Bowl Facts

Date & Time:
   The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be played on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. (PST). It will be the 18th edition of the bowl game.
Location:
   Sam Boyd Stadium will serve as the venue for the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas.
Attendance:
   The 2008 Las Vegas Bowl attracted the game’s fourth straight sellout crowd (40,047). The 2006 game welcomed a state-record 44,615 fans.
Participants:
   The 2009 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will feature either the champion or first selection from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) against the fourth/fifth selection from the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10).
Television:
   The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be televised by ESPN.
Radio:
   The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be heard throughout the country and overseas on the Sports USA Radio Network.
ESPN Regional:
   In May of 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl was acquired by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN, Inc. As part of the agreement, ERT assumed responsibility for the Las Vegas Bowl’s organization, operation, sponsorship, marketing efforts and more.
Title Sponsor:
   On April 14, 2009, ERT announced that MAACO Collision Repair and Auto Painting signed a three-year agreement to serve as title sponsor of the newly branded MAACO Bowl Las Vegas. MAACO is America’s Body Shop, with close to 500 locations across the continent. MAACO provides collision repair and auto painting for 12,000 vehicles a week -- 600,000 a year -- far more than any other company in North America. The company has repaired more than 17 million vehicles since its founding in 1972.
Conference Affiliations:
   The bowl announced in 2005 that it had extended its contract with the Pac-10 Conference for an additional four years through the 2009 season, getting the fourth selection in 2006 and 2008 while getting the fifth selection in 2007 and 2009. In addition, the game extended its contract with the MWC for the first selection/champion through the 2009 season.
Bowl Events:
  Fans and participants in the 2009 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be treated to a Welcome Reception at the ESPNZone; a Media Conference and Luncheon at the Las Vegas Convention Center; a Team Charity Visit to Sunrise Hospital; Show Night on the famed Las Vegas Strip; the Outback Buffet Bowl and traditional Pep Rally at the spectacular Fremont Street Experience; a Kids Day and a Pre-game Tailgate Party at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Host Hotels:
   The host hotel for the Pac-10 representative will again be the Venetian. The host hotel for the MWC representative is Planet Hollywood on The Strip.
Tickets:
   Each team selected receives an allotment of 12,000 tickets. Tickets for the 2009 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will go on sale May 1. Prices remain unchanged at $20, $30, $50 and $100 and can be reserved by phone at 1-866-388-FANS or online at www.unlvtickets.com
     
History:
   

Organized by community leaders out of a need to fill hotel rooms during a traditionally slow period in a world-class destination city, the Las Vegas Bowl first kicked off on Dec. 18, 1992, and has been nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC every year.

Originally pitting the champions of the Big West and Mid-American conferences, the game’s initial offering was a nail-biter as Bowling Green held on to slip by Nevada 35-34 in what was hailed by many as the best bowl game that year.

Known for the next decade as the first bowl each season, the event was switched to later in the month starting in 2001 when hometown entry UNLV defeated Arkansas on Dec. 21. Moves to Christmas Day and then to Christmas Eve were staged and, indeed, the now-named MAACO Bowl Las Vegas keeps inching down the calendar looking for a perfect day to pit football teams from the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences against each other at Sam Boyd Stadium.

DID YOU KNOW?
The first-ever Division I-A overtime game took place at the 1995 Las Vegas Bowl when Toledo outlasted Nevada 40-37.

In the last 10 years, the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas has hosted teams from the Pac-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic, Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences. Pac-10 teams have played in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas nine times and hold a 5-4 record. Schools now in the MWC have combined to play in 12 such games and sport a 7-6 record, including a winning 6-4 mark since splitting from the WAC and forming the new league in 1999.

A natural regional rivalry has emerged between the two leagues and that competitive match up is guaranteed to continue through at least 2009. Both the Pac-10 and MWC announced in 2005 four-year contract extensions with the game, which is now owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT).

DID YOU KNOW?
The first-ever woman to play in a Division I-A football game was Katie Hnida when she attempted an extra point vs. UCLA in 2002.

ALL-TIME RESULTS:
Pioneer LAS VEGAS BOWL:
Arizona 31, BYU 21
MVP: UA QB Willie Tuitama

Pioneer LAS VEGAS BOWL:
BYU 17, UCLA 16
MVP: BYU WR Austin Collie

Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL:
BYU 38, Oregon 8
MVP: BYU TE Johnny Harline

Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL:
California 35, BYU 28
MVP: Cal RB Marshawn Lynch

Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL:
Wyoming 24, UCLA 21
MVP: UW QB Corey Bramlet

LAS VEGAS BOWL XII:
Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14
MVP: OSU RB Steven Jackson

SEGA Sports LAS VEGAS BOWL:
UCLA 27, New Mexico 13
MVP: UCLA WR Craig Bragg

SEGA Sports LAS VEGAS BOWL:
Utah 10, USC 6
MVP: Utah RB Dameon Hunter

LAS VEGAS BOWL IX:
UNLV 31, Arkansas 14
MVP: UNLV QB Jason Thomas

LAS VEGAS BOWL VIII:
Utah 17, Fresno State 16
MVP: Utah RB Mike Anderson

LAS VEGAS BOWL VII:
North Carolina 20, San Diego St. 13
MVP: UNC QB Ronald Curry

LAS VEGAS BOWL VI:
Oregon 41, Air Force 13
MVP: OU WR Pat Johnson

LAS VEGAS BOWL V:
Nevada 18, Ball State 15
MVP: UNR LB Sam Crawford

LAS VEGAS BOWL IV:
Toledo 40, Nevada 37 (OT)
MVP: UT RB Wasean Tait

LAS VEGAS BOWL III:
UNLV 52, Central Michigan 24
MVP: UNLV WR Henry Bailey

LAS VEGAS BOWL II:
Utah State 42, Ball State 33
MVP: USU QB Anthony Calvillo

LAS VEGAS BOWL I:
Bowling Green 35, Nevada 34
MVP: BGSU QB Erik White
 
 
     
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