2015 Music City Bowl

The 2015 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 18th edition of the Music City Bowl began at approximately 6:00 p.m. CST and was broadcast nationally by ESPN. It featured the Louisville Cardinals from the ACC, and the Texas A&M Aggies from the SEC. It was one of the final 2015–16 bowl games of the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and is officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

2015 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
18th Music City Bowl
1234 Total
Texas A&M 7707 21
Louisville 20070 27
DateDecember 30, 2015
Season2015
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
MVPLamar Jackson
FavoriteTexas A&M by 2½[1]
National anthemCorrin Campbell and Danny Gokey
RefereeAlan Eck (Big XII)[2]
Attendance50,478[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)

Teams

The game is the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with Texas A&M leading the series 3–0 going into the game. The last time these two teams met was in 1994 with Texas A&M beating Louisville with the score of 26–10. This is the first time the two teams have met as members of the SEC and ACC; their last meeting came when Texas A&M was a member of the Southwest Conference and Louisville was an independent.

Louisville Cardinals

Texas A&M Aggies

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TAMU LOU
1 11:56 5 80 1:51 LOU Lamar Jackson 6-yard touchdown run, John Wallace kick good 0 7
1 5:22 4 21 1:19 LOU Micky Crum 2-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jackson, John Wallace kick fail 0 13
1 2:25 8 70 2:50 TAMU Tra Carson 9-yard touchdown run, Taylor Bertolet kick good 7 13
1 1:14 3 82 1:07 LOU Lamar Jackson 61-yard touchdown run, John Wallace kick good 7 20
2 1:51 8 97 3:54 TAMU Ricky Seals-Jones 4-yard touchdown reception from Jake Hubenak, Taylor Bertolet kick good 14 20
3 3:01 7 73 2:54 LOU Keith Towbridge 17-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jackson, John Wallace kick good 14 27
4 4:54 8 86 2:11 TAMU Christian Kirk 29-yard touchdown reception from Jake Hubenak, Taylor Bertolet kick good 21 27
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 21 27

Source:[2]

Statistics

Statistics[2]TAMULOU
First downs2521
Plays–yards87–44572–534
Rushes–yards39–13846–307
Passing yards307227
Passing: Comp–Att–Int28–48–112–26–0
Time of possession30:5329:07

References

  1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. "2015 Music City Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Louisville Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
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