2015 St. Petersburg Bowl
The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the UConn Huskies of the American Athletic Conference and the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA, played on December 26, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was the final contest of the 2015 FBS football season for both teams. It ended in a 16–10 victory for Marshall.
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| 8th St. Petersburg Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tropicana Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Marshall WR Deandre Reaves | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Marshall by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kevin Mar (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,652 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hart, Anthony Becht, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN) Drew Goodman, Rene Ingoglia, & Brett McMurphy (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were selected to play in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl following a 6–6 regular season highlighted by a win over the otherwise-undefeated Houston Cougars to achieve bowl eligibility. UConn faced Marshall, who finished their regular season with a 9–3 record and for the first time since 2012 did not qualify for the Conference USA championship game.
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