2013 Las Vegas Bowl

College football game

2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

| Fresno State Bulldogs | USC Trojans

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(11–1) | (9–4)
Mountain West | Pac-12
20 | 45
Head coach:
Tim DeRuyter | Head coach:
Clay Helton (interim)
| AP| Coaches| BCS

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21| 20| 20
| AP| Coaches| BCS

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NR| NR| 25
|  | 1| 2| 3| 4 | Total

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Fresno State | 6| 0| 7| 7 | 20
USC | 14| 21| 3| 7 | 45
Date| December 21, 2013
Season| 2013
Stadium| Sam Boyd Stadium
Location| Whitney, Nevada
Favorite| USC by 6[1]
Referee| Tracy Jones (American)
Attendance| 42,178[2]
Payout| US$1 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network| ABC/Sports USA Radio
Announcers| Rece Davis (Play-by-Play)
Jesse Palmer (Analyst)
David Pollack (Analyst)
Samantha Ponder (Sideline)
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The 2013 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. The 22nd annual Las Vegas Bowl, it featured the Mountain West Conference champion Fresno State Bulldogs against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference.[3] The game started at 12:30 p.m. PST[4] and aired on ABC and Sports USA Radio. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Sponsored by motor oil manufacturer Royal Purple, the game was officially known as the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. The Trojans won by a score of 45–20.

## Teams

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### Fresno State Bulldogs

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Main article: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Continuing their conference success from the previous season which saw them finish 7–1 and sharing their conference title with Boise State, the Bulldogs did even better in the 2013 season. Already having won the Mountain West Conference's West Division championship, the Bulldogs went on to win the first Mountain West Conference Championship Game, defeating Utah State by a score of 24–17, advancing to the Las Vegas Bowl by virtue of their victory.[5]

This will be the Bulldogs' second Las Vegas Bowl; they had previously made the bowl in 1999, losing to the Utah Utes by a last-second field goal for a score of 17–16.

### USC Trojans

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Main article: 2013 USC Trojans football team

The season was tumultuous by USC standards, having seen head coach Lane Kiffin fired five games into the season, and then interim head coach Ed Orgeron resigning at season's end (Clay Helton will serve as interim coach for the bowl game while Steve Sarkisian takes over for the 2014 season). Nonetheless, the Trojans still managed a 6–3 conference and 9–4 overall record (tied with the rival UCLA Bruins for second in the Pac-12 South Division), leading them to the Las Vegas Bowl at season's end.

This will be USC's second Las Vegas Bowl; they had previously made the bowl in 2001, losing to future conference foe the Utah Utes by a score of 10–6.

## Game summary

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### Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | Fresno State  | USC
1  | 8:54  | 12  | 65  | 6:06  | USC  | Marqise Lee 10-yard touchdown reception from Cody Kessler, Andre Heidari kick good  | 0  | 7
1  | 8:33  | 3  | 33  | 0:21  | FRES  | Isaiah Burse 8-yard touchdown reception from Derek Carr, Colin McGuire kick no good (blocked)  | 6  | 7
1  | 6:22  | 5  | 65  | 2:11  | USC  | Nelson Agholor 40-yard touchdown reception from Kessler, Heidari kick good  | 6  | 14
2  | 9:05  | 9  | 65  | 5:19  | USC  | Agholor 17-yard touchdown reception from Kessler, Heidari kick good  | 6  | 21
2  | 7:27  | 2  | 30  | 0:47  | USC  | Javorius Allen 24-yard touchdown run, Heidari kick good  | 6  | 28
2  | 0:37  | 6  | 88  | 3:41  | USC  | Lee 40-yard touchdown reception from Kessler, Heidari kick good  | 6  | 35
3  | 11:42  | 6  | 37  | 1:54  | FRES  | Davante Adams 23-yard touchdown reception from Carr, McGuire kick good  | 13  | 35
3  | 6:44  | 10  | 48  | 4:58  | USC  | 39-yard field goal by Heidari  | 13  | 38
4  | 14:40  | 3  | 1  | 0:28  | FRES  | Interception returned 41 yards for touchdown by Derron Smith, McGuire kick good  | 20  | 38
4  | 4:44  | 12  | 80  | 7:14  | USC  | Allen 1-yard touchdown run, Heidari kick good  | 20  | 45
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 20  | 45

### Statistics

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Statistics | FRE | USC

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First Downs | 14 | 23
Total offense, plays – yards | 61–254 | 75–487
Rushes-yards (net) | 6–37 | 45–143
Passing yards (net) | 217 | 344
Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 30–55–1 | 22–30–1
Time of Possession | 18:33 | 38:47

## Notes

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* Each school was allotted 11,000 tickets
* Cody Kessler was named the MVP in the game

## References

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1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2013
2. ^ Las Vegas Bowl Box Score
3. ^ Royal Purple Announced as Bowl Game’s Title Sponsor, Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, September 25, 2013
4. ^ "Home". lvbowl.com.
5. ^ "Fresno State Accepts Bid To 2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl". Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

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