A Look at the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 09:01
- The Maaco Las Vegas Bowl has been played annually at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992.
- The game originated from the California Raisin 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.
- Since 2001, the game has featured a matchup of teams from the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences.
- Since 2006, the bowl gets first choice of Mountain West Conference teams. This would normally be the conference champion unless that team qualifies for the BCS. The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas gets to choose either the fourth-place or fifth-place Pac-10 team to meet its MWC opponent.
- Results:
- 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
- December 22, 2007 BYU 17 UCLA 16
- December 20, 2008 Arizona 31 BYU 21
- December 22, 2009 BYU vs. Oregon
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