2008 Las Vegas Bowl to be Played on December 20
The 2008 Las Vegas Bowl has been scheduled for December 20. As always it will be played at the Sam Boyd Stadium. Even though the event is months away, tickets are selling like hot cakes and ticket portals like TICKETFINDER.com™ are helping fans nail all the tickets they want!
The Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that has been played annually at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992. Since 2001, the game has featured a match-up of teams from the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences. The much popular Las Vegas Bowl is an ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event.
The first Las Vegas Bowl was played on December 18, 1992 and originally featured the top teams of the Big West and Mid-American conferences. In the inaugural game, Bowling Green defeated Nevada, 35-34. From 1997 to 1998, the game featured a play between a representative from the Western Athletic Conference and an at-large bid.
From 1999 to 2000, match-ups featured a representative from the newly formed Mountain West Conference and an at-large bid. The Las Vegas bowl came to its present structure in 2001.
The bowl was known as the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl from 2001 to 2002. With a new sponsor, it is currently called the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl.
Some Las Vegas Bowl trivia
- Former names of the Las Vegas Bowl have been EA Sports Las Vegas Bowl, Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl and the Pioneer Purevision Las Vegas Bowl.
- In the 1995 game, Toledo defeated Nevada, 40-37, in the first ever overtime game in Division I-A college football.
- The Las Vegas Bowl is also known as the Las Vegas All-Star Classic by fans.
- The Las Vegas Bowl has given NCAA football one of the most stunning ends to a game, the Fumble Rumble.
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