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UCLA Plays Baylor in Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl Thursday

The Bruins face the Bears at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

UCLA football's final appearance of 2012 comes against Baylor in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 27.

The Bruins face the Bears at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Kickoff is scheduled at 6:45 p.m. It will be the 35th edition of the Holiday Bowl.

UCLA enters the game at 9-4 as winners of the Pac 12 South Division. Baylor comes in at 7-5 and finished fifth in the Big 12.

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To purchase last-minute tickets go to Qualcomm Stadium, Window F, on game day beginning at 9 a.m.

Bowl officials are expecting about 55,000 to attend Thursday night's game and are urging ticket holders to use the San Diego Trolley or carpool. Stadium parking opens at 11 a.m.

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The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl is scheduled to be televised on ESPN.

Baylor University, located in Waco, TX, is the alma mater of last year's Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III.

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