1995 Las Vegas Bowl
The 1995 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 14 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The fourth edition of the annual Las Vegas Bowl, the Thursday night game was a bowl rematch of the Toledo Rockets and Nevada Wolf Pack, who had played in Reno during the regular season. Toledo came into the game undefeated at 10–0–1, and Nevada had two losses.
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| Date | December 14, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Wasean Tait (RB, Toledo) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Toledo by 1 point | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Gatto | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 11,127 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$175,000 per team | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||
This was the first Division I-A game to go into overtime, as the overtime rule was adopted starting with the 1995 bowl season. It remains the only Las Vegas Bowl to go to overtime, with Toledo winning 40–37 and capping an undefeated season.
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