LAS VEGAS BOWL

The 'Las Vegas Bowl' 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 since 1992. Since 2001, the game has featured a matchup of teams from the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences. From 1992 to 1996, matchups featured teams from the Big West and Mid-American Conference. From 1997 to 1998, matchups featured a representative from the Western Athletic Conference and an at-large bid. From 1999 to 2000, matchups featured a representative from the newly formed Mountain West Conference and an at-large bid.
The bowl was known as the 'SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl' from 2001 to 2002. With a new sponsor, it is currently called the 'Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl'. The owner of the bowl is ESPN Regional Television, better known by the popular name ''ESPN Plus''. [1]
The game originated from the California Bowl, which was played in Fresno from 1981-1991. In 1992, the game reorganized and relocated to Las Vegas and was renamed the Las Vegas Bowl. It was also recognized as The Las Vegas All-Star Classic from 1978 to 1987 with such notable plays as the "Fumble Rumble" and such players as Randall Cunningham,Jim McMahon and Seth Joyner.
In 1995, Toledo defeated Nevada, 40-37, in the first ever overtime game in Division I-A college football. The following season the policy of overtime was adopted for regular season games to break ties.

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Previous results

MVPs

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Previous results

Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team
December 18, 1992	'Bowling Green'	'35'	Nevada	34
December 17, 1993	'Utah State'	'42'	Ball State	33
December 15, 1994	'UNLV'	'52'	Central Michigan	24
December 14, 1995	'Toledo'	'40'	Nevada	37 (OT)
December 18, 1996	'Nevada'	'18'	Ball State	15
December 20, 1997	'Oregon'	'41'	Air Force	13
December 19, 1998	'North Carolina'	'20'	San Diego State	13
December 18, 1999	'Utah'	'17'	Fresno State	16
December 21, 2000	'UNLV'	'31'	Arkansas	14
December 25, 2001	'Utah'	'10'	Southern California	6
December 25, 2002	'UCLA'	'27'	New Mexico	13
December 24, 2003	'Oregon State'	'55'	New Mexico	14
December 23, 2004	'Wyoming'	'24'	UCLA	21
December 22, 2005	'California'	'35'	BYU	28
December 21, 2006	'BYU'	'38'	Oregon	8

MVPs

Date played	MVP	Team	Position
December 18, 1992	Erik White	Bowling Green	QB
December 17, 1993	Anthony Calvillo	Utah State	QB
December 15, 1994	Henry Bailey	UNLV	WR
December 14, 1995	Wasean Tait	Toledo	RB
December 18, 1996	Mike Crawford	Nevada	LB
December 20, 1997	Pat Johnson	Oregon	WR
December 19, 1998	Ronald Curry	North Carolina	QB
December 18, 1999	Mike Anderson	Utah	RB
December 21, 2000	Jason Thomas	UNLV	QB
December 25, 2001	Dameon Hunter	Utah	RB
December 25, 2002	Craig Bragg	UCLA	WR
December 24, 2003	Steven Jackson	Oregon State	RB
December 23, 2004	Corey Bramlet	Wyoming	QB
December 22, 2005	Marshawn Lynch	California	TB
December 21, 2006	Jonny Harline	BYU	TE

External links

★ Official Site