2015 GoDaddy Bowl (December) explained

Game Name:GoDaddy Bowl
Subheader:17th GoDaddy Bowl
Date Game Played:December 23
Year Game Played:2015
Football Season:2015
Stadium:Ladd–Peebles Stadium
City:Mobile, Alabama
Visitor School:Georgia Southern University
Visitor Name Short:Georgia Southern
Visitor Nickname:Eagles
Visitor Record:8–4
Visitor Conference:Sun Belt
Visitor Coach:Dell McGee
Visitor 1Q:9
Visitor 2Q:14
Visitor 3Q:21
Visitor 4Q:14
Home School:Bowling Green State University
Home Name Short:Bowling Green
Home Nickname:Falcons
Home Record:10–3
Home Conference:MAC
Home Coach:Brian Ward[1]
Home 1Q:13
Home 2Q:14
Home 3Q:0
Home 4Q:0
Odds:Bowling Green by 7½[2] [3]
Mvp:Georgia Southern QB Favian Upshaw[4]
Referee:Scott Campbell (Mtn. West)
Attendance:28,656
Payout:TBD
Us Network:ESPN/Nevada Sports Network
Different Previous:Jan 2015
Different Next:2016

The 2015 GoDaddy Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2015, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The 17th edition of the GoDaddy Bowl featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the Georgia Southern Eagles of the Sun Belt Conference. Kickoff was at 7:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy.[5]

Teams

The game's match up consisted of Bowling Green Falcons against the Georgia Southern Eagles. This was the first head-to-head matchup between the two schools.[6]

Georgia Southern Eagles

See also: 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team. This was the first bowl game in school history for Georgia Southern, in their second season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Sun Belt Conference and their first season of bowl eligibility.[7]

Bowling Green Falcons

See also: 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team. This was the third appearance in the GoDaddy bowl for the Falcons, with the other two appearances coming in 2004 and 2008.[8]

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Georgia Southern's Favian Upshaw claimed Most Valuable Player honors. Teammates' Wesley Fields, Matt Dobson and Nardo Govan won offensive, special teams and defensive MVP. [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowling Green Athletics – Babers Named Head Coach At Syracuse. Bowling Green Falcons. December 23, 2015.
  2. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  3. Web site: Full 2015 college football bowl odds:9 SEC teams favored. sbnation.com.
  4. Web site: GEORGIA SOUTHERN WINS GODADDY BOWL . Brandt . David . December 24, 2015 . godaddybowl.com . December 24, 2015.
  5. Web site: The Game. GoDaddy Bowl – December 23, 2015 – Mobile, Alabama. December 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151212114919/http://godaddybowl.com/the-game/. December 12, 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Winsipedia - Georgia Southern Eagles vs. Bowling Green Falcons football series history.
  7. News: Following coaching change, Georgia Southern set for bowl game . . December 22, 2015 . December 23, 2015 . Brown, Mike.
  8. Web site: Falcons Season Comes To A Close In GoDaddy Bowl.
  9. Web site: Georgia Southern Runs Past Bowling Green 58-27 in GoDaddy Bowl. gseagles. December 23, 2015. gseagles.com.