2013 Las Vegas Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 Las Vegas Bowl 22nd Las Vegas Bowl Royal Purple 2013LasVegasBowl.png December 21 2013 2013 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada Fresno State University Fresno State Bulldogs 11–1 21 20 20 Tim DeRuyter Mountain West 6 0 7 7 University of Southern California USC Trojans 9–4 NR NR 25 Clay Helton(interim) Pac-12 14 21 3 7 USC by 6Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2013 Tracy Jones (American) 42,178Las Vegas Bowl Box Score 1 million per team ABC/Sports USA Radio Rece Davis (Play-by-Play)Jesse Palmer (Analyst)David Pollack (Analyst)Samantha Ponder (Sideline) 2012 The 2013 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. The 22nd annual Las Vegas Bowl, it featured the Mountain West Conference champion Fresno State Bulldogs against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference.Royal Purple Announced as Bowl Game’s Title SponsorAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot , Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, September 25, 2013 The game started at 12:30 p.m. PSThttp://www.lvbowl.com/ Home lvbowl.com and aired on ABC and Sports USA Radio. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Sponsored by motor oil manufacturer Royal Purple, the game was officially known as the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. The Trojans won by a score of 45–20. Teams Fresno State Bulldogs 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Continuing their conference success from the previous season which saw them finish 7–1 and sharing their conference title with Boise State, the Bulldogs did even better in the 2013 season. Already having won the Mountain West Conference's West Division championship, the Bulldogs went on to win the first Mountain West Conference Championship Game, defeating Utah State by a score of 24–17, advancing to the Las Vegas Bowl by virtue of their victory.http://www.lvbowl.com/media/releases/20131207 Fresno State Accepts Bid To 2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl December 7, 2013 December 8, 2013 This will be the Bulldogs' second Las Vegas Bowl; they had previously made the bowl in 1999, losing to the Utah Utes by a last-second field goal for a score of 17–16. USC Trojans 2013 USC Trojans football team The season was tumultuous by USC standards, having seen head coach Lane Kiffin fired five games into the season, and then interim head coach Ed Orgeron resigning at season's end (Clay Helton will serve as interim coach for the bowl game while Steve Sarkisian takes over for the 2014 season). Nonetheless, the Trojans still managed a 6–3 conference and 9–4 overall record (tied with the rival UCLA Bruins for second in the Pac-12 South Division), leading them to the Las Vegas Bowl at season's end. This will be USC's second Las Vegas Bowl; they had previously made the bowl in 2001, losing to future conference foe the Utah Utes by a score of 10–6. Game summary Scoring summary Fresno State USC expand 1 8:54 USC 12 65 6:06 RecTD Marqise Lee Cody Kessler 10 good Andre Heidari 0 7 1 8:33 FRES 3 33 0:21 RecTD Isaiah Burse Derek Carr 8 no good (blocked) Colin McGuire 6 7 1 6:22 USC 5 65 2:11 RecTD Nelson Agholor Kessler 40 good Heidari 6 14 2 9:05 USC 9 65 5:19 RecTD Agholor Kessler 17 good Heidari 6 21 2 7:27 USC 2 30 0:47 RushTD Javorius Allen 24 good Heidari 6 28 2 0:37 USC 6 88 3:41 RecTD Lee Kessler 40 good Heidari 6 35 3 11:42 FRES 6 37 1:54 RecTD Davante Adams Carr 23 good McGuire 13 35 3 6:44 USC 10 48 4:58 FG 39 Heidari 13 38 4 14:40 FRES 3 1 0:28 IntTD Derron Smith 41 good McGuire 20 38 4 4:44 USC 12 80 7:14 RushTD Allen 1 good Heidari 20 45 20 45 Statistics Statistics FRE USC First downs 14 23 Total offense, plays – yards 61–254 75–487Rushes-yards (net) 6–37 45–143 Passing yards (net) 217 344Passes, Comp-Att-Int 30–55–1 22–30–1 Time of Possession 18:33 38:47 Notes Each school was allotted 11,000 tickets Cody Kessler was named the MVP in the game References 2 Las Vegas Bowl Category:Las Vegas Bowl Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:USC Trojans football bowl games Las Nevada Category:December 2013 sports events in the United States