The 2013 Sun Bowl was an American

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that was played on December 31, 2013, at

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. In this 80th edition of the

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, the

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of the

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met the

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of the

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.Virginia Tech, UCLA to Meet at 80th Hyundai Sun Bowl
Sunbowl.org, December 8, 2013 The game started at 12:00 noon MST, and was televised on

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and heard on the

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. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the

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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

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

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(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

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, who has 105 tackles (64 solo, 41 assisted), lead the defense.

Virginia Tech

For the Hokies, quarterback

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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

Statistics

References

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