2014 Las Vegas Bowl

2014 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
Utah Utes Colorado State Rams
(8–4) (10–2)
45 10
Head coach: 
Kyle Whittingham		 Head coach: 
Dave Baldwin (Interim)
APCoachesCFP
232522
1234 Total
Utah 213714 45
Colorado State 10000 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)

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 Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference against the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 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

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