2008 Las Vegas Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 2008 17 Las Vegas Bowl Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl LVBowl Logo.jpg Las Vegas Bowl logo 2008 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University Arizona Wildcats University of Arizona 10–2 Mountain West 7–5 Pac-10 Bronco Mendenhall Mike Stoops 17 16 16 0 7 7 7 7 3 14 7 December 20 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada QB Willie Tuitama, Arizona David HasselhoffKansas City December 2022 Jeff Flanagan (ACC) 40,047http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272150,00.html BYU football: Reed ends Cougar career with statement game Deseret News 2008-12-22 2008-12-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20081221192045/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272150,00.html dead 1,000,000 per teamhttp://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists September 1, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 December 19, 2008 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe 2.2 2009 thumb|Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, hosted the Las Vegas Bowl. The 2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game between the BYU Cougars (third place overall in the Mountain West Conference) and the Arizona Wildcats (fifth pick from the Pacific-10 Conference). The game was played on December 20, 2008, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat off campus Sam Boyd Stadium of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.http://www.lvbowl.com/media.php?id=37 BYU and Arizona to meet in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl XVII December 7, 2008 December 7, 2008 lvbowl.com https://web.archive.org/web/20081210233528/http://www.lvbowl.com/media.php?id=37 December 10, 2008 dead The Wildcats stunned the 16th ranked Cougars in the coldest Las Vegas Bowl in history, 31–21. It was televised on ESPN. The announcers were Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge with the sideline reporting by Holly Rowe. Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from Mountain West and the Pac-10. Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterArizona - Nic Grigsby 1-yard TD run (Jason Bondzio kick), 6:23Arizona 7-0 2nd QuarterArizona - Bondzio 31-yard FG, 9:21Arizona 10-0BYU - Harvey Unga 1-yard TD run (Mitch Payne kick), 6:50Arizona 10-7 3rd QuarterBYU - Andrew George 1-yard TD pass from Max Hall (Payne kick), 11:21BYU 14-10Arizona - Delashaun Dean 37-yard TD pass from Willie Tuitama (Bondzio kick), 7:07Arizona 17-14Arizona - Chris Gronkowski 24-yard TD pass from Tuitama (Bondzio kick), :25Arizona 24-14 4th QuarterArizona - Tuitama 6-yard TD run (Bondzio kick), 6:09Arizona 31-14BYU - Hall 1-yard TD run (Payne kick), 3:38Arizona 31-21 thumb|center|upright=1.5|Arizona (in red) on offense during the game. References Las Vegas Bowl Category:Las Vegas Bowl Category:BYU Cougars football bowl games Category:Arizona Wildcats football bowl games Las Vegas Bowl Category:December 2008 sports events in the United States