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2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl 2004LVBowl.JPG 13th Las Vegas Bowl UCLA (blue on defense) vs. Wyoming (white on offense) 2004 Wyoming Cowboys University of Wyoming UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles 6–5 Mountain West 6–5 Pac-10 Joe Glenn Karl Dorrell 10 0 0 14 0 14 7 0 December 23 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada Corey Bramlet (Wyoming)http://www.lvbowl.com/facts.php MAACO Bowl Las Vegas December 11, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120107072041/http://www.lvbowl.com/facts.php January 7, 2012 Rocky Goode (SEC)Wyoming vs UCLA Bruins (Dec 23, 2004) UCLABruins.com December 11, 2011 http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/122404aab.html https://archive.today/20120915113251/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/122404aab.html dead September 15, 2012 29,062 750,000 per teamUCLA Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Newspaper November 26, 2004 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Ron Franklin (Play-by-Play) Mike Gottfried (Analyst) Erin Andrews (Sidelines)
The 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was a post–season American college football bowl game, held on December 23, 2004, at Sam Boyd Stadium on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as a part of 2004–05 NCAA Bowl season. It was the 13th edition of the Las Vegas Bowl. The game featured the Wyoming Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-10 Conference. The game marked the first meeting between the two programs.
Wyoming appeared in their first Las Vegas Bowl, and their first trip to a bowl game since appearing in the 1993 Copper Bowl. It was their 11th bowl appearance in program history. The win ended the Cowboys' six-game bowl losing streak. UCLA made its second trip to the Las Vegas bowl, their 26th trip to a bowl, and third consecutive bowl trip. The Bruins had defeated the New Mexico Lobos 27–13 in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl.
Wyoming upset UCLA, 24–21, on a 12–yard touchdown pass from Corey Bramlet to John Wadkowski with 57 seconds left in the game. The game was televised by ESPN.
Game summary
UCLA wore their home blue uniforms, and Wyoming wore white visitor uniforms. MVP Corey Bramlet went 20–34 for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns. Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 126 yards on 26 carries for the Bruins. The Cowboys out gained the Bruins in yardage, 405 to 311.
Statistics
Statistics Wyoming UCLA First downs 19 19 Total offense, plays - yards 68-405 66-311Rushes-yards (net) 30–76 42–126 Passing yards (net) 329 185Passes, Comp-Att-Int 21-38-1 13-24-0 Time of Possession 30:11 29:49
Scoring summary
Wyoming UCLA expand
1 5:57 Wyoming 6 73 3:31 FG 39 Deric Yaussi 3 0
1 4:11 Wyoming 3 29 1:29 RecTD Tyler Holden Corey Bramlet 10 good Deric Yaussi 10 0
2 7:58 UCLA 5 56 2:03 RecTD Junior Taylor Drew Olson 29 good Justin Medlock 10 7
2 1:50 UCLA 4 30 1:21 RecTD Craig Bragg David Koral 17 good Justin Medlock 10 14
3 7:11 UCLA 12 80 5:43 RecTD Craig Bragg David Koral 25 good Justin Medlock 10 21
4 12:50 Wyoming 6 63 2:44 RecTD J.J. Raterink Javon Bouknight 22 good Deric Yaussi 17 21
4 0:57 Wyoming 10 72 3:05 RecTD John Wadkowski Corey Bramlet 12 good Deric Yaussi 24 21
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