SAN DIEGO (AP) -- California will play in the Holiday Bowl for the second time in three seasons.

The 21st-ranked Golden Bears (8-3) lost 45-31 to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl in 2004 after they were leapfrogged in the final Bowl Championship Series standings by Texas.

Cal finishes the regular season at home Saturday against Stanford in the Big Game.

This is the first time Cal has made four straight bowl appearances, a streak that also includes the 2003 Insight Bowl and the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl.

Cal was knocked out of the Rose Bowl picture this year in a 23-9 loss to Southern California on Nov. 18.