| abstract | - The 2000 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl featured the UCLA Bruins, and the Wisconsin Badgers. Wisconsin opened the scoring, after quarterback Brooks Bollinger threw a 54 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lee Evans for an early 7-0 lead. UCLA responded when Cory Paus threw a 64 yard touchdown pass to Freddie Mitchell to even the score at 7. UCLA's Chris Griffin added a 31 yard field goal to push UCLA's lead to 10-7. In the second quarter, running back DeShaun Foster rushed 7 yards for a touchdown, to increase the lead to 17-7. In the third quarter, Chris Griffin kicked his second field goal of the game, a 25 yarder, to move the lead to 20-7. Brooks Bollinger later found wide receiver Chris Chambers for a 3 yard touchdown pass, cutting the lead to 20-14. Michael Bennett's 6 yard touchdown run gave the Badgers a 21-20 lead, and eventually the ball game.
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