2015 GoDaddy Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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17th GoDaddy Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Georgia Southern QB Favian Upshaw[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Bowling Green by 7½[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Scott Campbell (Mtn. West)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,656[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN/Nevada Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 GoDaddy Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2015, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The 17th edition of the GoDaddy Bowl featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the Georgia Southern Eagles of the Sun Belt Conference. Kickoff was at 7:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy.[7]
The game's match up consisted of Bowling Green Falcons against the Georgia Southern Eagles. This was the first head-to-head matchup between the two schools.[8]
This was the first bowl game in school history for Georgia Southern, in their second season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Sun Belt Conference and their first season of bowl eligibility.[9]
See also: 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team |
This was the third appearance in the GoDaddy bowl for the Falcons, with the other two appearances coming in 2004 and 2008.[10]
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Georgia Southern | 9 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 58 |
Bowling Green | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
at Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL
Game information |
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Statistics | Georgia Southern | Bowling Green |
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First downs | 26 | 15 |
Plays–yards | 534 | 362 |
Rushes–yards | 68-452-7 | 29–116-1 |
Passing yards | 82 | 246 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 4–8–0 | 15–34–0 |
Time of possession | 40:39 | 19:21 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Georgia Southern | Passing | Kevin Ellison | 3/5, 65 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Favian Upshaw | 12 carries, 199 yards, 4 TDS | |
Receiving | Montay Crockett | 1 reception, 31 yards, 1 TD | |
Bowling Green | Passing | Matt Johnson | 15/34, 246 yards, 3 TDS |
Rushing | Travis Greene | 10 carries, 79 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Ronnie Moore | 5 receptions, 83 yards, 1 TD |
Georgia Southern's Favian Upshaw claimed Most Valuable Player honors. Teammates' Wesley Fields, Matt Dobson and Nardo Govan won offensive, special teams and defensive MVP. [13]