THE LAS VEGAS BOWL
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The
Las Vegas is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college
football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam
Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. since 1992. From 1992 to
1996, matchups featured the champion teams from the Big West and
Mid-American Conference. In 1997 and 1998, matchups featured a
representative from the Western Athletic Conference and an at-large
bid. In 1999 and 2000, match-ups featured a representative from the
newly formed Mountain West Conference and an at-large bid. Since
2001, the game has featured a matchup of teams from the Pac-12 and
Mountain West conferences.
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32.ABC
A.
SEC’s record in The Las Vegas Bowl is (A) - 1
B. The 2007
Las Vegas Bowl featured a rematch between Mountain West Champion
BYU and UCLA who defeated BYU during the regular season. UCLA
scored first on a field goal after a fumble by BYU quarterback Max
Hall. BYU answered with a touchdown reception by Austin Collie. BYU
went up 17–(B) with
Michael Reed catch for a touchdown. A fumble by BYU with 19 seconds
left in the first half allowed UCLA to score and cut the lead to
17-13. UCLA cut the deficit to 17-16 on a 50-yard field goal. With
two minutes left UCLA took over at their own two yard line. They
were able to drive down to the BYU 13 yard line with 3 seconds
left. The 28-yard field goal attempt was partially blocked by BYU
defensive tackle Eathyn Manumaleuna and fell short giving BYU their
second Vegas Bowl victory in three tries, also making the Cougars
the first school to win back-to-back Las Vegas Bowls. The following
year, though, the Arizona Wildcats denied BYU their third
consecutive Las Vegas Bowl win by winning
31–21.
C.
UNLV’s record in the Las Vegas Bowl is 2 - (C).
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17.DEF
D.
December 20, 1997 Oregon beat Air
Force 4(D)
to13.
E. Corey
Bramlet QB for Wyoming was MVP of the Las Vegas Bowl December 23,
200(E).
F. On
December 25, 2002, UCLA interim coach Ed Kezirian was victorious in
his only game as the UCLA head coach as UCLA won
27–1(F) over New
Mexico. In that game, New Mexico sent Katie Hnida in to kick an
extra point which was the first time a woman played in a Division I
Football Bowl Subdivision (nee Division I-A) college football game.
The kick was blocked.