2000 Sun Bowl

American college football game August 2023 January 2026 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl 2000 UCLA Bruins University of California at Los Angeles Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin 6–5 Pac-10 8–4 Big Ten Bob Toledo Barry Alvarez 10 7 3 0 7 0 7 7 December 29 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Freddie Mitchell (UCLA) Al Ford (SEC) 49,093http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/122900aaa.html Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 - UCLA Official Athletic Site www.uclabruins.com 22 May 2022 https://archive.today/20130205014302/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/122900aaa.html 5 February 2013 dead 1,000,000 per teamhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/11/26/bowlsked/ CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - 2000-01 college bowls schedule - Thursday January 04, 2001 01:07 AM 2008-12-25 2009-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429011012/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/11/26/bowlsked/ dead CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge, and Jill Arrington The 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the UCLA Bruins and the Wisconsin Badgers. Wisconsin opened the scoring, after quarterback Brooks Bollinger threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lee Evans for an early 7–0 lead. UCLA responded when Cory Paus threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Mitchell to even the score at 7. UCLA's Chris Griffin added a 31-yard field goal to push UCLA's lead to 10–7. In the second quarter, running back DeShaun Foster rushed 7 yards for a touchdown, to increase the lead to 17–7. In the third quarter, Chris Griffin kicked his second field goal of the game, a 25 yarder, to move the lead to 20–7. Brooks Bollinger later found wide receiver Chris Chambers for a 3-yard touchdown pass, cutting the lead to 20–14. Michael Bennett's 6-yard touchdown run gave the Badgers a 21–20 lead, and eventually the ball game. References External links USA Today recap of game Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:UCLA Bruins football bowl games Category:Wisconsin Badgers football bowl games Category:December 2000 sports events in the United States Sun Bowl