| Game Name: | Belk Bowl |
| Subheader: | 14th Belk Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 30 |
| Year Game Played: | 2015 |
| Football Season: | 2015 |
| Stadium: | Bank of America Stadium |
| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Visitor School: | North Carolina State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | NC State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Wolfpack |
| Visitor Record: | 7−5 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Visitor Coach: | Dave Doeren |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | Mississippi State University |
| Home Name Short: | Mississippi State |
| Home Nickname: | Bulldogs |
| Home Record: | 8−4 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home Coach: | Dan Mullen |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 17 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Odds: | Miss. State by 5[1] |
| Mvp: | Dak Prescott (QB, Mississippi State) |
| Referee: | Michael Batlan (Pac-12) |
| Attendance: | 46,423 |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Clay Matvick, John Congemi, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN) Taylor Zarzour, Charles Arbuckle, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN Radio) |
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.[2] 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.
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| Statistics | 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 |