2000 Sun Bowl
The 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the UCLA Bruins and the Wisconsin Badgers.
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| Date | December 29, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Freddie Mitchell (UCLA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 49,093[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,000,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge | ||||||||||||||||||
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.