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2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
Fresno State Bulldogs USC Trojans
(11–1) (9–4)
Mountain West Pac-12
20 45
Head coach: 
Tim DeRuyter		 Head coach: 
Clay Helton (interim)
AP
CoachesBCS
212020
AP
CoachesBCS
NRNR25
1234 Total
Fresno State 6077 20
USC 142137 45
DateDecember 21, 2013
Season
Sports USA Radio
AnnouncersRece 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

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

Fresno State Bulldogs

Main article: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Continuing their conference success from the

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

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

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
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
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Statistics

Statistics FRE USC
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

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

References

  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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