| Year Game Played: | 2002 |
| Title Sponsor: | Pacific Life |
| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2002 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Kansas State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Wildcats |
| Visitor School: | Kansas State University |
| Home Name Short: | Arizona State |
| Home Nickname: | Sun Devils |
| Home School: | Arizona State University |
| Visitor Record: | 10 - 2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Record: | 8 - 5 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Bill Snyder |
| Home Coach: | Dirk Koetter |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 6 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 6 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 8 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 20 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 20 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Stadium: | Qualcomm Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Ell Roberson, Kansas State and Defensive: Terrell Suggs, Arizona State |
| Odds: | Kansas State by 17.5 |
| Referee: | Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten) |
| Halftime: | Marching bands |
| Attendance: | 58,717[1] |
| Payout: | 2,035,788 per team |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Mike Tirico (Play by Play) Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) Lee Corso (Analyst) Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline) |
| Ratings: | 4.2 |
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.
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.