2004 Las Vegas Bowl
| 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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UCLA (blue on defense) vs. Wyoming (white on offense)
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| Date | December 23, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Corey Bramlet (Wyoming) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rocky Goode (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,062 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Ron Franklin (Play-by-Play) Mike Gottfried (Analyst) Erin Andrews (Sidelines) |
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The 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was a post–season American college football bowl game, held on December 23, 2004 at Sam Boyd Stadium on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as a part of 2004-05 NCAA Bowl season. It was the 13th edition of that annual game.
The game was televised by ESPN, and it featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac 10 Conference and the Wyoming Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference.
UCLA made its second trip to the Las Vegas bowl, their 26th trip to a bowl, and third consecutive bowl trip. The Bruins defeated the New Mexico Lobos 27–13 in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl. Wyoming appeared in their first Las Vegas Bowl, and their first trip to a bowl game since appearing in the 1993 Copper Bowl. It was their 11th bowl appearance in program history.
The game marked the first meeting between the two programs.
Wyoming upset UCLA 24–21 on a 12–yard touchdown pass from Corey Bramlet to John Wadkowski with 57 seconds left in the game.
UCLA wore their home blue uniforms, and Wyoming wore white visitor uniforms. MVP Corey Bramlet went 20–34 for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns. Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 126 yards on 26 carries for the Bruins. The Cowboys out gained the Bruins in yardage, 405 to 311.
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