2015 Military Bowl
The 2015 Military Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2015 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The eighth edition of the Military Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the hometown Navy Midshipmen of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, it was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.
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| presented by Northrop Grumman 8th Military Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Annapolis, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Navy by 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Betty Cantrell[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Joe Pester (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 36,352 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Beth Mowins, Rocky Boiman, & Jane Slater (ESPN) Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, & Mike Golic, Jr. (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
The game featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Navy Midshipmen.
Navy Midshipmen
On September 14, 2015, it was announced that Navy would play in the Military Bowl should they be bowl-eligible and not selected for one of the New Year's Six bowl games. After compiling a 9–2 record in their regular season and losing to Houston in their American Athletic Conference finale, the Midshipmen automatically qualified for the game.
This will be the Midshipmen's second Military Bowl, after the inaugural 2008 game (when it was known as the EagleBank Bowl) where they lost to Wake Forest by a score of 29–19.
Pittsburgh Panthers
The Panthers are heading to their eighth straight bowl game, the longest such streak in school history. First-year head coach Pat Narduzzi led the Panthers to an 8–4 record and a 2nd-place finish in the ACC Coastal division. Pittsburgh is 13–18 all-time in bowl games.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics | PITT | NAVY |
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| First Downs | 17 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 42–335 | 89–590 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 21–198 | 71–417 |
| Passing yards (net) | 137 | 173 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 13–21–3 | 10–18–0 |
| Time of Possession | 17:55 | 42:05 |
References
- Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- "Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell to perform national anthem presented by Fortinet". December 16, 2015.