2001 Las Vegas Bowl

The 2001 Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Utah Utes and the USC Trojans.

2001 SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl
10th Las Vegas Bowl
Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, hosted the Las Vegas Bowl.
Utah Utes USC Trojans (7–4) (6–5) Mountain West Pac-10 10 6 Head coach:  Ron McBride Head coach:  Pete Carroll
1 2 3 4 Total Utah 7 3 0 0 10 USC 0 0 6 0 6
Date	December 25, 2001
Season	2001
Stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
Location	Whitney, Nevada
Referee	Jack Childress (ACC)
Attendance	30,894
Payout	US$800,000 per team[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute
Las Vegas Bowl  < 2000  2002 >

Game summary

The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter, with a 26-yard field goal from Ryan Kaneshiro. That would be their final score of the game. In the third quarter, USC's Sunny Byrd scored a touchdown from 2 yards out, but the extra point missed leaving the score 10–6. Utah held on to win the game over USC.