2013 Las Vegas Bowl

2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
Fresno State Bulldogs USC Trojans (11–1) (9–4) 20 45 Head coach:  Tim DeRuyter Head coach:  Clay Helton (interim) AP Coaches BCS 21 20 20 AP Coaches BCS NR NR 25
1 2 3 4 Total Fresno State 6 0 7 7 20 USC 14 21 3 7 45
Date	December 21, 2013
Season	2013
Stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
Location	Whitney, Nevada
Favorite	USC by 6
Referee	Tracy Jones (American)
Attendance	42,178
Payout	US$1 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC/Sports USA Radio
Announcers	Rece Davis (Play-by-Play) Jesse Palmer (Analyst) David Pollack (Analyst) Samantha Ponder (Sideline)
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The 2013 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada in the Las Vegas Valley. The 22nd annual Las Vegas Bowl, it featured the Mountain West Conference champion Fresno State Bulldogs against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference. The game started at 12:30 p.m. PST and aired on ABC and Sports USA Radio. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Sponsored by motor oil manufacturer Royal Purple, the game was officially known as the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. The Trojans won by a score of 45–20.

Continuing their conference success from the previous season which saw them finish 7–1 and sharing their conference title with Boise State, the Bulldogs did even better in the 2013 season. Already having won the Mountain West Conference's West Division championship, the Bulldogs went on to win the first Mountain West Conference Championship Game, defeating Utah State by a score of 24–17, advancing to the Las Vegas Bowl by virtue of their victory.

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