The Rebels rebounded from a 7–4 year in 1983 to win the Pacific Coast Athletic Association title with a perfect conference record, with their only losses being to Hawaii and SMU. This was UNLV's first ever bowl game appearance. The Rockets started the season 5–0–1, with victories over four conference opponents and a tie at Ohio. A loss to Kent State was their only conference loss, as they finished the season with three straight conference wins (and a loss against independent Temple) to win the Mid-American Conference for the second time in four seasons.
Randall Cunningham went 18-of-28 for two touchdowns, one interception and one touchdown run. UNLV had 127 rushing yards, 270 passing yards, and 77 return yards. Toledo had 203 rushing yards, 137 passing yards, and 96 return yards. UNLV turned it over three times, while Toledo turned it over once.[1]
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After the game, it was found that UNLV had used ineligible players during the season. Despite the fact that they were not used in the bowl game, the school forfeited the win, though the NCAA does not recognize the forfeit. Because of this, both teams treat it as a victory in a technical sense. Toledo was given the trophy from the game, though when the two teams met years later, the trophy was evidently lost. Both teams underwent bowl droughts after this game, with the Rebels not going to a bowl game again until 1994 and the Rockets not going to a bowl game until 1995. Both teams won their games, which both took place in the Las Vegas Bowl, the successor to the California Bowl.
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1984, california, bowl, american, college, football, bowl, game, played, december, 1984, bulldog, stadium, fresno, california, game, pitted, unlv, rebels, toledo, rockets, toledo, rockets, unlv, rebels, 30head, coach, simrell, head, coach, harvey, hyde1234, to. The 1984 California Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 15 1984 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno California The game pitted the UNLV Rebels and the Toledo Rockets 1984 California BowlToledo Rockets UNLV Rebels 8 2 1 10 2 13 30Head coach Dan Simrell Head coach Harvey Hyde1234 TotalToledo 3370 13UNLV 76170 30DateDecember 15 1984Season1984StadiumBulldog StadiumLocationFresno CaliforniaRefereeJoe Thomas SWC Attendance21 741United States TV coverageNetworkESPNCalifornia Bowl lt 1983 1985 gt Contents 1 Background 2 Game summary 3 Aftermath 4 ReferencesBackground editThe Rebels rebounded from a 7 4 year in 1983 to win the Pacific Coast Athletic Association title with a perfect conference record with their only losses being to Hawaii and SMU This was UNLV s first ever bowl game appearance The Rockets started the season 5 0 1 with victories over four conference opponents and a tie at Ohio A loss to Kent State was their only conference loss as they finished the season with three straight conference wins and a loss against independent Temple to win the Mid American Conference for the second time in four seasons Game summary editUNLV Gladney 19 yard touchdown pass from Randall Cunningham Joey DiGiovanna kick 11 29 Toledo 22 yard field goal by Walker 4 20 UNLV Kirk Jones 7 yard touchdown pass from Cunningham kick failed 9 40 Toledo 36 yard field goal by Walker 0 03 UNLV 44 yard field goal by Joey DiGiovanna 8 55 Toledo Bill Foure 38 yard touchdown pass from A J Sager Walker kick 5 29 UNLV Ickey Woods 16 yard touchdown run DiGiovanna kick 4 14 UNLV Randall Cunningham 10 yard touchdown run DiGiovanna kick 1 10 Randall Cunningham went 18 of 28 for two touchdowns one interception and one touchdown run UNLV had 127 rushing yards 270 passing yards and 77 return yards Toledo had 203 rushing yards 137 passing yards and 96 return yards UNLV turned it over three times while Toledo turned it over once 1 Aftermath editAfter the game it was found that UNLV had used ineligible players during the season Despite the fact that they were not used in the bowl game the school forfeited the win though the NCAA does not recognize the forfeit Because of this both teams treat it as a victory in a technical sense Toledo was given the trophy from the game though when the two teams met years later the trophy was evidently lost Both teams underwent bowl droughts after this game with the Rebels not going to a bowl game again until 1994 and the Rockets not going to a bowl game until 1995 Both teams won their games which both took place in the Las Vegas Bowl the successor to the California Bowl References edit UNLV Rebels Record Book PDF Archived from the original PDF on December 30 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 California Bowl amp oldid 1170944498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
