2015 Miami Beach Bowl

2015 Miami Beach Bowl
2015 Miami Beach Bowl
2nd Miami Beach Bowl
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	South Florida Bulls
(11–2)	(8–4)
C-USA	The American
45	35
Head coach: ; Jeff Brohm	Head coach: ; Willie Taggart
	AP
	25
Date	December 21, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Marlins Park
Location	Miami, Florida
MVP	Western Kentucky QB Brandon Doughty
Favorite	W. Kentucky by 3½
Referee	Greg Blum (MAC)
Attendance	21,712
Payout	US$1,000,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/Touchdown Radio
Announcers	Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN); Taylor Zarzour & Gino Torretta (Touchdown)
Miami Beach Bowl
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DateDecember 21, 2015

Season2015

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]

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

v t e 2015–16 NCAA football bowl game season
New Mexico (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 19) Camellia (Dec. 19) Cure (Dec. 19) New Orleans (Dec. 19) Miami Beach (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Boca Raton (Dec. 22) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) GoDaddy (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 24) Hawaii (Dec. 24) St. Petersburg (Dec. 26) Sun (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Pinstripe (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 26) Foster Farms (Dec. 26) Military (Dec. 28) Quick Lane (Dec. 28) Armed Forces (Dec. 29) Russell Athletic (Dec. 29) Arizona (Dec. 29) Texas (Dec. 29) Birmingham (Dec. 30) Belk (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) TaxSlayer (Jan. 2) Liberty (Jan. 2) Alamo (Jan. 2) Cactus (Jan. 2)
College Football Playoff games: Orange (semifinal) (Dec. 31) Cotton (semifinal) (Dec. 31) National Championship Game (Jan. 11)
All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 23) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 23) Senior Bowl (Jan. 30)

South Florida Bulls