2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl

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2015 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl
6th Heart of Dallas Bowl
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Washington147101344
Southern Miss7107731
DateDecember 26, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Cotton Bowl
Location Fair Park
Dallas, Texas
MVP Myles Gaskin (RB, Washington) [1]
Favorite Washington by 8½ [2]
National anthem Monica Saldivar [3]
Referee Michael Roche [4] (American)
Attendance20,229 [4]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/RedVoice
Announcers Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, & Kayce Smith (ESPN)
Brian Estridge, Rob Best, John Denton, & Landry Burdine (RedVoice)
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The 2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The sixth edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl featured the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of Conference USA. It began at 1:20 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 chicken fast food restaurant Zaxby's, the game was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl. [5] Washington Huskies defeated the University of Southern Mississippi 44–31.

Contents

Teams

The game featured the Washington Huskies against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.

Washington Huskies

After finishing their regular season 6–6, bowl director Brant Ringler extended an invitation for the Huskies to play in the game, which they accepted. [6]

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

After finishing their season 9–4, Olivas extended an invitation for the Golden Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted as well. [7]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP WASHUSM
15:1612635:09WASH Myles Gaskin 2-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good70
13:334691:37USM Mike Thomas 56-yard touchdown reception from Nick Mullens, Stephen Brauchle kick good77
10:566752:37WASHMyles Gaskin 1-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good147
210:5613734:53USM22-yard field goal by Stephen Brauchle1410
29:025651:47WASH Jaydon Mickens 29-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good2110
21:158800:55USM Ito Smith 1-yard touchdown run, Stephen Brauchle kick good2117
38:2310564:09WASH24-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle2417
32:477572:43USMIto Smith 2-yard touchdown run, Stephen Brauchle kick good2424
32:261860:16WASHMyles Gaskin 86-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good3124
414:157212:17WASH21-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle3424
47:539744:51WASHMyles Gaskin 13-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good4124
45:228652:24USMMike Thomas 27-yard touchdown reception from Nick Mullens, Stephen Brauchle kick good4131
40:1310455:08WASH23-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle4431
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.4431

Source: [4]

Statistics

Statistics [4] WASHUSM
First downs2722
Plays–yards78–58069–375
Rushes–yards44–29630–22
Passing yards284353
Passing: Comp–Att–Int23–34–026–39–0
Time of possession34:2525:35

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