College football game
2015 Miami Beach Bowl |
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2nd Miami Beach Bowl |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Western Kentucky | 0 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 45 | South Florida | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | |
Date | December 21, 2015 |
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Season | 2015 |
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Stadium | Marlins Park |
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Location | Miami, Florida |
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MVP | Western Kentucky QB Brandon Doughty[1] |
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Favorite | W. Kentucky by 3½[2] |
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Referee | Greg Blum (MAC)[3] |
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Attendance | 21,712[3] |
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Payout | US$1,000,000[4] |
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United States TV coverage |
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Network | ESPN/Touchdown Radio |
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Announcers | Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN) Taylor Zarzour & Gino Torretta (Touchdown) |
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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.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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
Scoring summary |
Quarter | Time | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Plays | Yards | TOP | WKU | USF | 1 | 5:21 | 5 | 62 | 1:54 | USF | Quinton Flowers 12-yard touchdown run, Emilio Nadelman kick good | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12:18 | 5 | 47 | 2:03 | USF | Rodney Adams 34-yard touchdown run, Emilio Nadelman kick good | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6:17 | 2 | 66 | 0:38 | WKU | Anthony Wales 13-yard touchdown run, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0:00 | 7 | 34 | 1:06 | WKU | 39-yard field goal by Garrett Schwettman | 10 | 14 | 3 | 9:43 | 3 | 75 | 0:40 | WKU | Nicholas Norris 69-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Doughty, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7:46 | 3 | 67 | 1:01 | WKU | Nicholas Norris 55-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Doughty, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4:55 | 8 | 92 | 2:51 | USF | Tyre McCants 34-yard touchdown reception from D'Ernest Johnson, Emilio Nadelman kick good | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1:56 | 7 | 69 | 2:59 | WKU | Nacarius Fant 9-yard touchdown run, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 31 | 21 | 3 | 0:05 | 1 | 26 | 0:06 | WKU | Jared Dangerfield 26-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Doughty, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 38 | 21 | 4 | 14:53 | 2 | 82 | 0:12 | USF | Rodney Adams 53-yard touchdown reception from Quinton Flowers, Emilio Nadelman kick good | 38 | 28 | 4 | 11:00 | 6 | 75 | 2:09 | USF | Quinton Flowers 8-yard touchdown run, Emilio Nadelman kick good | 38 | 35 | 4 | 5:09 | 2 | 64 | 0:49 | WKU | Anthony Wales 42-yard touchdown run, Garrett Schwettman kick good | 45 | 35 | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 45 | 35 | |
Source: [3]
Statistics
Statistics[3] | WKU | USF |
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 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
WKU | Passing | Brandon Doughty | 32/44, 461 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Anthony Wales | 14 car, 105 yds, 2 TD |
Receiving | Nicholas Norris | 5 rec, 120 yds, 2 TD |
USF | Passing | Quinton Flowers | 14/32, 273 yds, 1 TD |
Rushing | Quinton Flowers | 16 car, 108 yds, 2 TD |
Receiving | Rodney Adams | 6 rec, 130 yds, 1 TD |
References
- ^ "MQA QB Brandon Doughty Wins MVP of the Miami Beach Bowl vs USF". mastrolequarterback.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2015
- ^ a b c d "2015 Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. USF Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ^ Bowl Game payout
- ^ "Miami Beach Bowl - FAQ". Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "Winsipedia - South Florida Bulls vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football series history".
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (December 3, 2015). "South Florida staying in-state for bowl game". ESPN.Go.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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- All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 23)
- NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 23)
- Senior Bowl (Jan. 30)
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South Florida Bulls bowl games |
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers bowl games |
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