1994 Las Vegas Bowl

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1994 Las Vegas Bowl

| Central Michigan Chippewas | UNLV Rebels

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(9–2) | (6–5)
MAC | Big West
24 | 52
Head coach:
Dick Flynn | Head coach:
Jeff Horton
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Central Michigan | 10| 0| 0| 14 | 24
UNLV | 14| 17| 14| 7 | 52
Date| December 15, 1994
Season| 1994
Stadium| Sam Boyd Stadium
Location| Whitney, Nevada
MVP| Henry Bailey
Attendance| 17,562
|  Las Vegas Bowl

< 1993 |  1995 >

The 1994 Las Vegas Bowl featured the UNLV Rebels and the Central Michigan Chippewas in a bowl rematch of a regular season game between the two teams.

## Background

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Central Michigan was in its first year under Dick Flynn, who lead them to a Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship. UNLV tied for second in the Big West Conference as they were making their second bowl game in ten years under first-year head coach Jeff Horton. This was a rematch of an earlier matchup the two teams had earlier in the season, which Central Michigan won, 35–23 at home.

## Game summary

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Henry Bailey had four touchdowns on the day for UNLV, three rushing and one passing, with 7 rushes for 79 yards and 5 catches for 101 yards to help win the game for UNLV, who had a 31–10 lead at halftime and led 52–10 after UNLV scored for the last time early in the fourth quarter. Ten touchdowns were scored on the day, seven by UNLV. Central Michigan had more turnovers (4) than touchdowns (3).[1]

## Aftermath

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Flynn was fired in 1999 after five non-bowl seasons. The Chippewas didn't reach a bowl game again until 2006, the same year they won their next MAC title.

Horton was fired before UNLV would reach another bowl game, which they did under John Robinson, in 2000.

## Statistics

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Statistics | CMU | UNLV

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First Downs | 22 | 26
Yards Rushing | 152 | 301
Yards Passing | 224 | 288
Total Yards | 376 | 589
Fumbles-Lost | 5-2 | 3-1
Interceptions | 2 | 0
Penalties-Yards | 6-50 | 8-89
Time of Possession | 36:34 | 23:26

## References

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1. ^ "CMUCHIPPEWAS.COM 1994 Las Vegas Bowl - Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

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