2014 Las Vegas Bowl

2014 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

Colorado State Rams

(8–4)

(10–2)

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

Stadium

Sam Boyd Stadium

Location

Whitney, Nevada

MVP

Utah QB Travis Wilson^[1]

Utah by 3^[2]

Tracy Jones^[3] (American)

Attendance

33,067^[3]

Payout

US$1 million per team

United States TV coverage

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
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	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

↑ MVP
↑ Odds
1 2 3 4 "2014 Las Vegas Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
↑ Royal Purple Announced as Bowl Game’s Title Sponsor, Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, September 25, 2013
↑ Utah to play Colorado State in Las Vegas Bowl KSL.com
↑ http://www.lvbowl.com/

2014–15 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 20) New Mexico (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 20) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 20) Camellia (Dec. 20) Miami Beach (Dec. 22) Boca Raton (Dec. 23) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 24) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) St. Petersburg Bowl (Dec. 26) Military (Dec. 27) Sun (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 27) Liberty (Dec. 29) Russell Athletic (Dec. 29) Texas (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 30) Belk (Dec. 30) Foster Farms (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 31) Fiesta (Dec. 31) Orange (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Armed Forces (Jan. 2) TaxSlayer (Jan. 2) Alamo (Jan. 2) Cactus (Jan. 2) Birmingham (Jan. 3) GoDaddy (Jan. 4)

College Football Playoff games: Rose (semifinal) (Jan. 1) Sugar (semifinal) (Jan. 1) National Championship Game (Jan. 12)

All-Star Games: Medal of Honor Bowl (Jan. 10) 2015 East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 17) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 17) Senior Bowl (Jan. 24)

Las Vegas Bowl

History & tie-ins	History Sam Boyd Stadium Broadcasters Mountain West Conference Pac-12 Conference

Games	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Colorado State Rams bowl games

1949 Raisin Bowl 1990 Freedom Bowl 1994 Holiday Bowl 1995 Holiday Bowl 1997 Holiday Bowl 1999 Liberty Bowl 2000 Liberty Bowl 2001 New Orleans Bowl 2002 Liberty Bowl 2003 San Francisco Bowl 2005 Poinsettia Bowl 2008 New Mexico Bowl 2013 New Mexico Bowl 2014 Las Vegas Bowl 2015 Arizona Bowl 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Utah Utes bowl games

1939 Sun Bowl 1964 Liberty Bowl 1992 Copper Bowl 1993 Freedom Bowl 1994 Freedom Bowl 1996 Copper Bowl 1999 Las Vegas Bowl 2001 Las Vegas Bowl 2003 Liberty Bowl 2005 Fiesta Bowl 2005 Emerald Bowl 2006 Armed Forces Bowl 2007 Poinsettia Bowl 2009 Sugar Bowl 2009 Poinsettia Bowl 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2011 Sun Bowl 2014 Las Vegas Bowl 2015 Las Vegas Bowl 2016 Foster Farms Bowl

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