2007 Las Vegas Bowl
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The 2007 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Brigham Young University Cougars. The game was played on December 22, 2007, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, where the bowl has been played since 1992. It was televised on ESPN.
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Date | December 22, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | WR Austin Collie, BYU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | BYU by 6 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Ed Kierce (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 40,712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1,000,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), with organizers having first choice of bowl-eligible teams from the MWC, and the fourth or fifth choice (alternating annually) of bowl-eligible teams from the Pac-10.