2015 Las Vegas Bowl

2015 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
2015 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
Holy War in Sin City; 24th Las Vegas Bowl
BYU Cougars	Utah Utes
(9–3)	(9–3)
Independent	Pac-12
28	35
Head coach: ; Bronco Mendenhall	Head coach: ; Kyle Whittingham
Date	December 19, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
Location	Whitney, Nevada
MVP	Utah DB Tevin Carter
Favorite	Utah by 2
Referee	Mark Kluczynski (MAC)
Attendance	42,213
Payout	US$1,350,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC; Sports USA
Announcers	Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor (ABC); Mike Morgan, Gary Barnett, Jonathan Von Tobel (Sports USA)
Las Vegas Bowl
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The 2015 Las Vegas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015, at Sam Boyd Stadium in the Las Vegas suburb of Whitney, Nevada. The 24th edition of the Las Vegas Bowl featured the BYU Cougars against the Utah Utes, earning the game the moniker the Holy War in Sin City (named for the "Holy War" rivalry game and the "Sin City" nickname for Las Vegas). The game sold out 24 hours after the matchup was announced. It began at 12:30 p.m. PST and aired on ABC. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by lubricant manufacturer Royal Purple, it was officially known as the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl.^[4]

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