The 2025 Las Vegas Bowl will match a Big Ten school against a current or former member of the Pac-12. The game will be televised by ESPN.
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Las Vegas Bowl news and weekly projections for the game to be played on December 31, 2025 at Allegiant Stadium.
Quarterback Jayden Maiava, who played at Liberty High School and UNLV, led USC back from a 17-point deficit against Texas A&M on Friday in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Former UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava returned to Allegiant Stadium and led a game-winning touchdown drive for USC on Friday night in the Las Vegas Bowl.
If the College Football Playoff eventually expands, Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti sees his game as a perfect destination.
The Aggies are consensus 3-point favorites over the Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl on Friday night at Allegiant Stadium, while the total is 53½.
Utah State’s Anthony Calvillo torched Ball State with 286 passing yards and three touchdowns and was named MVP of the second ever Las Vegas Bowl in 1993.
Wyoming scored a touchdown with 57 seconds left to complete a comeback against UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl. It was Wyoming’s first bowl victory in 38 years.
There aren’t many better opening scenes than a player (Donnel Pumphrey of San Diego State) returning home needing 108 rushing yards against the country’s No. 2 run defense to become the NCAA’s all-time leader.
Future NFL star Troy Polamalu posted a bowl-record 20 tackles in a losing effort against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas Day 2001.
The local bowl announced its inaugural class for the Las Vegas Bowl Hall of Fame in 2011 to help commemorate reaching the 20-year milestone.
BYU made the final of its five consecutive Las Vegas Bowl appearances. The Cougars crushed Oregon State 44-20 in 2009.
Washington running back Bishop Sankey became the only player from a losing team to win the Rossi Ralenkotter MVP Trophy in 2012.
Unusual season in college football has Las Vegas Bowl director John Saccenti crossing state lines in snowy weather to nail down opponents.
Heisman Trophy finalist Kellen Moore led No. 10 Boise State to a 26-3 win over No. 19 Utah on Dec. 22, 2010, before the second biggest crowd in the event’s history (41,923).
Walter Payton, the all-time NFL great known as “Sweetness,” gave a stirring speech the day before the Las Vegas Bowl in 1997.
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The 2025 Las Vegas Bowl will match a Big Ten school against a current or former member of the Pac-12. The game will be televised by ESPN.
Former UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava, who transferred to USC this year, will lead the Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on Friday.
Teams from the Big Ten and SEC will meet in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 27 at Allegiant Stadium.
UNLV athletic director Erick Harper is speaking Sunday at the Fertitta Football Complex after football coach Barry Odom left to take over at Purdue.
