2014 New Orleans Bowl

2014 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
14th New Orleans Bowl
Nevada Wolf Pack Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
(7–5) (8–4)
Mountain West Sun Belt
3 16
Head coach: 
Brian Polian		 Head coach: 
Mark Hudspeth
1234 Total
Nevada 0300 3
Louisiana–Lafayette 10006 16
DateDecember 20, 2014
Season2014
StadiumMercedes-Benz Superdome
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPLouisiana–Lafayette QB Terrance Broadway[1]
FavoriteNevada by 1.5[2]
National anthemMacKenzie Bourg[3]
RefereeGreg Blum[4] (MAC)
Attendance34,014[4]
PayoutUS$500,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersBob Wischusen, Mack Brown, & Kaylee Hartung (ESPN)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)[5]
New Orleans Bowl
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The 2014 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fourteenth annual New Orleans Bowl, it pitted the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference.[6] The game began at 10:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was the first of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Louisiana–Lafayette beat Nevada by a score of 16–3.

  1. ^ "UL Lafayette's QB won the most Mardi Gras MVP trophy of bowl season". FOX Sports. Fox Sports Interactive Media. December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Odds
  3. ^ Falcon, John (December 17, 2014). "MacKenzie Bourg Tapped To Sing National Anthem At New Orleans Bowl". 999ktdy.com. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Boxscore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Humes, Michael (December 10, 2014). "Inaugural College Football Playoff Highlights ESPN's 38-Game Post-Season Bowl Schedule". ESPN MediaZone. ESPN MediaZone. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  6. ^ "R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Announces 2014 Date and Time and Conference Affiliations". Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.