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2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)

2014 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
43rd Fiesta Bowl
UCF Knights Baylor Bears
(11–1) (11–1)
The American Big 12
52 42
Head coach: 
George O'Leary		 Head coach: 
Art Briles
APCoachesBCS
151515
APCoachesBCS
656
1234 Total
UCF 1414717 52
Baylor 713814 42
DateJanuary 1, 2014
Season2013
StadiumUniversity of Phoenix Stadium
LocationGlendale, Arizona
MVPOffensive: Blake Bortles (QB – UCF)
Defensive: Terrance Plummer (LB – UCF)
FavoriteBaylor by 16½[1]
RefereeTom Ritter (SEC)
Halftime showBands from participants
Attendance65,172 [2]
PayoutUS$24 million[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN, ESPN Deportes
AnnouncersESPN:
Nielsen ratings6.6 (11.2 Million viewers)
Fiesta Bowl
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The 2014 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. In this, the 43rd annual Fiesta Bowl, the Baylor Bears, champions of the Big 12 Conference, played the UCF Knights, champions of the American Athletic Conference. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 6:30 PM MST. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Tostitos snack food brand and was officially known as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

UCF defeated Baylor by a score of 52–42,[4] becoming the biggest underdog victors in BCS history. Baylor had gone into the game as a 16.5 point favorite. UCF was flagged for just 4 penalties totaling 40 yards.

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2013
  2. ^ "2014 Fiesta Bowl: Baylor vs. UCF". State Broadcast. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "American dream: UCF, others eye unlikely, unprecedented BCS berth".
  4. ^ "UCF vs. Baylor - Team Statistics - January 1, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com.

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