The 20th Las Vegas Bowl between Boise State and Arizona State was filled with big plays.
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North Carolina became the first and only team from the Atlantic Coast Conference to play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 19, 1998.
The Las Vegas Bowl is six days from announcing its 2016 matchup. And bowl director John Saccenti says it’s a mystery to him who the opponents will be.
After falling short in the inaugural Las Vegas Bowl, UNR returned to Sam Boyd Stadium three years later.
The Las Vegas Bowl in 1999 featured the first bowl meeting between the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West.
New Mexico placekicker Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1-A game when she attempted an extra point against UCLA during the Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas Day 2002.
Brigham Young, the first Mountain West champion to play in the Las Vegas Bowl, rolled past Oregon 38-8 on Dec. 21, 2006.
Sam Boyd Stadium was filled with snow after a winter storm hit the day before Las Vegas Bowl XVII.
To celebrate the Las Vegas Bowl’s 25-year milestone, the Review-Journal will rank the top 25 moments in Las Vegas Bowl history. We’ll relive one moment per day until game day on Dec. 17 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
John Saccenti traveled to Pac-12 headquarters in San Francisco this week to discuss the business aspect of the Las Vegas Bowl.
John Saccenti, the Las Vegas Bowl executive director, is in Laramie, Wyoming, for Saturday’s Mountain West game between Wyoming and No. 13 Boise State.
John Saccenti has an idea of what teams will be in the mix for the Las Vegas Bowl with the local game less than two months away.
The Las Vegas Bowl announced Thursday that former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, broadcaster Brent Musburger and founder Rob Dondero were inducted as the event’s second hall of fame class.
Steven Jackson, who played high school football in Las Vegas, scored five touchdowns against New Mexico in the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl en route to an outstanding NFL career.
The new website design on lvbowl.com comes in advance of this year’s game, which will be played on Dec. 17, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium
You could say the Las Vegas Bowl is lucky to be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but the executive director of the local bowl, John Saccenti, wouldn’t call it luck.
Here are capsule previews for all 12 MW teams, which are listed in the order of predicted finish in the preseason media poll.
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