Las Vegas Bowl

From NCAA College Football Information & Resource

The Pioneer PureVision 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. The game generally features a matchup of teams from the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences.

The game originated as 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.

The bowl was known as the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl from 2001 to 2002.

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.

All-Time Results

Year	Winner	Score	Loser
1992	Bowling Green	35-34	Nevada
1993	Utah State	42-33	Ball State
1994	UNLV	52-24	Central Michigan
1995	Toledo	40-37	Nevada
1996	Nevada	18-15	Ball State
1997	Oregon	41-13	Air Force
1998	North Carolina	20-13	San Diego State
1999	Utah	17-16	Fresno State
2000	UNLV	31-14	Arkansas
2001	Utah	10-6	USC
2002	UCLA	27-13	New Mexico
2003	Oregon State	55-14	New Mexico
2004	Wyoming	24-21	UCLA
2005	California	35-28	BYU