2015 Music City Bowl

The 2015 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 18th edition of the Music City Bowl began at approximately 6:00 p.m. CST and was broadcast nationally by ESPN. It featured the Louisville Cardinals from the ACC, and the Texas A&M Aggies from the SEC. It was one of the final 2015–16 bowl games of the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and is officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

2015 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
18th Music City Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies Louisville Cardinals (8–4) (7–5) SEC ACC 21 27 Head coach:  Kevin Sumlin Head coach:  Bobby Petrino
1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 7 7 0 7 21 Louisville 20 0 7 0 27
Date	December 30, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Nissan Stadium
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
MVP	Lamar Jackson
Favorite	Texas A&M by 2½[1]
National anthem	Corrin Campbell and Danny Gokey
Referee	Alan Eck (Big XII)[2]
Attendance	50,478[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN ESPN Radio
Announcers	Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge (ESPN) Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)

Teams

The game is the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with Texas A&M leading the series 3–0 going into the game. The last time these two teams met was in 1994 with Texas A&M beating Louisville with the score of 26–10. This is the first time the two teams have met as members of the SEC and ACC; their last meeting came when Texas A&M was a member of the Southwest Conference and Louisville was an independent.

Louisville Cardinals

Texas A&M Aggies

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP TAMU LOU 1 11:56 5 80 1:51 LOU Lamar Jackson 6-yard touchdown run, John Wallace kick good 0 7 1 5:22 4 21 1:19 LOU Micky Crum 2-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jackson, John Wallace kick fail 0 13 1 2:25 8 70 2:50 TAMU Tra Carson 9-yard touchdown run, Taylor Bertolet kick good 7 13 1 1:14 3 82 1:07 LOU Lamar Jackson 61-yard touchdown run, John Wallace kick good 7 20 2 1:51 8 97 3:54 TAMU Ricky Seals-Jones 4-yard touchdown reception from Jake Hubenak, Taylor Bertolet kick good 14 20 3 3:01 7 73 2:54 LOU Keith Towbridge 17-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jackson, John Wallace kick good 14 27 4 4:54 8 86 2:11 TAMU Christian Kirk 29-yard touchdown reception from Jake Hubenak, Taylor Bertolet kick good 21 27 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 21 27

Source:[2]

Statistics

Statistics[2]	TAMU	LOU
First downs	25	21
Plays–yards	87–445	72–534
Rushes–yards	39–138	46–307
Passing yards	307	227
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	28–48–1	12–26–0
Time of possession	30:53	29:07

References

1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
2. "2015 Music City Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Louisville Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-30.