2015 New Orleans Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 New Orleans Bowl 15th New Orleans Bowl R+L Carriers December 19 2015 2015 Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana Arkansas State University Arkansas State Red Wolves 9–3 Sun Belt Blake Anderson 3 14 3 8 Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 8–4 C-USA Skip Holtz 10 7 17 13 La. Tech by 2Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2015 Louisiana Tech RB Kenneth Dixonhttp://theadvocate.com/sports/latestsports/14343468-37/kenneth-dixons-record-night-lifts-louisiana-tech-to-a-47-28-victory-over-arkansas-state-in-the-new-o Kenneth Dixon's record night lifts Louisiana Tech to 47-28 victory over Arkansas State in New Orleans Bowl Smith Guerry December 20, 2015 theadvocate.com Capital City Press, LLC December 24, 2015 Adam Savoie (American) 32,487 TBD ESPN/ESPN Radio Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer & Dr. Jerry Punch (ESPN)Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio) The 2015 New Orleans Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 15th edition of the New Orleans Bowl featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from Conference USA against the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference. It began at 8:00 p.m. CST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, it was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.http://www.neworleansbowl.org/ Home neworleansbowl.org Teams The game featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. It was the 38th overall meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech leading the series 25–12 before this game (both had previously been in-conference foes in the Southland Conference and Big West Conference before Louisiana Tech joined the Western Athletic Conference and later Conference USA and Arkansas State joined the Sun Belt). The last meeting between these two teams was in 1998, when the Bulldogs beat the Indians 69–21 in Jonesboro.http://www.winsipedia.com/arkansas-state/vs/louisiana-tech Winsipedia - Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football series history Arkansas State Red Wolves 2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Red Wolves had officially been invited to the game and accepted.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/14272580/three-sun-belt-schools-accept-bowl-bids-two-more-try-join-them Arkansas State, Ga. Southern, App. State accept bowl bids ESPN ESPN.Go.com December 2, 2015 December 2, 2015 McMurphy, Brett This was the Red Wolves' second trip to the New Orleans Bowl; they (at the time known as the Indians) had previously played in the 2005 game, losing to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles by a score of 31–19. Notably, that game was played at Cajun Field in nearby Lafayette because of damage to the Superdome done by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team This was the Bulldogs' second straight bowl appearance under third-year head coach Skip Holtz, following a 35–18 victory over Illinois in the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl. Holtz had a 3–3 career record in bowl games as head coach at Louisiana Tech, South Florida and East Carolina. The Louisiana Tech program entered 3–3–1 all-time in FBS bowl games. Game summary Scoring summary ARST La. Tech 1 12:00 La. Tech 7 88 3:00 RecTD Kenneth Dixon Jeff Driskel 9 good Jonathan Barnes 0 7 1 6:38 ARST 15 56 5:22 FG 35 JD Houston 3 7 1 1:55 La. Tech 5 18 1:52 FG 50 Jonathan Barnes 3 10 2 12:06 La. Tech 5 63 2:53 RecTD Trent Taylor Jeff Driskel 13 good Jonathan Barnes 3 17 2 7:22 ARST 13 91 4:44 RushTD Warren Wand 1 good JD Houston 10 17 2 0:18 ARST 4 25 1:14 RushTD Fredi Knighten 1 good JD Houston 17 17 3 10:00 La. Tech 9 57 3:02 FG 20 Jonathan Barnes 17 20 3 8:17 ARST 7 55 1:43 FG 37 JD Houston 20 20 3 5:09 La. Tech 5 84 3:08 RecTD Kenneth Dixon Jeff Driskel 59 good Jonathan Barnes 20 27 3 0:18 La. Tech 8 90 3:08 RushTD Kenneth Dixon 8 good Jonathan Barnes 20 34 4 13:45 La. Tech 5 16 1:15 FG 28 Jonathan Barnes 20 37 4 10:52 La. Tech 4 88 2:02 RushTD Kenneth Dixon 4 good Jonathan Barnes 20 44 4 10:38 ARST 0 0 0:14 SafetyOther Blaise Taylor 98-yard kick return, 2-point pass good 28 44 4 1:31 La. Tech 16 70 9:07 FG 22 Jonathan Barnes 28 47 28 47 Source:Stats Statistics Red Wolves 3 14 3 8 Bulldogs 10 7 17 13 Statistics ARST La. Tech First downs 23 26 Plays–yards 68–323 74–687 Rushes–yards 39–177 36–229 Passing yards 146 458 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–29–2 26–38–0 Time of possession 25:13 34:47 Team Category Player Statistics ARST Passing Fredi Knighten 14/28, 137 yds, 2 INT Rushing Warren Wand 12 car, 66 yds, 1 TD Receiving Tres Houston 3 rec, 47 yds La. Tech Passing Jeff Driskel 26/38, 458 yds, 3 TD Rushing Boston Scott 4 car, 106 yds Receiving Trent Taylor 10 rec, 149 yds, 1 TD References New Orleans Bowl Category:New Orleans Bowl Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football bowl games Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football bowl games New Orleans Bowl Category:December 2015 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in New Orleans