The Sports Almanac

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl Bowl



ARIZONA WILDCATS CURRENT LAS VEGAS BOWL CHAMPIONS


Through the 2008 Bowl
*--Toledo Rockets declared winners of 1984 Bowl Game as UNLV used
ineligible players earlier in the season

YEAR
WINNER
LOSER
SCORE
1981
Toledo Rockets
San Jose State Spartans
27-25
1982
Fresno State Bulldogs
Bowling Green Falcons
29-28
1983
Northern Illinois Huskies
Cal State Fullerton Titans
20-13
1984
UNLV Running Rebels
Toledo Rockets*
30-13
1985
Fresno State Bulldogs
Bowling Green Falcons
51-7
1986
San Jose State Spartans
Miami RedHawks
37-7
1987
Eastern Michigan Eagles
San Jose State Spartans
30-27
1988
Fresno State Bulldogs
Western Michigan Broncos
35-30
1989
Fresno State Bulldogs
Ball State Cardinals
27-6
1990
San Jose State Spartans
Central Michigan Chippewas
48-24
1991
Bowling Green Eagles
Fresno State Bulldogs
28-21
1992
Bowling Green Eagles
Nevada Wolf Pack
35-34
1993
Utah State Aggies
Ball State Cardinals
42-33
1994
UNLV Running Rebels
Central Michigan Chippewas
52-24
1995
Toledo Rockets
Nevada Wolf Pack
40-37 OT
1996
Nevada Wolf Pack
Ball State Cardinals
18-15
1997
Oregon Ducks
Air Force Fighting Falcons
41-13
1998
North Carolina Tar Heels
San Diego State Aztecs
20-13
1999
Utah Utes
Fresno State Bulldogs
17-16
2000
UNLV Running Rebels
Arkansas Razorbacks
31-14
2001
Utah Utes
USC Trojans
10-6
2002
UCLA Bruins
New Mexico Lobos
27-13
2003
Oregon State Beavers
New Mexico Lobos
55-14
2004
Wyoming Cowboys
UCLA Bruins
24-21
2005
California Golden Bears
BYU Cougars
35-28
2006
BYU Cougars
Oregon Ducks
38-8
2007
BYU Cougars
UCLA Bruins
17-16
2008
Arizona Wildcats
BYU Cougars
31-21
1981-1991 California Bowl
1992-1998 Las Vegas Bowl
1999 EA Sports Las Vegas Bowl
2001-2002 Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl
2003-2006 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl