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Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl the NCAA’S All-Time Rushing King BOWL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Las Vegas Bowl Committee 1 Las Vegas Bowl Quick Facts 1 Las Vegas Bowl Game Notes 2-4 Las Vegas Bowl Timeline 5 Las Vegas Bowl Contacts 6 Broadcast Information 7 Bowl Week Schedule of Events 8 2017 LAS VEGAS BOWL COMMITTEE Media Advisories 9-15 Gameday Timeline 16 Executive Director: Tim Herbst Media Guidelines 17 John Saccenti Derrick Hill Media Information 18-19 President: Patrick Hughes Media Parking Map 20 Rob Dondero Herb Hunter Stadium & Press Box Layout 21 2017 Game Chair: Steve Keith Boise State Coaching Staff 22 Kerry McGonical Jesse Leeds Boise State Numerical Roster 23 Rossi Ralenkotter, LVCVA Jim Livengood Oregon Coaching Staff 24 D.J. Allen Don Logan Oregon Numerical Roster 25 Branan Allison Jennifer Logan Tentative Depth Charts 26 Lawrence Barnard Michael Mack Pronunciation Guide 27 Tony Bonnici Napoleon McCallum Sam Boyd Stadium 28 Chad Brown Kerry McGonigal Las Vegas Bowl Hall of Fame 29-30 Kevin Camper Joe Micatrotto Jr. LAS VEGAS BOWL RECORD BOOK Jason Cheney Joe Murphy All-Time Results/Title Sponsors/MVPs 31 Rick Cox Brent Musburger Individual Records 32-34 John Dalrymple Tim O’Reilly Team Records 35-37 Julian Dugas Tony Renaud The Last Time... 38 Cliff Findlay Mike Rowland Game Recaps 39-63 Justin Findlay George Smith This is Las Vegas 64 Robby Findlay Steve Stallworth Michael Goldsmith Jeff Victor John Guedry Thomas Wagner Dan Hanneke Melissa Warren BOWL QUICK FACTS Date: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 Kickoff: 12:36 p.m. PST Matchup: Boise State (Mountain West) Oregon Ducks (Pac-12) Television: ABC & WatchESPN Radio: Sports USA Location: Las Vegas (Pop. 2 million/Elevation 2,100 feet) Facility: Sam Boyd Stadium (Opened 1971) Capacity: 38,500 for bowl game Surface: Artificial (SPRINTURF, installed 2015) Press Box Phone: (702) 895-1248 2016 Result: San Diego State 34, Houston 10 First Result: Bowling Green 35, Nevada 34 in 1992 LAS VEGAS BOWL Official Website: www.lvbowl.com ESPN EVENTS (702) 732-3912 Media Relations Mgr.: Mark Wallington (702) 528-6291 John Saccenti, Executive Director Media Hotel: Hard Rock Hotel (702) 693-5000 Melissa Meacham, Associate Manager Credential Pickup: Hard Rock Hotel in Room 30104 on Paulette Rutledge, Office Manager/Ticketing ground floor of the Paradise Tower. Robael Enyew, Events Coordinator Wednesday – 2:00-4:00 pm Casey Parisi, Operations Assistant Thursday – 3:00-6:00 & 10:00-11:00 pm Friday – 4:00-11:00 pm Mark Wallington, Manager of Media Relations Jeffrey Seals, Assistant Manager of Media Relations LAS VEGAS BOWL 2017 MEDIA GUIDE BOWL GAME NOTES THE TEAMS TICKETS Las Vegas Bowl XXVI will see the University of Oregon Public tickets to this year’s game range from $45-$120. (7-5 Overall/4-5 Pac-12 North Division) and conference champion No. 25 Boise State University (10-3/7-1 EIGHT SELLOUTS IN LAST 13 YEARS Mountain West Mountain Division) meet each other on Tickets sold out for the Las Vegas Bowl for six consecutive games (2005- the football field for only the third time on December 16 at 10) until that streak was halted in 2011 when 35,720 were in attendance. Sam Boyd Stadium. Another sellout in 2013 saw a crowd of 42,178 fans and the 2015 game made it eight sellouts in the last 13 years with the second-largest gathering THE MATCHUP in Las Vegas Bowl, stadium and state history (42,213). The 26th edition of the bowl features two teams that have combined for a 4-1 record in this game but are both making their ECONOMIC IMPACT first appearance in a while. It is also the first Pac-12 How important is having a highly attended college football game to the vs. Mountain West matchup in three years after ap- Southern Nevada area? In research courtesy of the Las Vegas Convention pearances by independent BYU in 2015 and at-large and Visitors Authority, the 2016 Bowl Week provided an estimated $15.4 pick Houston last year. Oregon, which has split its two million in economic impact courtesy of 15,900 out-of-town visitors. In its all-time trips to Las Vegas, is playing in the bowl un- first quarter-century of existence, the bowl attracted more than 495,000 der head coach Mario Cristobal. Boise State, mean- out-of-town visitors and pumped over $292 million into the local economy. while, is one of only two teams that are undefeated in the Las Vegas Bowl with multiple appearances (UNLV is the other at 2-0). RANKINGS The Broncos are 5-3 at Sam Boyd Stadium when you add in their games This will mark the 11th time in the last dozen years that the Las Vegas vs. the hometown Rebels. The Ducks and Broncos have played each