| Year Game Played: | 2001 |
| Title Sponsor: | SEGA Sports |
| Game Name: | Las Vegas Bowl |
| Subheader: | 10th Las Vegas Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2001 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Utah |
| Visitor Nickname: | Utes |
| Visitor School: | University of Utah |
| Home Name Short: | USC |
| Home Nickname: | Trojans |
| Home School: | University of Southern California |
| Visitor Record: | 7 - 4 |
| Visitor Conference: | Mountain West |
| Home Record: | 6 - 5 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Ron McBride |
| Home Coach: | Pete Carroll |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Date Game Played: | December 25 |
| Stadium: | Sam Boyd Stadium |
| City: | Whitney, Nevada |
| Referee: | Jack Childress (ACC) |
| Attendance: | 30,894 |
| Payout: | 800,000 per team[1] |
| Us Network: | ABC |
The 2001 Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Utah Utes and the USC Trojans.
The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter, with a 26-yard field goal from Ryan Kaneshiro. That would be their final score of the game. In the third quarter, USC's Sunny Byrd scored a touchdown from 2 yards out, but the extra point missed leaving the score 10–6. Utah held on to win the game over USC.