2015 Orange Bowl

The 2015 Capital One Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2015, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 82nd Orange Bowl was a College Football Playoff semifinal with the winner of the game competing against the winner of the 2015 Cotton Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide football in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, which took place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The Orange Bowl game is usually played at night, but with a 4pm starting time, this Orange Bowl game was the first with an afternoon kickoff in 51 years.

2015 Capital One Orange Bowl
CFP Semifinal
82nd Orange Bowl
2015 Orange Bowl Logo
Oklahoma Sooners Clemson Tigers
(11−1) (13−0)
Big 12 ACC
17 37
Head coach: 
Bob Stoops		 Head coach: 
Dabo Swinney
APCoachesCFP
434
APCoachesCFP
111
1234 Total
Oklahoma 71000 17
Clemson 313147 37
DateDecember 31, 2015
Season2015
StadiumSun Life Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
FavoriteOklahoma by 4 (62)
RefereeMike Cannon (Big Ten)
Attendance67,615
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersBrad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
Nielsen ratings(15.6 Million viewers)

The game matched the undefeated and number 1 overall team in the nation, the Clemson Tigers, against the 1 loss Oklahoma Sooners.

This was the fifth overall meeting between these two teams, with the series being tied 2–2. The game was a rematch of the previous year's Russell Athletic Bowl, which Clemson won 40–6.

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