2013 Sun Bowl

The 2013 Sun Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2013, at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. In this 80th edition of the Sun Bowl, the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference met the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[3] 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 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Hyundai Motor Company and was officially known as the Hyundai Sun Bowl. UCLA defeated Virginia Tech 42-12 for the Sun Bowl Championship.

Teams

UCLA finished the regular season with a record of 9–3 (6–3 Pac-12). Virginia Tech was 8–4 (5–3 ACC).

UCLA

Main article: 2013 UCLA Bruins football team

The UCLA Bruins finished the season tied for second place in the South Division of Pac-12 Conference. They missed going to the Pac-12 championship game for the third time in a row when they lost the November 23, 2013 game to Arizona State. This is the fourth appearance in the Sun Bowl for UCLA.

Offensively, the team is led in rushing by Brett Hundley (150 carries for 587 yards, 3.91 avg., 9 TDs) and Paul Perkins (126 carries for 570 yards, 4.52 avg., 5 TDs), Hundley in passing (232 of 342 for 2,845 yards, 22 TDs, 9 INTs), and Shaquelle Evans in receiving (43 catches for 617 yards, 14.35 avg., 8 TDs). Anthony Barr, who has 10 sacks for 66 sack yards, and Eric Kendricks, who has 105 tackles (64 solo, 41 assisted), lead the defense.

Virginia Tech

Main article: 2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

For the Hokies, quarterback Logan Thomas has completed 224 of 391 passes for 2,861 yards for 16 touchdowns with 13 interceptions, third in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. Trey Edmunds ran 166 times for 675 yards (4.07 avg.) and 10 touchdowns. Receiving the passes is Willie Byrn, who has caught 49 passes for 635 yards (12.96 avg.) for 2 touchdowns along with Demitri Knowles, who has 43 receptions for 619 yards (14.4 avg.) for 3 touchdowns. A. J. Hughes is second in the ACC in punting, averaging 44.5 yards in 69 punts. Jack Tyler has 93 tackles (32 solo), while Luther Maddy had 6 solo sacks and James Gayle with 5.5 sacks in 12 games.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Virginia Tech	UCLA
1	13:26	4	74	1:34	UCLA	Brett Hundley 7-yard touchdown run, Ka'imi Fairbairn kick good	0	7
1	8:14	6	74	2:19	VT	J. C. Coleman 1-yard touchdown run, Michael Branthover kick good	7	7
2	9:17	2	90	0:34	UCLA	Hundley 86-yard touchdown run, Fairbairn kick good	7	14
3	3:53	4	8	1:32	VT	22-yard field goal by Branthover	10	14
4	14:20	12	85	4:33	UCLA	Paul Perkins 5-yard touchdown run, Fairbairn kick good	10	21
4	13:22	3	5	0:58	UCLA	Interception returned 24 yards for touchdown by Myles Jack, Fairbairn kick good	10	28
4	9:38	4	-4	1:49	VT	Sean Covington rush for a loss of 3 yards for a SAFETY.	12	28
4	7:31	2	10	1:02	UCLA	Thomas Duarte 8-yard touchdown reception from Hundley, Fairbairn kick good	12	35
4	5:49	2	74	0:27	UCLA	Shaquelle Evans 59-yard touchdown reception from Hundley, Fairbairn kick good	12	42
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							12	42

Statistics

Statistics	Virginia Tech	UCLA
First Downs	16	22
Total offense, plays – yards	74–321	64–452
Rushes-yards (net)	38–145	36–197
Passing yards (net)	176	255
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	15–36–2	17–28–0
Time of Possession	35:03	24:47

References

↑ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2013
↑ "2013 Sun Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. UCLA". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
↑ Virginia Tech, UCLA to Meet at 80th Hyundai Sun Bowl, Sunbowl.org, December 8, 2013

2013–14 NCAA football bowl game season

New Mexico (Dec. 21) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 21) Beef 'O' Brady's (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Little Caesars Pizza (Dec. 26) Poinsettia (Dec. 26) Military (Dec. 27) Texas (Dec. 27) Fight Hunger (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 28) Belk (Dec. 28) Russell Athletic (Dec. 28) Buffalo Wild Wings (Dec. 28) Armed Forces (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) AdvoCare V100 (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 31) Gator (Jan. 1) Heart of Dallas (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 3) BBVA Compass (Jan. 4) GoDaddy (Jan. 5)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 6)

All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 18) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 18) Senior Bowl (Jan. 25)

Sun Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Jones Stadium Kidd Field Sun Bowl Broadcasters Pac-12 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Sun Bowl in January and December in 1958 and 1977. There was no Sun Bowl in 1976.

UCLA Bruins bowl games

Virginia Tech Hokies bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

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