2015 Pinstripe Bowl

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2015 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
6th Pinstripe Bowl
Indiana Hoosiers Duke Blue Devils
(6–6)(7–5)
Big Ten ACC
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Head coach: 
Kevin Wilson 		Head coach: 
David Cutcliffe
1234OTTotal
Indiana0171410041
Duke1071014344
DateDecember 26, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Yankee Stadium
Location Bronx, New York
MVPThomas Sirk (QB–Duke)
Shaun Wilson (RB–Duke)
Favorite Indiana by 2 [1]
Referee Chris Coyte (Pac-12)
Attendance37,218
Payout US$2,000,000 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network ABC/ESPN Radio
Announcers Rece Davis, Danny Kanell, Joey Galloway, & Paul Carcaterra (ESPN)
Kevin Winter, Greg Buttle, & CJ Papa (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The sixth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference against the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It began at 3:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. [3] This bowl marked Duke's first bowl victory in 54 years. Although Duke had reached 4 consecutive bowl games, they had lost the previous three.

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This is the most recent Pinstripe Bowl victory by an ACC team.

Teams

The game featured the Indiana Hoosiers against the Duke Blue Devils.

Indiana Hoosiers

After finishing their season 6–6, Holtzman extended an invitation for the Hoosiers to play in the game, which they accepted as well. [4]

This was the Hoosiers' tenth bowl game (they were 3–6 in bowl games previously) and their first since the 2007 Insight Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma State by a score of 49–33. The Hoosiers sought their first bowl victory since the 1991 Copper Bowl (where they shut out Baylor 24–0).

Duke Blue Devils

After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Mark Holtzman extended an invitation for the Blue Devils to play in the game, which they accepted. [5]

This was the Blue Devils' twelfth bowl game (they were previously 3–8 in bowl games) and their fourth consecutive bowl game (their longest-and only-bowl streak in school history), where they sought their first bowl victory in 54 years (their last bowl win was when they beat Arkansas in the 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of 7–6). It was also the Blue Devils' second bowl game against an opponent from the Big Ten; their first was the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl, where they lost to Wisconsin by a score of 34–20.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP INDDU
19:4813454:15DU52-yard field goal by Ross Martin 03
11:161850:14DUShaun Wilson 85-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good010
26:5610783:25INDLuke Timian 27-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld, Griffin Oakes kick good710
21:256532:00IND Devine Redding 17-yard touchdown run, Griffin Oakes kick good1410
21:002730:25DUThomas Sirk 73-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good1417
20:037490:57IND45-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes1717
311:0010594:00DU34-yard field goal by Ross Martin1720
37:118593:49INDNick Westbrook 3-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld, Griffin Oakes kick good2420
35:253190:54DUBraxton Deaver 10-yard touchdown reception from Thomas Sirk, Ross Martin kick good2427
31:206651:52INDAlex Rodriguez 10-yard touchdown run, Griffin Oakes kick good3127
411:127431:42IND27-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes3427
410:55–––DUShaun Wilson kickoff return for 98 yards, Ross Martin kick good3434
44:035822:04INDMitchell Paige 25-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld, Griffin Oakes kick good4134
40:4113783:22DUThomas Sirk 5-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good4141
OT–47–DU36-yard field goal by Ross Martin4144
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.4144

Statistics

StatisticsINDDUKE
First downs3323
Plays–yards99–66786–536
Rushes–yards47–28146–382
Passing yards389163
Passing: Comp–Att–Int28–51–217–40–3
Time of possession31:2728:33

References

  1. ↑ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. ↑ "College Bowl Game Payouts". Statistic Brain Research Institute. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Duke, Indiana To Play in New Era Pinstripe Bowl". Pinstripe Bowl. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Indiana Accepts Bid to Play In New Era Pinstripe Bowl". IUHoosiers.com. Indiana University. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Duke Bound for New Era Pinstripe Bowl". GoDuke.com. Duke University. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
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