2015 Belk Bowl

2015 Belk Bowl
14th Belk Bowl
NC State Wolfpack Mississippi State Bulldogs (7−5) (8−4) ACC SEC 28 51 Head coach:  Dave Doeren Head coach:  Dan Mullen
1 2 3 4 Total NC State 0 14 7 7 28 Mississippi State 14 17 6 14 51
Date	December 30, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Bank of America Stadium
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP	Dak Prescott (QB, Mississippi State)
Favorite	Miss. State by 5 [1]
Referee	Michael Batlan (Pac-12) [2]
Attendance	46,423 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Clay Matvick, John Congemi, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN) Taylor Zarzour, Charles Arbuckle, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 Belk Bowl a college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2015 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. ^[3] The fourteenth annual Belk Bowl, it matched the NC State Wolfpack and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The game started at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET and was nationally televised by ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 season. It was sponsored by Charlotte-based department store Belk.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ST MS 1 13:33 5 26 1:23 MS Fred Ross 14-yard touchdown reception from Dak Prescott, Westin Graves kick good 0 7 1 3:31 4 68 1:46 MS De'Runnya Wilson 28-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good 0 14 2 12:17 2 67 0:18 MS Fred Ross 33-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good 0 21 2 11:16 2 76 0:55 NCST Pharoah McKever 82-yard touchdown reception from Jacoby Brissett, Kyle Bambard kick good 7 21 2 6:43 4 57 1:07 NCST Jaylen Samuels 48-yard touchdown run, Kyle Bambard kick good 14 21 2 3:18 9 74 3:19 MS Justin Malone recovers fumble in the end zone for a touchdown, Westin Graves kick good 14 28 2 0:14 7 33 1:25 MS 39-yard field goal by Westin Graves 14 31 3 7:20 7 65 1:35 NCST Jacoby Brissett 3-yard touchdown run, Kyle Bambard kick good 21 31 3 1:16 15 74 5:58 MS Brandon Holloway 10-yard touchdown reception from Dak Prescott, Westin Graves kick failed 21 37 4 9:50 2 56 0:42 MS Brandon Holloway 55-yard touchdown reception from Dak Prescott, Westin Graves kick good 21 44 4 5:38 5 51 1:49 MS Aeris Williams 33-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good 21 51 4 0:45 17 65 4:45 NCST Jaylen Samuels 1-yard touchdown run, Kyle Bambard kick good 28 51 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 28 51

Source: ^[2]

Statistics

Statistics [2]	NCST	MSU
First downs	20	26
Total offense, plays – yards	79–424	77–569
Rushes-yards (net)	51–210	35–189
Passing yards (net)	214	380
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	12–28–2	25–42–1
Time of Possession	32:05	27:55

References

1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
2. "2015 Belk Bowl: NC State vs. Mississippi State Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
3. "Belk Bowl". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.