2014 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) AP Coaches CFP 23 25 22
1 2 3 4 Total Utah 21 3 7 14 45 Colorado State 10 0 0 0 10
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)
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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.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 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

Source: ^[3]

Statistics

Statistics [3]	Utah	CSU
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

1. MVP
2. Odds
3. "2014 Las Vegas Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
4. Royal Purple Announced as Bowl Game’s Title Sponsor, Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, September 25, 2013
5. Utah to play Colorado State in Las Vegas Bowl KSL.com
6. "Home". lvbowl.com.