other Bowl will feature at least one ranked team from the three major polls. Boise just twice before and Boise State took both ends of a home-and-home State now ties BYU for the most ranked appearances at the event with four. series in 2008 (37-32 in Eugene) and 2009 (19-8 in Idaho). Note: the CFP rankings replaced the BCS rankings in 2014. GAME, DATE & TIME RANKED TEAMS IN THE LAS VEGAS BOWL Kickoff is scheduled to take place at 12:36 p.m. PT (with a 5-minute TV YEAR TEAM AP COACHES CFP/BCS 2017 Boise State 25 25 25 slide possible) on Saturday, December 16, which is the earliest Las Vegas 2015 Utah 20 20 22 Bowl date since going on the 14th in 1995 when Toledo downed Nevada 2014 Utah 23 25 22 40-37 in the first overtime game in FBS history. This will mark the 11th Sat- 2013 Fresno State 21 20 20 urday kickoff in Las Vegas Bowl history and the sixth straight. It will also be 2013 USC RV RV 25 the 11th day game in the event’s history and the sixth straight. 2012 Boise State 20 15 19 2011 Boise State 8 6 7 26TH YEAR 2010 Boise State 10 10 10 2010 Utah 20 19 19 The Las Vegas Bowl turns 26 in 2017 and is currently the 16th-oldest bowl 2009 BYU 15 14 14 in existence. There are 30 defunct bowls that did not last as long as 20 2009 Oregon State 16 20 18 years, just one that did last at least that long and there are 23 current bowls 2008 BYU 16 17 16 that are younger than the Las Vegas Bowl. 2007 BYU 17 17 17 2006 BYU 19 20 20 HOME TEAM 1997 Air Force 21 23 N/A Using a rotating basis between the two partner conferences, Oregon (West 1995 Toledo 25 RV N/A Sideline and Locker Room) will serve as the home team while Boise State (East Sideline and Locker Room) will be the visiting team. CONFERENCE TIE-INS ESPN Events announced in summer of 2013 that it had extended its con- TELEVISION tract with both the Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences for an addition- Longtime ESPN personality and College GameDay host Rece Davis will al five years (2014-19). The game is scheduled each year to match the top handle play-by-play here for the third time in his career (2013, 2009) while selection/champion from the MW against the No. 6 choice from the Pac-12. Kirk Herbstreit, who is also the analyst for the Saturday Night Football se- Since 2000, the only times that a Pac-12 team has not played in the bowl ries on ABC, returns for his fourth Las Vegas Bowl but first came in 2010 and 2016 when the league did not qualify enough teams since doing three straight from 2010-12. Finally, the team’s and an at-large selection was used. Since the MW opened for business in field reporter will be Molly McGrath. She works ESPN Fri- 1999, the only time it has not supplied a team was 2015 when BYU made a day night games and will be on the sidelines for this bowl special contractual appearance and faced in-state rival Utah. for the first time. RADIO The game will also be broadcast on Sports USA’s national radio network. Colorado play-by-play announcer Mark Johnson makes his debut in the SBS booth while former college coach Gary Barnett will again serve as analyst. The 26th Edition www.lvbowl.com – 2 – LAS VEGAS BOWL 2017 MEDIA GUIDE BOWL GAME NOTES ESPN EVENTS HALL CALL The Las Vegas Bowl became the first The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame executive committee welcomed bowl game owned and operated by ESPN the Las Vegas Bowl, along with four individuals, in being inducted as the Events (formerly known as ESPN Regional Television) back in 2001 but Class of 2017 in a ceremony at the Orleans Arena June 2. The diverse that number has steadily grown and this year is at 13. The others: Acad- class included Overton Curtis, Butch Harmon, Floyd Mayweather and emy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (Houston); Bad Boy Mowers Gaspa- Sam Schmidt. Now 98-members strong, the Southern Nevada Sports Hall rilla Bowl (Florida); Bahamas Bowl (Nassau); Birmingham Bowl (Alabama); of Fame is a non-profit organization committed to recognizing the outstand- Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl (Florida); Famous Idaho Potato ing achievements by Southern Nevada athletes, both in the world of sports Bowl (Boise); DXL Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas); Gildan New Mexico Bowl and the local community. Proceeds from the event are donated to organi- (Albuquerque); Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Lockheed Martin Armed Forces zations committed to the support and enhancement of Southern Nevada Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, youth through active participation in programs designed to promote leader- Ala.); and Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth).
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