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.
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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.
The game is a 5:25 p.m. Thursday kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
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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.
Randall Cunningham, Silverado High School’s football coach and a Las Vegas pastor, is the leading passer and punter in UNLV history.
Week 14 of the NFL season starts with a bang Thursday and continues with fireworks on Sunday and Monday.
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Boulder park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program’s history.
A man suspected of fatally shooting former National Football League player Joe McKnight in a road rage incident near New Orleans has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Week 13 of the NFL regular season wraps up tonight with the Indianapolis Colts visiting the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium for Monday Night Football.
LSU star running back Leonard Fournette announced Monday he will bypass his senior season and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.
The Colts (5-6) are 1½- to 2-point road favorites over the New York Jets (3-8) on Monday night. A division title is within reach for Indianapolis.
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.
Thomas Rawls ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, Tyler Lockett took a reverse 75 yards for a score to open the second half and Seattle routed Carolina.
BYU will play Mountain West Conference runner-up Wyoming in the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 21 in San Diego.
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