2015 Texas Bowl Explained

Game Name:Texas Bowl
Subheader:LSU's win was vacated by the NCAA in 2023.
Title Sponsor:AdvoCare V100
Date Game Played:December 29
Year Game Played:2015
Football Season:2015
Stadium:NRG Stadium
City:Houston, Texas
Home School:Texas Tech University
Home Name Short:Texas Tech
Home Nickname:Red Raiders
Home Record:7–5
Home Conference:Big 12
Home Coach:Kliff Kingsbury
Home 1Q:6
Home 2Q:7
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:7
Visitor School:Louisiana State University
Visitor Name Short:LSU
Visitor Nickname:Tigers
Visitor Record:8–3
Visitor Rank Ap:22
Visitor Rank Coaches:21
Visitor Rank Cfp:20
Visitor Conference:SEC
Visitor Coach:Les Miles
Visitor 1Q:14
Visitor 2Q:7
Visitor 3Q:21
Visitor 4Q:14
Odds:LSU by 7[1]
Mvp:LSU RB Leonard Fournette
Anthem:Cody Johnson[2]
Referee:Land Clark (Pac-12)
Attendance:71,307
Us Network:ESPN/ESPN Radio
Us Announcers:Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, & Maria Taylor (ESPN)
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, & Shannon Spake (ESPN Radio)

The 2015 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The tenth edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it was officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl.

In 2023, this win was vacated due to an ineligible starter for LSU.[3]

Teams

LSU Tigers

See also: 2015 LSU Tigers football team.

Texas Tech Red Raiders

See also: 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Source:[4]
LSU's victory was vacated in 2023.

Statistics

Statistics LSU TTU
First Downs 23 22
Total offense, plays – yards 62–638 82–399
Rushes-yards (net) 40–384 26–29
Passing yards (net) 254 370
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 13–22–1 28–56–1
Time of Possession 30:14 29:46

External links

Notes and References

  1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. SportsRadio610. SportsRadio 610. 682020534251421696. December 30, 2015. The National Anthem from @CodyJohnsonBand #TexasBowl10 @Brettdolan24 @PayneNFL @MikeMeltser.
  3. Web site: Mandel . Stewart . Vacated LSU wins leave Les Miles out of CFB Hall of Fame consideration . 2023-06-22 . The Athletic . en.
  4. Web site: 2015 Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Texas Tech Stats. Stat Broadcast. December 29, 2015.