2015 Quick Lane Bowl
2nd Quick Lane Bowl
Central Michigan Chippewas Minnesota Golden Gophers
(7–5) (5–7)
MAC Big Ten
14 21
Head coach: 
John Bonamego		 Head coach: 
Tracy Claeys
(interim)
1234 Total
Central Michigan 0707 14
Minnesota 3738 21
DateDecember 28, 2015
Season2015
StadiumFord Field
LocationDetroit, Michigan
MVPMinnesota QB Mitch Leidner[1]
FavoriteMinnesota by 5½[2]
RefereeDan Romeo (Big XII)[3]
Attendance34,217[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
Quick Lane Radio
AnnouncersDave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, & Kayce Smith (ESPN2)
Don Chiodo, Brock Gutierrez, & Jim Costa (Quick Lane Radio)
Quick Lane Bowl
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The 2015 Quick Lane Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between Central Michigan of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Minnesota of the Big Ten Conference played on December 28, 2015, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second edition of the Quick Lane Bowl. The game began at 5:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN2.

Teams

Main articles: 2015 Central Michigan Chippewas football team and 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Although Minnesota finished with a below .500 record, they were allowed to participate in a bowl game after only 77 teams qualified for 80 available bowl spots. Minnesota was selected as one of three 5–7 teams to fill the final bowl spots due to their Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.[4]

See also: Bowl eligibility § Bowl teams with losing records

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP CMU MINN
1 10:11 9 70 4:49 MINN 22-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso 0 3
2 14:55 15 82 6:29 CMU Cooper Rush 1-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good 7 3
2 12:43 6 75 2:12 MINN K. J. Maye 11-yard touchdown reception from Mitch Leidner, Ryan Santoso kick good 7 10
3 8:30 9 64 4:58 MINN 42-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso 7 13
4 11:08 4 56 1:50 CMU Romello Ross 13-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good 14 13
4 4:26 13 74 6:36 MINN Mitch Leidner 13-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass from Mitch Leidner to K. J. Maye good 14 21
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 21

[3]

Statistics

Statistics[3] CMU MINN
First Downs 17 21
Total offense, plays – yards 58–249 69–381
Rushes-yards (net) 28–104 39–158
Passing yards (net) 145 223
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 15–30–1 24–30–1
Time of Possession 24:31 35:29

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers beat Central Michigan in Quick Lane Bowl, Mitch Leidner is MVP". Fox Sports. December 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  3. ^ a b c d "2015 Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nebraska, Minnesota, San Jose St. taking 5-7 records to bowl". Yahoo Sports. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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