A second straight 11-win season saw BYU football earn a third consecutive postseason trip to Las Vegas in 2007.
Despite winning the Mountain West Conference with an 8-0 record, BYU would face UCLA in a regular season rematch.
Earlier, the then-No. 13 Bruins handed BYU one of its two losses, 27-17 at the Rose Bowl.
BYU jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the second quarter thanks to a 14-yard touchdown pass from Max Hall to Austin Collie.
Another Hall touchdown, this time a 13-yard completion to Michael Reed with 1:08 to play in the first half, put BYU up 17-6.