2006 Las Vegas Bowl
| 2006 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 15th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, hosted the Las Vegas Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 21, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jonny Harline (TE, BYU) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Nick Define (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,615 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,000,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Davie, Craig James, Brent Musburger, and Lisa Salters | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I post-season college football bowl game between the Brigham Young University Cougars and the Oregon Ducks. The game was played on December 22, 2006, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, where the bowl has been played since 1992. It was televised on ESPN.
Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), with organizers having first choice of bowl-eligible teams from the MWC, and the fourth or fifth choice (alternating annually) of bowl-eligible teams from the Pac-10.