Pionner Las Vegas Bowl Current Information

The Pionner Las Vegas Bowl is a college football bowl game sanctioned by NCAA and being played every year since 1992. In fact, the game originated from the California Bowl, which was played from 1981 – 1991. One year later, the game was reorganized and relocated to Las Vegas, and thus changed its name for the Las Vegas Bowl.

Belonging to Division I-A, the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl features matchups of the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences. Previous conference tie-ins include MAC and Big West. The bowl game is normally played at Sam Boyd Stadium (with a seating capacity of 40,000) in Las Vegas. During its long history, the Pioneer Las Begas Bowl has changed several names; for example, ES Sports in 1999, the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl from 2001 to 2002, Pioneer Purevision Las Vegas Bowl in 2003-2006, and Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl up to now.

The latest matchup featured BYU and Oregon on December 2006, where BYU defeated Oregon with the devastating 38:8. The game ranked No. 1 among all 32 college postseason bowls for attendance (with 44,615 boisterous fans having witnessed the 15th annual Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl). The next matchup of the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl XVI Set for Dec. 22 2007.