The 2015 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The tenth edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it was officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl.
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Date | December 29, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | NRG Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | LSU RB Leonard Fournette | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | LSU by 7[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Cody Johnson[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Land Clark (Pac-12)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 71,307[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, & Maria Taylor (ESPN) Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, & Shannon Spake (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
In 2023, this win was vacated due to an ineligible starter for LSU.[4]
Teams edit
LSU Tigers edit
Texas Tech Red Raiders edit
Game summary edit
Scoring summary edit
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† LSU's victory was vacated in 2023.
Statistics edit
Statistics[3] | LSU | TTU |
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First Downs | 23 | 22 |
Total offense, plays – yards | 62–638 | 82–399 |
Rushes-yards (net) | 40–384 | 26–29 |
Passing yards (net) | 254 | 370 |
Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 13–22–1 | 28–56–1 |
Time of Possession | 30:14 | 29:46 |
References edit
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- ^ SportsRadio 610 [@SportsRadio610] (December 30, 2015). "The National Anthem from @CodyJohnsonBand #TexasBowl10 @Brettdolan24 @PayneNFL @MikeMeltser" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d "2015 Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Texas Tech Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ Mandel, Stewart. "Vacated LSU wins leave Les Miles out of CFB Hall of Fame consideration". The Athletic. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
External links edit
- Game summary at ESPN