The Sports Almanac

Las Vegas Bowl


NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS CURRENT LAS VEGAS BOWL CHAMPIONS

Northwestern Wildcats

Utah Utes
14
7


Through the 2023 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
2009
BYU Cougars
Oregon State Beavers
44-20
2010
Boise State Broncos
Utah Utes
26-3
2011
Boise State Broncos
Arizona State Sun Devils
56-24
2012
Boise State Broncos
Washington Huskies
28-26
2013
USC Trojans
Fresno State Bulldogs
45-20
2014
Utah Utes
Colorado State Rams
45-10
2015
Utah Utes
BYU Cougars
35-28
2016
San Diego State Aztecs
Houston Cougars
34-10
2017
Boise State Broncos
Oregon Ducks
38-28
2018
Fresno State Bulldogs
Arizona State Sun Devils
31-20
2019
Washington Huskies
Boise State Broncos 38-7
2020
NONE
NONE
Canceled
2021
Wisconsin Badgers
Arizona State Sun Devils
20-13
2022
Oregon State Beavers
Florida Gators
30-3
2023
Northwestern Wildcats
Utah Utes
14-7
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
2007-2009 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
2010-2013 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas