2015 Miami Beach Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 Miami Beach Bowl 2nd Miami Beach Bowl December 21 2015 2015 Marlins Park Miami, Florida Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 11–2 C-USA 25 Jeff Brohm 0 10 28 7 University of South Florida South Florida Bulls 8–4 The American Willie Taggart 7 7 7 14 W. Kentucky by 3½Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2015 Western Kentucky QB Brandon Doughtyhttp://mastrolequarterback.com/mqa-qb-brandon-doughty-wins-mvp-of-the-miami-beach-bowl-vs-usf/ MQA QB Brandon Doughty Wins MVP of the Miami Beach Bowl vs USF mastrolequarterback.com December 24, 2015 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Greg Blum (MAC) 21,712 1,000,000http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/ Bowl Game payout December 1, 2016 December 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120605/http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/ dead ESPN/Touchdown Radio Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN)Taylor Zarzour & Gino Torretta (Touchdown) The 2015 Miami Beach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 21, 2015 at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. The second edition of the Miami Beach Bowl featured the champions from Conference USA, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.http://miamibeachbowl.com/sports/2014/9/22/GEN_0922140857.aspx Miami Beach Bowl - FAQ 2015-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151206081516/http://miamibeachbowl.com/sports/2014/9/22/GEN_0922140857.aspx 2015-12-06 dead Teams The game featured the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls. It was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with South Florida leading the series 4–2 before this game.http://www.winsipedia.com/south-florida/vs/western-kentucky Winsipedia - South Florida Bulls vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football series history The last meeting between these two teams was in 2010, when the Bulls beat the Hilltoppers 24–12 in Tampa. South Florida Bulls 2015 South Florida Bulls football team Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Bulls had officially been invited to the game and accepted.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/14280862/south-florida-bulls-agree-spot-miami-beach-bowl South Florida staying in-state for bowl game ESPN ESPN.Go.com December 3, 2015 December 4, 2015 McMurphy, Brett This was the Bulls' seventh bowl game (they were previously 4–2 all-time in bowl games) and their first since winning the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl over Clemson by a score of 31–26. It was also the Bulls' first bowl game in Florida since winning the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl (said game's inaugural edition) over Memphis by a score of 41–14. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team Game summary Scoring Summary WKU USF 1 5:21 USF 5 62 1:54 RushTD Quinton Flowers 12 good Emilio Nadelman 0 7 2 12:18 USF 5 47 2:03 RushTD Rodney Adams 34 good Emilio Nadelman 0 14 2 6:17 WKU 2 66 0:38 RushTD Anthony Wales 13 good Garrett Schwettman 7 14 2 0:00 WKU 7 34 1:06 FG Garrett Schwettman 39 10 14 3 9:43 WKU 3 75 0:40 RecTD Nicholas Norris Brandon Doughty 69 good Garrett Schwettman 17 14 3 7:46 WKU 3 67 1:01 RecTD Nicholas Norris Brandon Doughty 55 good Garrett Schwettman 24 14 3 4:55 USF 8 92 2:51 RecTD Tyre McCants D'Ernest Johnson 34 good Emilio Nadelman 24 21 3 1:56 WKU 7 69 2:59 RushTD Nacarius Fant 9 good Garrett Schwettman 31 21 3 0:05 WKU 1 26 0:06 RecTD Jared Dangerfield Brandon Doughty 26 good Garrett Schwettman 38 21 4 14:53 USF 2 82 0:12 RecTD Rodney Adams Quinton Flowers 53 good Emilio Nadelman 38 28 4 11:00 USF 6 75 2:09 RushTD Quinton Flowers 8 good Emilio Nadelman 38 35 4 5:09 WKU 2 64 0:49 RushTD Anthony Wales 42 good Garrett Schwettman 45 35 45 35 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=112857 2015 Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. USF Stats Stat Broadcast 2015-12-21 Statistics Statistics WKU USF First downs 27 28 Plays–yards 79–612 79–597 Rushes–yards 33–151 45–290 Passing yards 461 307 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 32–46–2 15–34–0 Time of possession 31:28 28:32 Team Category Player Statistics WKU Passing Brandon Doughty 32/44, 461 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Anthony Wales 14 car, 105 yds, 2 TD Receiving Nicholas Norris 5 rec, 120 yds, 2 TD USF Passing Quinton Flowers 14/32, 273 yds, 1 TD Rushing Quinton Flowers 16 car, 108 yds, 2 TD Receiving Rodney Adams 6 rec, 130 yds, 1 TD References Miami Beach Bowl Category:Miami Beach Bowl Category:South Florida Bulls football bowl games Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football bowl games Category:December 2015 sports events in the United States Miami Beach Bowl