2014 Sun Bowl Explained

Game Name:Sun Bowl
Subheader:81st Sun Bowl
Title Sponsor:Hyundai
Date Game Played:December 27
Year Game Played:2014
Football Season:2014
Stadium:Sun Bowl
City:El Paso, Texas
Visitor School:Arizona State University
Visitor Name Short:Arizona State
Visitor Nickname:Sun Devils
Visitor Record:9–3
Visitor Conference:Pac-12
Visitor Rank Ap:15
Visitor Rank Coaches:16
Visitor Rank Cfp:15
Visitor Coach:Todd Graham
Visitor 1Q:10
Visitor 2Q:10
Visitor 3Q:10
Visitor 4Q:6
Home School:Duke
Home Name Short:Duke
Home Nickname:Blue Devils
Home Record:9–3
Home Conference:ACC
Home Coach:David Cutcliffe
Home 1Q:3
Home 2Q:14
Home 3Q:0
Home 4Q:14
Odds:Arizona State by 7.5[1]
Anthem:Karen Twitty[2]
Referee:Hubert Owens (SEC)
Halftime:Lonestar
Attendance:47,809
Payout:1.9 million per team
Us Network:CBS/Sports USA
Us Announcers:Carter Blackburn, Gary Danielson, & Allie LaForce (CBS)
Wayne Randazzo & Tony Graziani (Sports USA)

The 2014 Sun Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2014, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. In this 81st edition of the Sun Bowl, Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference met Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game started at 12:00 noon MST, and was televised on CBS and heard on the Sports USA Radio Network. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that will conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Hyundai Motor Company and was officially known as the Hyundai Sun Bowl.

Teams

See also: 2014 Pac-12 Conference football season and 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football season. Teams playing in this bowl were announced on December 7, 2014. This was the first meeting between these two teams.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics ASU Duke
First downs 22 21
Plays–yards 69–392 77–400
Rushes–yards 35–152 44–165
Passing yards 240 235
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 24–34–0 17–33–1
Time of possession 24:53 35:07

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/teams/team-page.cfm/team/arizona-state Odds
  2. Web site: 81st Hyundai Sun Bowl draws nearly 48,000 fans . Najera . Jerry . December 27, 2014 . kvia.com . December 28, 2014 . December 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228184042/http://www.kvia.com/news/81st-hyundai-sun-bowl-draws-nearly-48000-fans/30428744 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2014 Sun Bowl Game Stats. Stat Broadcast . December 27, 2014.