2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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9th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 20, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | University Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Utah State QB Kent Myers[1] Defense: Utah State LB Zach Vigil[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Utah State by 10[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Charles Lewis[1] (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,725[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$456,250 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Mark Neely, David Diaz-Infante, & Kayce Smith (ESPN) Drew Goodman, Tom Ramsey, & Dave Shore (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2014 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The ninth annual New Mexico Bowl, it pitted the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference against the UTEP Miners of Conference USA.[3] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 12:20 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan Activewear, the game was officially known as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Utah State beat UTEP by a score of 21–6.