseason American college football bowl game between the Baylor Bears from the Big 12 Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12), on December 27, 2012 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game is the final contest of the 2011 NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-FBS) football season for both teams, scheduled for a 6:45 p.m. PT kickoff and carried on both ESPN TV and ESPN Radio. This is the first Holiday Bowl appearance for both Baylor and UCLA, as well as the first-ever meeting between the two teams. It also marks the first time one of the Pac-12's Southern California teams has played in the Holiday Bowl.