Las Vegas Bowl

The Las Vegas Bowl is a bowl game held at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992. The bowl is a direct continuation of the former California Bowl, and as such both are combined into one entry here.

From 1981 through 1991, the bowl was held at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California, and matched the champions of the Mid-American Conference with the champions of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, later the Big West Conference. That affiliation continued through 1996 after the move to Las Vegas, but in 1997-1998, the Western Athletic Conference took over hosting, facing an at-large team. When the WAC fractured and the Mountain West Conference was formed, the host tie-in went with the new conference, and has remained there ever since. Beginning in 2001, the opponent has come from the Pacific-12 Conference (barring an inability to provide enough teams).

Results

19 DEC 1981	Toledo	27	San Jose State	25
18 DEC 1982	Fresno State	29	Bowling Green	28
17 DEC 1983	Northern Illinois	20	Cal State-Fullerton	13
15 DEC 1984†	Nevada-Las Vegas	30	Toledo	13
14 DEC 1985	Fresno State	51	Bowling Green	7
13 DEC 1986	San Jose State	37	Miami (OH)	7
12 DEC 1987	Eastern Michigan	30	San Jose State	27
10 DEC 1988	Fresno State	35	Western Michigan	30
09 DEC 1989	Fresno State	27	Ball State	6
08 DEC 1990	San Jose State	48	Central Michigan	24

14 DEC 1991	Bowling Green	28	Fresno State	21
18 DEC 1992	Bowling Green	35	Nevada	34
17 DEC 1993	Utah State	42	Ball State	33
15 DEC 1994	Nevada-Las Vegas	52	Central Michigan	24
14 DEC 1995	Toledo	40	Nevada	37
18 DEC 1996	Nevada	18	Ball State	15
20 DEC 1997	Oregon	41	Air Force	13
19 DEC 1998	North Carolina	20	San Diego State	13
18 DEC 1999	Utah	17	Fresno State	16
21 DEC 2000	Nevada-Las Vegas	31	Arkansas	14

25 DEC 2001	Utah	10	Southern California	6
25 DEC 2002	Cal-Los Angeles	27	New Mexico	13
24 DEC 2003	Oregon State	55	New Mexico	14
23 DEC 2004	Wyoming	24	Cal-Los Angeles	21
22 DEC 2005	California	35	Brigham Young	28
21 DEC 2006	Brigham Young	38	Oregon	8
22 DEC 2007	Brigham Young	17	Cal-Los Angeles	16
20 DEC 2008	Arizona	31	Brigham Young	21
22 DEC 2009	Brigham Young	44	Oregon State	20
22 DEC 2010	Boise State	26	Utah	3

22 DEC 2011	Boise State	56	Arizona State	24
22 DEC 2012	Boise State	28	Washington	26
21 DEC 2013	Southern California	45	Fresno State	20