The 2014 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2014, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. The 23rd annual Las Vegas Bowl, it featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference.[4][5] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 12:30 p.m. PST[6] and aired on ABC and Sports USA Radio Network. Sponsored by motor oil manufacturer Royal Purple, the game was officially known as the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. Utah beat Colorado State by a score of 45–10.
| 2014 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 20, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Utah QB Travis Wilson[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Utah by 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tracy Jones[3] (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,067[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC/Sports USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, & Maria Taylor (ABC) Eli Gold & Tony Graziani (Sports USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
editThis was the 80th overall meeting between these two teams, with Utah leading the series 55–22–2. The last time these two teams met was in 2010.
Game summary
editScoring summary
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Source: [3]
Statistics
edit| Statistics[3] | Utah | CSU |
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| First downs | 29 | 13 |
| Plays–yards | 77–548 | 54–278 |
| Rushes–yards | 48–359 | 19–12 |
| Passing yards | 189 | 266 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 19–29–1 | 21–35–1 |
| Time of possession | 33:56 | 26:04 |
References
edit- ^ MVP
- ^ Odds
- ^ a b c d "2014 Las Vegas Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ Royal Purple Announced as Bowl Game’s Title Sponsor, Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, September 25, 2013
- ^ Utah to play Colorado State in Las Vegas Bowl KSL.com
- ^ "Home". lvbowl.com.
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