2015 Bahamas Bowl

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2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Western Michigan Broncos
(7–5) (7–5)
Conference USA MAC
31 45
Head coach: 
Rick Stockstill		 Head coach: 
P. J. Fleck
1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 17 0 7 7 31
Western Michigan 17 0 7 21 45
Date December 24, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Thomas Robinson Stadium
Location Nassau, Bahamas
MVP Offensive: Western Michigan RB Jamauri Bogan[1]
Defensive: Western Michigan LB Grant DePalma[1]
Favorite Western Michigan by 2½[2]
Referee Brandon Cruse (Mtn. West)[3]
Attendance 13,123[3]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/RedVoice, LLC.
Announcers Steve Levy, Mack Brown, Mark May, & Kaylee Hartung (ESPN)
Brian Hanni & Rob Best (RedVoice)
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The 2015 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2015 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The second edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders of Conference USA against the Western Michigan Broncos of the Mid-American Conference. It began at noon EST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant chain, the game is officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.[4][5]

The game is best remembered as the Broncos' first bowl victory in school history.

Teams

The game featured the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders against the Western Michigan Broncos.

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

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See also: 2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Blue Raiders to play in the game, which they accepted.[6]

This was the Blue Raiders' seventh bowl game (they are now 3–4 all-time in bowl games thus far) and their first since the 2013 Armed Forces Bowl, where they lost to Navy by a score of 24–6. It was also their third bowl game against a MAC opponent; the Blue Raiders likewise lost both previous meetings, losing in the 2006 Motor City Bowl to Central Michigan by a score of 31–14 and in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl to the Miami (Ohio) by a score of 35–21.

Western Michigan Broncos

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See also: 2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team

After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Broncos to play in the game, which they accepted.[7]

This was the Broncos' seventh bowl game, where they once again sought their first bowl victory in school history, having previously had an 0–6 all-time record in bowl games. It was also the Broncos' second consecutive bowl appearance (following the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they lost to Air Force by a score of 38–24), marking the first time in school history the Broncos have been to back-to-back bowls. In addition, it was the second time the Broncos have faced an opponent from Conference USA in a bowl game, having previously lost the 2008 Texas Bowl to the Rice Owls by a score of 38–14.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP MT WMU
1 13:43 5 75 1:17 MT Richie James 46-yard touchdown run, Cody Clark kick good 7 0
1 12:43 3 71 1:00 WMU Jamauri Bogan 62-yard touchdown run, Andrew Haldeman kick good 7 7
1 11:04 5 75 1:39 MT Richie James 44-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Cody Clark kick good 14 7
1 3:23 6 28 2:32 WMU 47-yard field goal by Andrew Haldeman 14 10
1 1:04 6 69 2:19 MT 23-yard field goal by Cody Clark 17 10
1 0:03 2 85 1:01 WMU Corey Davis 80-yard touchdown reception from Zach Terrell, Andrew Haldeman kick good 17 17
3 12:03 6 69 2:57 WMU Jamauri Bogan 46-yard touchdown run, Andrew Haldeman kick good 17 24
3 0:18 2 32 0:28 MT Christian Collins 17-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Cody Clark kick good 24 24
4 12:47 5 75 2:31 WMU Daniel Braverman 68-yard touchdown reception from Zach Terrell, Andrew Haldeman kick good 24 31
4 9:41 6 70 3:06 MT Richie James 29-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Cody Clark kick good 31 31
4 6:12 6 82 3:29 WMU Jamauri Bogan 1-yard touchdown run, Andrew Haldeman kick good 31 38
4 5:00 2 4 0:47 WMU Jamauri Bogan 1-yard touchdown run, Andrew Haldeman kick good 31 45
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 31 45

Source: [3]


Statistics

Statistics[3] MT WMU
First downs 18 18
Plays–yards 65–442 68–613
Rushes–yards 26–115 41–282
Passing yards 327 331
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 26–39–1 19–27–1
Time of possession 25:12 34:48

References

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