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 Texas A&M Aggies from the SEC, and the Louisville Cardinals from the ACC. 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.
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| 18th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Lamar Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas A&M by 2½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Corrin Campbell and Danny Gokey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Alan Eck (Big XII)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,478[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom 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.
Texas A&M Aggies
Louisville Cardinals
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics[2] | TAMU | LOU |
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| First downs | 25 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 87–445 | 72–534 |
| Rushes–yards | 39–138 | 46–307 |
| Passing yards | 307 | 227 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 28–48–1 | 12–26–0 |
| Time of possession | 30:53 | 29:07 |
References
- Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- "2015 Music City Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Louisville Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.