The 2001 Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of the annual
college football bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For most of its history, the Division I Bowl Subdivi ...
. It featured the
Utah Utes
The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' ...
and the
USC Trojans
The USC Trojans are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Southern California (USC), located in Los Angeles, California. While the men's teams are nicknamed the ''Trojans'', the women's athletic teams are referred ...
.
Game summary
The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by
Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter, with a 26-yard field goal from
Ryan Kaneshiro. That would be their final score of the game. In the third quarter, USC's
Sunny Byrd scored a touchdown from 2 yards out, but the extra point missed leaving the score 10–6. Utah held on to win the game over USC.
References
External links
Review of game by USA Today
Las Vegas Bowl
The Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA Division I FBS annual post-season college football bowl game held in the Las Vegas area. First played in 1992, the bowl was originally held at the 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada before moving to the ...
Las Vegas Bowl
Utah Utes football bowl games
USC Trojans football bowl games
Las
December 2001 sports events in the United States
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