2015 Quick Lane Bowl
The 2015 Quick Lane Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference and the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference played on December 28, 2015, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second edition of the Quick Lane Bowl. The game began at 5:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN2.
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| 2nd Quick Lane Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Minnesota QB Mitch Leidner[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Minnesota by 5½[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dan Romeo (Big XII)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,217[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 Quick Lane Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, & Kayce Smith (ESPN2) Don Chiodo, Brock Gutierrez, & Jim Costa (Quick Lane Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
Although Minnesota finished with a below .500 record, they were allowed to participate in a bowl game after only 77 teams qualified for 80 available bowl spots. Minnesota was selected as one of three 5–7 teams to fill the final bowl spots due to their APR scores.[4]
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics[3] | CMU | MINN |
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| First Downs | 17 | 21 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 58–249 | 69–381 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 28–104 | 39–158 |
| Passing yards (net) | 145 | 223 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 15–30–1 | 24–30–1 |
| Time of Possession | 24:31 | 35:29 |
References
- "Minnesota Golden Gophers beat Central Michigan in Quick Lane Bowl, Mitch Leidner is MVP". Fox Sports. December 28, 2015.
- Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- "2015 Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- "Nebraska, Minnesota, San Jose St. taking 5-7 records to bowl". Yahoo Sports. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
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