2015 Military Bowl

January 2020 January 2020 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman 8th Military Bowl December 28 2015 2015 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers 8–4 ACC Pat Narduzzi 7 0 14 7 United States Naval Academy Navy Midshipmen 10–2 The American 21 22 21 Ken Niumatalolo 14 7 10 13 Navy by 4Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015 Betty Cantrellhttp://militarybowl.org/miss-america-2016-betty-cantrell-to-perform-national-anthem-at-military-bowl-presented-by-northrop-grumman/ Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell to perform national anthem presented by Fortinet December 16, 2015 Joe Pester (C-USA) 36,352 TBD ESPN/ESPN Radio Beth Mowins, Rocky Boiman, & Jane Slater (ESPN)Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, & Mike Golic, Jr. (ESPN Radio) The 2015 Military Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2015 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The eighth edition of the Military Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the hometown Navy Midshipmen of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, it was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.http://militarybowl.org/2015-military-bowl-ticket-information-2/ 2015 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Tickets On Sale Now: ACC vs. Navy*/American Military Bowl September 14, 2015 November 29, 2015 Teams The game featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Navy Midshipmen. Navy Midshipmen 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team On September 14, 2015, it was announced that Navy would play in the Military Bowl should they be bowl-eligible and not selected for one of the New Year's Six bowl games. After compiling a 9–2 record in their regular season and losing to Houston in their American Athletic Conference finale, the Midshipmen automatically qualified for the game. This will be the Midshipmen's second Military Bowl, after the inaugural 2008 game (when it was known as the EagleBank Bowl) where they lost to Wake Forest by a score of 29–19. Pittsburgh Panthers 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team The Panthers are heading to their eighth straight bowl game, the longest such streak in school history. First-year head coach Pat Narduzzi led the Panthers to an 8–4 record and a 2nd-place finish in the ACC Coastal division. Pittsburgh is 13–18 all-time in bowl games. Game summary Scoring summary PITT NAVY 1 14:46 PITT Other Quadree Henderson 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Chris Blewitt kick good 7 0 1 9:26 NAVY 10 75 5:20 RushTD Kennan Reynolds 1 good Austin Grebe 7 7 1 0:41 NAVY 14 86 6:47 RushTD Keenan Reynolds 5 good Austin Grebe 7 14 2 1:41 NAVY 12 84 4:23 RecTD Tyler Carmona Keenan Reynolds 11 good Austin Grebe 7 21 3 12:28 NAVY 5 75 2:32 RushTD Demond Brown 26 good Austin Grebe 7 28 3 8:11 NAVY 6 59 2:42 FG 35 Austin Grebe 7 31 3 3:14 PITT 10 85 4:57 RecTD Qadree Ollison Nathan Peterman 4 good Chris Blewitt 14 31 3 2:57 PITT Other Jordan Whitehead fumble recovery returned 22 yards for a touchdown, Chris Blewitt kick good 21 31 4 10:58 NAVY 14 68 6:59 RushTD Toneo Gulley 15 good Austin Grebe 21 38 4 9:35 PITT 4 73 1:23 RushTD Qadree Ollison 45 good Chris Blewitt 28 38 4 4:19 NAVY 9 75 5:16 RushTD Keenan Reynolds 9 blocked Austin Grebe 28 44 28 44 thumb|329x329px|Navy players celebrating their Military Bowl victory Statistics Statistics PITT NAVY First downs 17 31 Total offense, plays – yards 42–335 89–590Rushes-yards (net) 21–198 71–417 Passing yards (net) 137 173Passes, Comp-Att-Int 13–21–3 10–18–0 Time of Possession 17:55 42:05 References Military Bowl Category:Military Bowl Category:Navy Midshipmen football bowl games Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football bowl games Category:December 2015 sports events in the United States Military Bowl