The 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the UCLA Bruins and the Wisconsin Badgers.

2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl
1234 Total
UCLA 10730 20
Wisconsin 7077 21
DateDecember 29, 2000
Season2000
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas
MVPFreddie Mitchell (UCLA)
RefereeAl Ford (SEC)
Attendance49,093[1]
PayoutUS$1,000,000 per team[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersVerne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge
Sun Bowl
 < 1999  2001

Wisconsin opened the scoring, after quarterback Brooks Bollinger threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lee Evans for an early 7–0 lead. UCLA responded when Cory Paus threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Mitchell to even the score at 7. UCLA's Chris Griffin added a 31-yard field goal to push UCLA's lead to 10–7.

In the second quarter, running back DeShaun Foster rushed 7 yards for a touchdown, to increase the lead to 17–7. In the third quarter, Chris Griffin kicked his second field goal of the game, a 25 yarder, to move the lead to 20–7. Brooks Bollinger later found wide receiver Chris Chambers for a 3-yard touchdown pass, cutting the lead to 20–14. Michael Bennett's 6-yard touchdown run gave the Badgers a 21–20 lead, and eventually the ball game.

References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 - UCLA Official Athletic Site". www.uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - 2000-01 college bowls schedule - Thursday January 04, 2001 01:07 AM". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
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