| Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
| Subheader: | 38th Holiday Bowl Game |
| Title Sponsor: | National Funding |
| Date Game Played: | December 30 |
| Year Game Played: | 2015 |
| Football Season: | 2015 |
| Stadium: | Qualcomm Stadium |
| City: | San Diego, California |
| Visitor Name Short: | USC |
| Visitor Nickname: | Trojans |
| Visitor Record: | 8–5 |
| Visitor Conference: | Pac-12 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 25 |
| Visitor Coach: | Clay Helton |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home Name Short: | Wisconsin |
| Home Nickname: | Badgers |
| Home Record: | 9–3 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Home Rank Ap: | 23 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 23 |
| Home Coach: | Paul Chryst |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 13 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Odds: | USC by 3[1] |
| Mvp: | Offense: Joel Stave (QB, Wisconsin) Defense: Jack Cichy (LB, Wisconsin) |
| Referee: | John McDaid (SEC) |
| Attendance: | 48,329 |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, & Olivia Harlan (ESPN) Drew Goodman, Tom Ramsey & Marty Cesario (ESPN Radio) |
The 2015 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 38th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game started at 7:40 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN (also on ESPN Radio). The Badgers defeated the Trojans 23–21.
This was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with USC leading the series 6–0 before this game. The last time these two teams met was in 1966 when #5 USC defeated the unranked Badgers 38–3 in a regular season non-conference game.[2] [3]
See main article: 2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See main article: 2015 USC Trojans football team.
Source:[4]
| Statistics | USC | WIS |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 22 |
| Plays–yards | 61–286 | 75–394 |
| Rushes–yards | 28–65 | 46–177 |
| Passing yards | 221 | 217 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 18–33–1 | 18–29–0 |
| Time of possession | 22:42 | 37:18 |