2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (January)
The 2014 January Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2014, at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The fourth edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl, it featured the UNLV Rebels of the Mountain West Conference against the North Texas Mean Green of Conference USA. The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPNU. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by PlainsCapital Bank and was officially known as the Heart of Dallas Bowl Presented by PlainsCapital Bank.
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| Date | January 1, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fair Park Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Derek Thompson (QB, North Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | N. Texas by 6½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Snodgrass (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,380 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.1 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPNU & Nevada Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sidelines)- ESPNU Brian Estridge (play-by-play), John Denton, Rob Best (analysts), and Landry Burdine (sidelines)- RedVoice LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
North Texas defeated UNLV by a score of 36–14. It was their first bowl win since 2002.
UNLV finished the regular season with a record of 7–5 (5–3 MWC), tied for third place in the Mountain West Conference West Division. North Texas had a record of 8–4 (6–2 C-USA) and were tied for second place in the Conference USA West Division. This was the fifth all-time meeting between the two teams, and the first victory of the series for North Texas.