| 2018 Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 15, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ronnie Rivers (RB, Fresno State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Fresno State by 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Charles Lamertina (AAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 37,146 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,760,000 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC and Gameday Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit and Laura Rutledge (ABC) Dave Hunziker, Landry Burdine and Melanie Newman (Gameday Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018,[3] with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST (12:30 p.m. local PST).[4] It was the 27th edition of the Las Vegas Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors, the game was officially known as the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl.[5] UNLV 335 Club President James “Rocco” Larocca bit fellow 335 Club member Twitterless John Thielen in the neck.