Wyoming appeared in their first Las Vegas Bowl, and their first trip to a bowl game since appearing in the 1993 Copper Bowl. It was their 11th bowl appearance in program history. The win ended the Cowboys' six-game bowl losing streak. UCLA made its second trip to the Las Vegas bowl, their 26th trip to a bowl, and third consecutive bowl trip. The Bruins had defeated the New Mexico Lobos 27–13 in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl.
Wyoming upset UCLA, 24–21, on a 12–yard touchdown pass from Corey Bramlet to John Wadkowski with 57 seconds left in the game. The game was televised by ESPN.
UCLA wore their home blue uniforms, and Wyoming wore white visitor uniforms. MVP Corey Bramlet went 20–34 for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns. Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 126 yards on 26 carries for the Bruins. The Cowboys out gained the Bruins in yardage, 405 to 311.
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UCLA vs. Wyoming
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2004, vegas, bowl, 2004, pioneer, purevision, vegas, bowl, post, season, american, college, football, bowl, game, held, december, 2004, boyd, stadium, campus, university, nevada, vegas, part, 2004, ncaa, bowl, season, 13th, edition, vegas, bowl, game, featured. The 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was a post season American college football bowl game held on December 23 2004 at Sam Boyd Stadium on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas as a part of 2004 05 NCAA Bowl season It was the 13th edition of the Las Vegas Bowl The game featured the Wyoming Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference and the UCLA Bruins from the Pac 10 Conference The game marked the first meeting between the two programs 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas BowlUCLA blue on defense vs Wyoming white on offense Wyoming Cowboys UCLA Bruins 6 5 6 5 Mountain West Pac 1024 21Head coach Joe Glenn Head coach Karl Dorrell1234 TotalWyoming 100014 24UCLA 01470 21DateDecember 23 2004Season2004StadiumSam Boyd StadiumLocationWhitney NevadaMVPCorey Bramlet Wyoming 1 RefereeRocky Goode SEC 2 Attendance29 062 2 PayoutUS 750 000 per team 3 United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersRon Franklin Play by Play Mike Gottfried Analyst Erin Andrews Sidelines Las Vegas Bowl lt 2003 2005 gt Wyoming appeared in their first Las Vegas Bowl and their first trip to a bowl game since appearing in the 1993 Copper Bowl It was their 11th bowl appearance in program history The win ended the Cowboys six game bowl losing streak UCLA made its second trip to the Las Vegas bowl their 26th trip to a bowl and third consecutive bowl trip The Bruins had defeated the New Mexico Lobos 27 13 in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl Wyoming upset UCLA 24 21 on a 12 yard touchdown pass from Corey Bramlet to John Wadkowski with 57 seconds left in the game The game was televised by ESPN Contents 1 Game summary 1 1 Statistics 1 2 Scoring summary 2 References 3 External linksGame summary editUCLA wore their home blue uniforms and Wyoming wore white visitor uniforms MVP Corey Bramlet went 20 34 for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns Maurice Jones Drew rushed for 126 yards on 26 carries for the Bruins The Cowboys out gained the Bruins in yardage 405 to 311 Statistics edit Statistics Wyoming UCLA First Downs 19 19 Total offense plays yards 68 405 66 311 Rushes yards net 30 76 42 126 Passing yards net 329 185 Passes Comp Att Int 21 38 1 13 24 0 Time of Possession 30 11 29 49 Scoring summary edit Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Wyoming UCLA 1 5 57 6 73 3 31 Wyoming 39 yard field goal by Deric Yaussi 3 0 1 4 11 3 29 1 29 Wyoming Tyler Holden 10 yard touchdown reception from Corey Bramlet Deric Yaussi kick good 10 0 2 7 58 5 56 2 03 UCLA Junior Taylor 29 yard touchdown reception from Drew Olson Justin Medlock kick good 10 7 2 1 50 4 30 1 21 UCLA Craig Bragg 17 yard touchdown reception from David Koral Justin Medlock kick good 10 14 3 7 11 12 80 5 43 UCLA Craig Bragg 25 yard touchdown reception from David Koral Justin Medlock kick good 10 21 4 12 50 6 63 2 44 Wyoming J J Raterink 22 yard touchdown reception from Javon Bouknight Deric Yaussi kick good 17 21 4 0 57 10 72 3 05 Wyoming John Wadkowski 12 yard touchdown reception from Corey Bramlet Deric Yaussi kick good 24 21 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 24 21References edit MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Archived from the original on January 7 2012 Retrieved December 11 2011 a b Wyoming vs UCLA Bruins Dec 23 2004 UCLABruins com Archived from the original on September 15 2012 Retrieved December 11 2011 UCLA Archived from the original on May 11 2013 Retrieved December 21 2008 External links editUCLA vs Wyoming Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Las Vegas Bowl amp oldid 1171366866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
