2015 Cure Bowl

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2015 AutoNation Cure Bowl
1st Cure Bowl
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San Jose State01031427
Georgia State070916
DateDecember 19, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Orlando Citrus Bowl
Location Orlando, Florida
MVPSan Jose State QB Kenny Potter [1]
Favorite San Jose St. by 1 [2]
National anthem Girl Scouts of Citrus [ citation needed ]
Referee Steve LaMantia (C-USA) [3]
Attendance18,536 [3]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network CBSSN/iHeartRadio
Announcers Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, & Jenny Dell (CBSSN)
Paul Kennedy, Max Starks, & Jamie Seh (iHeartRadio)
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The 2015 Cure Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015 at Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The first edition of the Cure Bowl featured the San Jose State Spartans of the Mountain West Conference against the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference. It began at 7:00 p.m. EST and aired on CBS Sports Network. It was the one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl. [4]

Contents

Teams

The game featured the San Jose State Spartans against the Georgia State Panthers. It was the first overall meeting between the two schools. [5]

San Jose State Spartans

Because the Spartans finished 5–7 in their regular season, they would ordinarily be bowl-ineligible. However, only 77 teams finished at .500 or better on the season, leaving three bowl slots open to 5–7 teams based on their Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Spartans ranked fourth among such teams, after Nebraska and Missouri and together with Minnesota. However, since Missouri did not accept a bowl bid, the Spartans were invited to the Cure Bowl, which they accepted. [6]

This was the Spartans' tenth bowl game (with a 6–3 all-time record in bowl games) and their first since the 2012 Military Bowl, where they defeated Bowling Green by a score of 29–20.

Georgia State Panthers

After finishing 6–6 in their regular season, bowl director Alan Gooch extended an invitation for the Panthers to play in the game, which they accepted. [7]

This was the first bowl game in school history for Georgia State, seven years after football was approved, five years after they kicked off, and two years after joining the Football Bowl Subdivision. This ties the record for a team going from conception to a bowl berth, set the season prior by South Alabama.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP SJGSU
211:0514757:36SJ19-yard field goal by Austin Lopez30
28:56SJ Tyler Ervin 85-yard punt return for a touchdown, Austin Lopez kick good100
27:045871:52GSUDonovan Harden 38-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Wil Lutz kick good107
30:028333:20SJ19-yard field goal by Austin Lopez137
412:44431:16GSUTeam safety139
410:464361:58GSUTodd Boyd 19-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Wil Lutz kick good1316
49:153661:31SJKenny Potter 42-yard touchdown run, Austin Lopez kick good2016
42:4011495:10SJ Josh Oliver 1-yard touchdown reception from Kenny Potter, Austin Lopez kick good2716
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2716

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics [3] SJSUGSU
First downs2011
Plays–yards75–28653–231
Rushes–yards54–19720–23
Passing yards89208
Passing: Comp–Att–Int10–19–114–29–1
Time of possession38:1921:41
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
SJSUPassingKenny Potter10/19, 89 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Tyler Ervin 30 car, 132 yds
ReceivingJustin Holmes3 rec, 48 yds
GSUPassing Nick Arbuckle 14/29, 208 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
RushingGlenn Smith6 car, 22 yds
ReceivingAri Werts3 rec, 63 yds

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