1999 Las Vegas Bowl
1999 Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 18, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Mike Anderson, Utah | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,227 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$750,000 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Dave Barnett (Play by Play) Bill Curry (Analyst) Dave Ryan (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1999 Las Vegas Bowl was the eighth edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Utah Utes.
Game summary[]
Fresno State scored first, when Utah placekicker had his field goal attempt blocked. It was recovered by Fresno State cornerback and returned 75 yards for a touchdown, to make it 7–0 Fresno State. Running back Mike Anderson scored on a 34-yard touchdown run later in the 1st quarter to tie it at 7. He would finish the game with a Las Vegas Bowl record 254 yards rushing, and the game's MVP award. The second quarter would provide no scoring.
Kicker Jeff Hanna gave Fresno State a 10–7 lead in the third quarter with a 27-yard field goal. Mike Anderson would give the lead back to Utah with a 5-yard touchdown run, making it a 14–10 Utah lead. Fresno State scored in the fourth quarter, on a 2-yard touchdown run by Derrick Ward, but the all important extra point was blocked, leaving Fresno State with a 16–14 lead. Utah would later win it on a 33-yard field goal.
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- 1999–2000 NCAA football bowl games
- Las Vegas Bowl
- Fresno State Bulldogs football bowl games
- Utah Utes football bowl games
- 1999 in sports in Nevada
- December 1999 sports events in the United States
- College football bowl stubs