2008 Las Vegas Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2008

| title_sponsor = Pioneer

| game_name = Las Vegas Bowl

| image = LVBowl Logo.jpg

| caption = Las Vegas Bowl logo

| football_season = 2008

| visitor_name_short = BYU

| visitor_nickname = Cougars

| visitor_school = Brigham Young University

| home_name_short = Arizona

| home_nickname = Wildcats

| home_school = University of Arizona

| visitor_record = 10–2

| visitor_conference = Mountain West

| home_record = 7–5

| home_conference = Pac-10

| visitor_coach = Bronco Mendenhall

| home_coach = Mike Stoops

| visitor_rank_AP = 17

| visitor_rank_coaches = 16

| visitor_rank_BCS = 16

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 7

| visitor_3q = 7

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 3

| home_3q = 14

| home_4q = 7

| date_game_played = December 20

| stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium

| city = Whitney, Nevada

| MVP = QB Willie Tuitama, Arizona

| anthem = David Hasselhoff[http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/946701.html Kansas City] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}

| referee = Jeff Flanagan (ACC)

| attendance = 40,047{{Cite web |url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272150,00.html |title=BYU football: Reed ends Cougar career with statement game |website=Deseret News |access-date=2008-12-22 |archive-date=2008-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221192045/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272150,00.html |url-status=dead }}

| payout = 1,000,000 per team{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 |title = SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists |access-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 |archive-date=December 19, 2008}}

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

| ratings = 2.2

| different_next = 2009

}}

The 2008 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game between the BYU Cougars (third place overall in the Mountain West Conference) and the Arizona Wildcats (fifth pick from the Pacific-10 Conference). The game was played on December 20, 2008, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat off campus Sam Boyd Stadium of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.{{cite web |url=http://www.lvbowl.com/media.php?id=37 |title=BYU and Arizona to meet in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl XVII |access-date=December 7, 2008 |date=December 7, 2008 |work=lvbowl.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210233528/http://www.lvbowl.com/media.php?id=37 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

The Wildcats stunned the 16th ranked Cougars in the coldest Las Vegas Bowl in history, 31–21. It was televised on ESPN. The announcers were Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge with the sideline reporting by Holly Rowe. Starting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from Mountain West and the Pac-10.