Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State Battles No. 18 Virginia in MPC Computers Bowl
12/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 14, 2004
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2004 MPC Computers Bowl
Fresno State (8-3, 5-3 WAC) vs. Virginia (8-3, 5-3 ACC)
- Date: Monday, Dec. 27
- Time: 11 a.m.
- Location: Boise, Idaho; Bronco Stadium (30,000)
- TV: ESPN (Pam Ward, Mike Tomczak, Dave Ryan)
- Radio: KMJ AM 580 (Bill Woodward, Mark Barsotti, Ron Shapley)
- Spanish Radio: KOOR AM 790 (Jess Gonzales, Sam Sosa)
- Live Stats/Audio: www.gobulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State will make its sixth consecutive bowl appearance, and 19th overall, on Dec. 27 when it takes on 18th-ranked Virginia at 11 a.m. PT in the MPC Computers Bowl at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
The Bulldogs (8-3, 5-3 WAC) finished the regular season on the best roll in program history, winning their last five while averaging 56 points per game and becoming just the sixth team in NCAA history to rack up 50-plus points in four games in a row. The Cavaliers (8-3, 5-3 ACC) were ranked as high as sixth at one point this year and enter the bowl as Fresno State's first ranked postseason opponent since No. 17 Colorado in the 1993 Jeep Aloha Bowl.
The MPC Computers Bowl will be televised nationally by ESPN, the Bulldogs' fifth national TV game of the season.
The Bulldogs are 10-8 all-time in bowl games, including victories in the last two, both over BCS Conference-affiliated competition. This year's contest will mark Fresno State's sixth consecutive appearance in a bowl, the longest streak among schools in the western United States. The Bulldogs have played a BCS team in a bowl four years in a row, making them the only non-BCS school to do so. Fresno State's current bowl streak spans the 1999 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2000-03 Silicon Valley Football Classics. Last year, the Bulldogs knocked off UCLA 17-9, and in 2002 defeated Georgia Tech 30-21.
The MPC Computers Bowl will be the first ever matchup between the Bulldogs and Cavaliers. In fact, Fresno State has never played a team from the state of Virginia until this bowl game.
