2015 Bahamas Bowl
The 2015 Bahamas Bowl is a scheduled post-season American college football bowl game to be played on December 24, 2015 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The second edition of the Bahamas Bowl will feature the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders of Conference USA against the Western Michigan Broncos of the Mid-American Conference. It will begin at noon EST and air on ESPN. It is one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant chain, the game is officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.[3][4]
Teams
The game will feature the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders against the Western Michigan Broncos.
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Blue Raiders to play in the game, which they accepted.[5]
This will be the Blue Raiders' seventh bowl game (they are 2–4 all-time in bowl games thus far) and their first since the 2013 Armed Forces Bowl, where they lost to Navy by a score of 24–6. It will also be their third bowl game against a MAC opponent; the Blue Raiders lost both previous meetings, losing in the 2006 Motor City Bowl to Central Michigan by a score of 31–14 and in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl to the Miami (Ohio) by a score of 35–21.
Western Michigan Broncos
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Broncos to play in the game, which they accepted.[6]
This will be the Broncos' seventh bowl game, where they will once again seek their first bowl victory in school history, having an 0–6 all-time record in bowl games so far. It will also be the Broncos' second consecutive bowl appearance (following the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they lost to Air Force by a score of 38–24), marking the first time in school history the Broncos have been to back-to-back bowls. In addition, it will be the second time the Broncos have faced an opponent from Conference USA in a bowl game, having previously lost the 2008 Texas Bowl to the Rice Owls by a score of 38–14.
Game summary
Scoring Summary
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Source: [2]
References
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- ^ a b c "2015 Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ "Middle Tennessee accepts 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl invitation". Bahamas Bowl. November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Western Michigan accepts 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl invitation". Bahamas Bowl. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Raiders Accept Bid to Popeyes Bahamas Bowl". GoBlueRaiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Broncos Accept Invitation to Popeyes Bahamas Bowl". WMUBroncos.com. Western Michigan University. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.