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1995 Las Vegas Bowl

DateDecember 14, 1995Season1995StadiumSam Boyd StadiumLocationWhitney, NevadaMVPWasean Tait (RB, Toledo)FavoriteToledo by 1 point RefereeJack GattoAttendance11,127PayoutUS$175,000 per teamUnited States TV coverageNetworkESPN

The 1995 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college footballbowl game played on December 14 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The fourth edition of the annual Las Vegas Bowl, the Thursday night game was a bowl rematch of the Toledo Rockets and Nevada Wolf Pack, who had played in Reno during the regular season. Toledo came into the game undefeated at 10–0–1, and Nevada had two losses.

This was the first Division I-A game to go into overtime, as the overtime rule was adopted starting with the 1995 bowl season. It remains the only Las Vegas Bowl to go to overtime, with Toledo winning 40–37 and capping an undefeated season.