2015 Miami Beach Bowl
MVP | Western Kentucky QB Brandon Doughty[1] |
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The 2015 Miami Beach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 21, 2015 at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. The second edition of the Miami Beach Bowl featured the champions from Conference USA, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.[4]
Teams
The game featured the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls. It was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with South Florida leading the series 4–2 before this game.[5] The last meeting between these two teams was in 2010, when the Bulls beat the Hilltoppers 24–12 in Tampa.
South Florida Bulls
Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Bulls had officially been invited to the game and accepted.[6]
This was the Bulls' seventh bowl game (they were previously 4–2 all-time in bowl games) and their first since winning the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl over Clemson by a score of 31–26. It was also the Bulls' first bowl game in Florida since winning the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl (said game's inaugural edition) over Memphis by a score of 41–14.
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Game summary
Scoring Summary
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Source: [3]
Statistics
Statistics[3] | WKU | USF |
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First downs | 27 | 28 |
Plays–yards | 79–612 | 79–597 |
Rushes–yards | 33–151 | 45–290 |
Passing yards | 461 | 307 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 32–46–2 | 15–34–0 |
Time of possession | 31:28 | 28:32 |
References
- ^ "MQA QB Brandon Doughty Wins MVP of the Miami Beach Bowl vs USF". mastrolequarterback.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2015
- ^ a b c d "2015 Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. USF Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- ^ http://miamibeachbowl.com/sports/2014/9/22/GEN_0922140857.aspx
- ^ http://www.winsipedia.com/south-florida/vs/western-kentucky
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (December 3, 2015). "South Florida staying in-state for bowl game". ESPN.Go.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2015.