2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (January)

2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl
presented by PlainsCapital Bank
1234 Total
UNLV 7007 14
North Texas 70722 36
DateJanuary 1, 2014
Season2013
StadiumCotton Bowl
LocationFair Park
Dallas, Texas
MVPDerek Thompson (QB, North Texas)[1]
FavoriteN. Texas by 6½[2]
RefereeRon Snodgrass (MAC)
Attendance38,380[3]
PayoutUS$1.1 million
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPNU & Nevada Sports Network
AnnouncersClay 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
Heart of Dallas Bowl
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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.

North Texas defeated UNLV by a score of 36–14.[1] 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.[4] This was the fifth all-time meeting between the two teams, and the first victory of the series for North Texas.

  1. ^ a b "Derek Thompson sparks North Texas to first bowl win since 2002". AP. January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2013
  3. ^ "2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl: UNLV vs. North Texas". State Broadcast. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "North Texas To Play In Heart of Dallas Bowl On New Year's Day". University of North Texas. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.