| Game Name: | Military Bowl |
| Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Northrop Grumman |
| Subheader: | 8th Military Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Year Game Played: | 2015 |
| Football Season: | 2015 |
| Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Visitor School: | University of Pittsburgh |
| Visitor Name Short: | Pittsburgh |
| Visitor Nickname: | Panthers |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Visitor Coach: | Pat Narduzzi |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | United States Naval Academy |
| Home Name Short: | Navy |
| Home Nickname: | Midshipmen |
| Home Record: | 10–2 |
| Home Conference: | The American |
| Home Rank Ap: | 21 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 22 |
| Home Rank Cfp: | 21 |
| Home Coach: | Ken Niumatalolo |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 10 |
| Home 4Q: | 13 |
| Odds: | Navy by 4[1] |
| Anthem: | Betty Cantrell[2] |
| Referee: | Joe Pester (C-USA) |
| Attendance: | 36,352 |
| Payout: | TBD |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Beth Mowins, Rocky Boiman, & Jane Slater (ESPN) Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, & Mike Golic, Jr. (ESPN Radio) |
The 2015 Military Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2015 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The eighth edition of the Military Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the hometown Navy Midshipmen of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, it was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.[3]
The game featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Navy Midshipmen.
See also: 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team. On September 14, 2015, it was announced that Navy would play in the Military Bowl should they be bowl-eligible and not selected for one of the New Year's Six bowl games.[3] After compiling a 9–2 record in their regular season and losing to Houston in their American Athletic Conference finale, the Midshipmen automatically qualified for the game.
This will be the Midshipmen's second Military Bowl, after the inaugural 2008 game (when it was known as the EagleBank Bowl) where they lost to Wake Forest by a score of 29–19.
See also: 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team. The Panthers are heading to their eighth straight bowl game, the longest such streak in school history. First-year head coach Pat Narduzzi led the Panthers to an 8–4 record and a 2nd-place finish in the ACC Coastal division. Pittsburgh is 13–18 all-time in bowl games.
| Statistics | PITT | NAVY |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 17 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 42–335 | 89–590 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 21–198 | 71–417 |
| Passing yards (net) | 137 | 173 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 13–21–3 | 10–18–0 |
| Time of Possession | 17:55 | 42:05 |