The 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the UCLA Bruins and the Wisconsin Badgers.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 - UCLA Official Athletic Site". www.uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - 2000-01 college bowls schedule - Thursday January 04, 2001 01:07 AM". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2008.

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