2014 Las Vegas Bowl

2014 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
2014 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
23rd Las Vegas Bowl
Utah Utes	Colorado State Rams
(8–4)	(10–2)
Pac-12	Mountain West
45	10
Head coach: ; Kyle Whittingham	Head coach: ; Dave Baldwin (Interim)
Date	December 20, 2014
Season	2014
Stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
Location	Whitney, Nevada
MVP	Utah QB Travis Wilson
Favorite	Utah by 3
Referee	Tracy Jones (American)
Attendance	33,067
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)
Las Vegas Bowl
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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.

Teams

This 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.

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Utah	CSU
1	12:37	3	53	0:56	Utah	Travis Wilson 8-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	7	0
1	8:29	6	71	2:55	Utah	Delshawn McClellon 16-yard touchdown reception from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good	14	0
1	5:42	5	77	2:41	CSU	Garrett Grayson 39-yard touchdown reception from Charles Lovett, Jared Roberts kick good	14	7
1	5:30	1	60	0:10	Utah	Devontae Booker 60-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	21	7
1	2:09	6	54	3:14	CSU	41-yard field goal by Jared Roberts	21	10
2	8:25	8	37	4:18	Utah	38-yard field goal by Andy Phillips	24	10
3	4:12	10	73	3:46	Utah	Travis Wilson 15-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	31	10
4	13:23	1	12	0:06	Utah	Travis Wilson 12-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	38	10
4	12:28	2	29	0:34	Utah	Bubba Poole 10-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good	45	10
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							45	10

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