2015 Quick Lane Bowl

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2015 Quick Lane Bowl
2nd Quick Lane Bowl
Central Michigan Chippewas Minnesota Golden Gophers
(7–5)(5–7)
MAC Big Ten
1421
Head coach: 
John Bonamego 		Head coach: 
Tracy Claeys
(interim)
1234Total
Central Michigan070714
Minnesota373821
DateDecember 28, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Ford Field
Location Detroit, Michigan
MVPMinnesota QB Mitch Leidner [1]
Favorite Minnesota by 5½ [2]
Referee Dan Romeo (Big XII) [3]
Attendance34,217 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN2
Quick Lane Radio
Announcers Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, & Kayce Smith (ESPN2)
Don Chiodo, Brock Gutierrez, & Jim Costa (Quick Lane Radio)
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The 2015 Quick Lane Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between Central Michigan of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Minnesota of the Big Ten Conference played on December 28, 2015, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second edition of the Quick Lane Bowl. The game began at 5:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN2.

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Teams

Although Minnesota finished with a below .500 record, they were allowed to participate in a bowl game after only 77 teams qualified for 80 available bowl spots. Minnesota was selected as one of three 5–7 teams to fill the final bowl spots due to their Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. [4]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP CMUMINN
110:119704:49MINN22-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso 03
214:5515826:29CMU Cooper Rush 1-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good73
212:436752:12MINN K. J. Maye 11-yard touchdown reception from Mitch Leidner, Ryan Santoso kick good710
38:309644:58MINN42-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso713
411:084561:50CMURomello Ross 13-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good1413
44:2613746:36MINNMitch Leidner 13-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass from Mitch Leidner to K. J. Maye good1421
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.1421

[3]

Statistics

Statistics [3] CMUMINN
First downs1721
Total offense, plays – yards58–24969–381
Rushes-yards (net)28–10439–158
Passing yards (net)145223
Passes, Comp-Att-Int15–30–124–30–1
Time of Possession24:3135:29

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Golden Gophers beat Central Michigan in Quick Lane Bowl, Mitch Leidner is MVP". Fox Sports . December 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2015 Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nebraska, Minnesota, San Jose St. taking 5-7 records to bowl". Yahoo Sports. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.


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