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2000 Las Vegas Bowl
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year_game_played | 2000 |
| game_name | Las Vegas Bowl |
| football_season | 2000 |
| image | Sam Boyd Stadium from the air July 2014.jpg |
| caption | Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, hosted the Las Vegas Bowl. |
| subheader | Las Vegas Bowl |
| visitor_name_short | Arkansas |
| visitor_nickname | Razorbacks |
| visitor_school | University of Arkansas |
| home_name_short | UNLV |
| home_nickname | Rebels |
| home_school | University of Nevada at Las Vegas |
| visitor_record | 6–5 |
| visitor_conference | SEC |
| home_record | 7–5 |
| home_conference | Mountain West |
| visitor_coach | Houston Nutt |
| home_coach | John Robinson |
| visitor_1q | 7 |
| visitor_2q | 7 |
| visitor_3q | 0 |
| visitor_4q | 0 |
| home_1q | 0 |
| home_2q | 14 |
| home_3q | 7 |
| home_4q | 10 |
| date_game_played | December 21 |
| stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium |
| city | Whitney, Nevada |
| referee | Gordon Riese (Pac-10) |
| payout | 800,000 per team |
| us_network | ESPN2 |
| us_announcers_link | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| us_announcers | Steve Levy, Todd Christensen, and Heather Cox |
The 2000 Las Vegas Bowl was the ninth edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Arkansas Razorbacks and the hometown UNLV Rebels.
Game summary
Arkansas scored first on a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Robby Hampton to wide receiver Rod Stinson for a 7-0 Razorback lead. In the second quarter, UNLV tied the score at 7, following a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jason Thomas to Nate Turner. Arkansas answered with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Hampton to Boo Williams, giving the Razorbacks a 14–7 lead. But with Thomas and Turner connecting for their second score, the game became a 14–14 tie at intermission.
In the third quarter, Jason Thomas notched his third passing touchdown of the game, a 54 yarder to Troy Mason, giving UNLV a 21–14 lead it wouldn't relinquish. In the fourth quarter, Dillon Pieffer kicked a 26-yard field goal to increase the Rebels lead to 24–14. Kevin Brown's 14 yard touchdown run made the final margin 31–14.
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20010124073300/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/11/26/bowlsked/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
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