2007 Las Vegas Bowl - Additional Notes

Additional Notes

• The Cougars avenged a 27-17 loss to UCLA in a game played on September 8 at the Bruins' home field, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
• UCLA left this bowl game without naming a permanent head coach for the 2008 season; Karl Dorrell had been fired on December 4. Rumored candidates as of December 24 included Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Rick Neuheisel, Temple head coach Al Golden, and Walker. Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti and Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow had withdrawn their names from consideration.
• The Las Vegas Bowl was an advance sellout for the fifth year in a row.
• The Cougars ended the season with a 10 game winning streak, which after Hawaii's lose to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl became the longest winning streak in the country.
• UCLA later selected a former teammate of Dorrell, Rick Neuheisel, as his successor. DeWayne Walker was retained as the defensive coordinator.
• The UCLA Bruins under Neuheisel and BYU Cougars would meet again in the 2008 regular season at BYU, where the Cougars would defeat the Bruins 59-0. This was the worst loss the Bruins endured since a 76-0 defeat in the very first UCLA-USC rivalry football game (in the year 1929).