2015 Armed Forces Bowl (December)

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2015 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
13th Armed Forces Bowl
1234Total
California142117355
Air Force7148736
DateDecember 29, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
Location Fort Worth, Texas
MVP Jared Goff (Cal-QB)
Karson Roberts (AF-QB)
Favorite California by 7½ [1]
Referee Matt Loeffler (SEC) [2]
Attendance38,915 [2]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/RedVoice LLC
Announcers Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti, & Allison Williams (ESPN)
Brian Estridge, John Denton, Rob Best, & Landry Burdine (RedVoice)
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The 2015 Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The 13th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the California Golden Bears of the Pac-12 Conference against the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference. It began at 2:03 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, it was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. [3]

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Teams

The game featured the California Golden Bears against the Air Force Falcons. It was a rematch of the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl (the first for both teams), which saw California defeat Air Force by a score of 42–36.

California Golden Bears

After finishing their regular season 7–5, the Golden Bears accepted their invitation to play in the game. [4]

This was the Golden Bears' second Armed Forces Bowl.

Air Force Falcons

After finishing their regular season 8–5, the Falcons accepted their invitation to play in the game. [5]

This was the Falcons' fifth Armed Forces Bowl, giving them the new record for most appearances in the game. Their overall record in the Armed Forces Bowl is 1–3; in addition to their aforementioned loss to California in the 2007 game, they also lost the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl to Houston 34–28, won the 2009 Armed Forces Bowl over Houston 47–20, and lost the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl to Rice 33–14.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP CALAF
18:3311686:27AFJacobi Owens 1-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good07
15:467652:47CALVic Enwere 1-yard touchdown run, Matt Anderson kick good77
10:022470:27CAL Bryce Treggs 30-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good147
212:395592:23AFTyler Williams 16-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good1414
27:377812:01CAL Darius Powe 5-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good2114
27:161240:08CAL Kenny Lawler 24-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good2814
23:0410644:03AFKarson Roberts 1-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good2821
22:003780:57CALKenny Lawler 14-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good3521
311:049763:49CALDarius Powe 12-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good4221
32:4410683:41CAL29-yard field goal by Matt Anderson4521
31:303691:05AFTimothy McVey 57-yard touchdown reception from Karson Roberts, 2-point pass from Karson Roberts to Jacobi Owens good4529
30:173611:04CALKenny Lawler 25-yard touchdown reception from Jared Goff, Matt Anderson kick good5229
49:147522:00AFJale Robinette 15-yard touchdown reception from Karson Roberts, Luke Strebel kick good5236
41:1314537:54CAL30-yard field goal by Matt Anderson5536
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.5536

[2]

Statistics

Statistics [2] CALAF
First Downs2723
Total offense, plays – yards71–58668–434
Rushes-yards (net)34–11953–285
Passing yards (net)467149
Passes, Comp-Att-Int25–37–07–15–1
Time of Possession28:5331:07

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