Bowl Facts

Date & Time
The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be played on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at 12:30 p.m. (PST). It will be the 21st edition of the bowl game.
Location
Sam Boyd Stadium will serve as the venue for the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas.
Attendance
The 2011 Las Vegas Bowl attracted 35,720 fans to Sam Boyd Stadium. The previous six games (2005-10) were all sellouts, including the 2006 game that welcomed a state-record 44,615 fans.
Participants
The 2012 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will feature either the champion or first selection from the Mountain West (MW) against the fifth selection from the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12).
Television
The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be televised by ESPN HD.
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 an 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
In August 2009, the bowl announced that it had agreed to extend its contract with both the Pac-12 Conference (fifth selection) and Mountain West (first selection) through the 2013 season. The two regional rival leagues have been facing each other in the game on an annual basis since 2001.
Bowl Events
To be announced soon.
Host Hotels
Mandalay Bay Resort (Pac-12)
Hard Rock Hotel (Mountain West)
Tickets
Each team selected receives an allotment of 11,000 tickets. Tickets for this year's MAACO Bowl Las Vegas went on sale to the public June 4 and will remain at the same levels ($25, $35, $55, $100) as last year until Dec. 1, when prices will increase. For more information call can be reserved by phone at 1-866-388-FANS, online at www.unlvtickets.com or in person at the Thomas & Mack Center box office. For information on sponsorship opportunities and corporate ticket packages, call (702) 732-3912.
History:


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 up and 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.

DID YOU KNOW?
In the last 12 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 10 times and hold a 5-6 record. Schools now in the MW have combined to play in 14 such games and sport a 9-6 record, including a winning 8-4 mark since splitting from the WAC and forming the new league in 1999.

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:
2011 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
Boise State 56, Arizona State 24
MVP: BSU RB Doug Martin

2010 MAACO BOWL LAS VEGAS
Boise State 26, Utah 3
MVP: Kellen Moore

2009 MAACO BOWL LAS VEGAS (Dec. 22):
BYU 44, Oregon State 20
MVP: BYU QB Max Hall

2008 Pioneer LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 20):
Arizona 31, BYU 21
MVP: UA QB Willie Tuitama

2007 Pioneer LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 22):
BYU 17, UCLA 16
MVP: BYU WR Austin Collie

2006 Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 26):
BYU 38, Oregon 8
MVP: BYU TE Johnny Harline

2005 Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 22):
California 35, BYU 28
MVP: Cal RB Marshawn Lynch

2004 Pioneer PureVision LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 23):
Wyoming 24, UCLA 21
MVP: UW QB Corey Bramlet

2003 LAS VEGAS BOWL XII (Dec. 24):
Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14
MVP: OSU RB Steven Jackson

2002 SEGA Sports LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 25):
UCLA 27, New Mexico 13
MVP: UCLA WR Craig Bragg

2001 SEGA Sports LAS VEGAS BOWL (Dec. 25):
Utah 10, USC 6
MVP: Utah RB Dameon Hunter

2000 LAS VEGAS BOWL IX (Dec. 21):
UNLV 31, Arkansas 14
MVP: UNLV QB Jason Thomas

1999 LAS VEGAS BOWL VIII (Dec. 18):
Utah 17, Fresno State 16
MVP: Utah RB Mike Anderson

1998 LAS VEGAS BOWL VII (Dec. 19):
North Carolina 20, San Diego St. 13
MVP: UNC QB Ronald Curry

1997 LAS VEGAS BOWL VI (Dec. 20):
Oregon 41, Air Force 13
MVP: OU WR Pat Johnson

1996 LAS VEGAS BOWL V (Dec. 18):
Nevada 18, Ball State 15
MVP: UNR LB Sam Crawford

1995 LAS VEGAS BOWL IV (Dec. 14):
Toledo 40, Nevada 37 (OT)
MVP: UT RB Wasean Tait

1994 LAS VEGAS BOWL III (Dec. 15):
UNLV 52, Central Michigan 24
MVP: UNLV WR Henry Bailey

1993 LAS VEGAS BOWL II (Dec. 17):
Utah State 42, Ball State 33
MVP: USU QB Anthony Calvillo

1992 LAS VEGAS BOWL I (Dec. 18):
Bowling Green 35, Nevada 34
MVP: BGSU QB Erik White