Football is one of America's favorite team
sports, with the first college football game played on
November 6, 1869, when Rutgers played against Princeton.
The culmination of the modern college (NCAA) football
season is the Bowl games played in late December and
early January.
Below is information on the 21st Century history of
the Las Vegas Bowl, begun in 1992 and held in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
2001 Las Vegas Bowl: Utah Utes vs. Southern
California Trojans.
Played on Dec. 25, 2001, with the Utah Utes
defeating the the Southern California Trojans, by a
score of 10 to 6.
2002 Las Vegas Bowl: UCLA Bruins vs. New Mexico
Lobos
Played on Dec. 25, 2002, with the UCLA Bruins
defeating the New Mexico Lobos by a score of 27 to 13.
2003 Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State Beavers vs. New
Mexico Lobos
Played on Dec. 24, 2003, with the Oregon
State Beavers defeating the New Mexico Lobos by a
score of 55 to 14.
2004 Las Vegas Bowl: Wyoming Cowboys vs. New Mexico
Lobos
Played on Dec. 23, 2004, with the Wyoming
Cowboys defeating the New Mexico Lobos by a score of
24 to 21.
2005 Las Vegas Bowl: California Golden Bears vs.
BYU Cougars
Played on Dec. 22, 2005, California Golden
Bears defeating the BYU Cougars by a score of 35 to
28.
2006 Las Vegas Bowl: BYU Cougars vs. Oregon
Ducks
Played on Dec. 22, 2006, with the BYU Cougars
defeating the Oregon Ducks by a score of 38 to 8.
2007 Las Vegas Bowl: BYU Cougars vs. UCLA
Bruins
Played on Dec. 22, 2007, with the BYU Cougars
defeating the UCLA Bruins by a score of 17 to 16.
2008 Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona Wildcats vs. BYU
Cougars
Played on Dec. 21, 2008, with the Arizona
Wildcats defeating the BYU Cougars by a score of 31 to
21.
2009 Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU
Cougars
Played on Dec. 22, 2009, with the BYU Cougars
defeating the Oregon State Beavers by a score of 44 to
20.
*This edition of the Las Vegas Bowl was unique in that
for the first time ever, both teams entered the game
nationally ranked, with OSU ranked #14, and BYU ranked
#18. This game marked the most points ever given up by an
Oregon State team in a bowl game.
Las Vegas Bowl
Links
Las
Vegas Bowl.com
ESPN
Bowls Page
