2015 Armed Forces Bowl (December)

American college football game February 2020 January 2026 Armed Forces Bowl 13th Armed Forces Bowl Lockheed Martin December 29 2015 2015 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas University of California California Golden Bears 7–5 Pac-12 Sonny Dykes 14 21 17 3 United States Air Force Academy Air Force Falcons 8–5 Mountain West Troy Calhoun 7 14 8 7 California by 7½Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015 Jared Goff (Cal-QB)Karson Roberts (AF-QB) Matt Loeffler (SEC) 38,915 TBD ESPN/RedVoice LLC Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti, & Allison Williams (ESPN)Brian Estridge, John Denton, Rob Best, & Landry Burdine (RedVoice) Jan 2015 2016 thumb | right | The Air Force Falcons & Cal Golden Bears in 2015 The 2015 Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The 13th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the California Golden Bears of the Pac-12 Conference against the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference. It began at 2:03 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game was officially named the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl after its corporate sponsor Lockheed Martin.http://www.armedforcesbowl.com/pr/cal%E2%80%99s-passing-versus-air-force%E2%80%99s-ground-game Cal's passing versus Air Force's ground game Armed Forces Bowl December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 11 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151211041603/http://armedforcesbowl.com/pr/cal%E2%80%99s-passing-versus-air-force%E2%80%99s-ground-game dead Teams The game featured the California Golden Bears against the Air Force Falcons. It was a rematch of the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl (the first for both teams), which saw California defeat Air Force by a score of 42–36. California Golden Bears 2015 California Golden Bears football team After finishing their regular season 7–5, the Golden Bears accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=210565102 Cal To Play Air Force In Armed Forces Bowl University of California CalBears.com December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128104920/http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=210565102 2016-01-28 dead This was the Golden Bears' second Armed Forces Bowl. Air Force Falcons 2015 Air Force Falcons football team After finishing their regular season 8–5, the Falcons accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aab.html Falcons Face Cal in Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl United States Air Force Academy GoAirForceFalcons.com December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 10 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151210032738/http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aab.html dead This was the Falcons' fifth Armed Forces Bowl, giving them the new record for most appearances in the game. Their overall record in the Armed Forces Bowl is 1–3; in addition to their aforementioned loss to California in the 2007 game, they also lost the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl to Houston 34–28, won the 2009 Armed Forces Bowl over Houston 47–20, and lost the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl to Rice 33–14. Game summary Scoring summary CAL AF 1 8:33 AF 11 68 6:27 RushTD Jacobi Owens 1 good Luke Strebel 0 7 1 5:46 CAL 7 65 2:47 RushTD Vic Enwere 1 good Matt Anderson 7 7 1 0:02 CAL 2 47 0:27 RecTD Bryce Treggs Jared Goff 30 good Matt Anderson 14 7 2 12:39 AF 5 59 2:23 RushTD Tyler Williams 16 good Luke Strebel 14 14 2 7:37 CAL 7 81 2:01 RecTD Darius Powe Jared Goff 5 good Matt Anderson 21 14 2 7:16 CAL 1 24 0:08 RecTD Kenny Lawler Jared Goff 24 good Matt Anderson 28 14 2 3:04 AF 10 64 4:03 RushTD Karson Roberts 1 good Luke Strebel 28 21 2 2:00 CAL 3 78 0:57 RecTD Kenny Lawler Jared Goff 14 good Matt Anderson 35 21 3 11:04 CAL 9 76 3:49 RecTD Darius Powe Jared Goff 12 good Matt Anderson 42 21 3 2:44 CAL 10 68 3:41 FG 29 Matt Anderson 45 21 3 1:30 AF 3 69 1:05 RecTD Timothy McVey Karson Roberts 57 pass from Karson Roberts to Jacobi Owens good 45 29 3 0:17 CAL 3 61 1:04 RecTD Kenny Lawler Jared Goff 25 good Matt Anderson 52 29 4 9:14 AF 7 52 2:00 RecTD Jale Robinette Karson Roberts 15 good Luke Strebel 52 36 4 1:13 CAL 14 53 7:54 FG 30 Matt Anderson 55 36 55 36 http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=112012&a=1 2015 Armed Forces Bowl: Cal vs. Air Force Stats Stat Broadcast 2015-12-29 Statistics Statistics CAL AF First downs 27 23 Total offense, plays – yards 71–586 68–434Rushes-yards (net) 34–119 53–285 Passing yards (net) 467 149Passes, Comp-Att-Int 25–37–0 7–15–1 Time of Possession 28:53 31:07 References Armed Forces Bowl (December) Category:Armed Forces Bowl 2015 Armed Forces Bowl 2015 Armed Forces Bowl Armed Forces Bowl (December) Armed Forces Bowl