2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 19th Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 22 2015 2015 Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho University of Akron Akron Zips 7–5 MAC Terry Bowden 7 6 7 3 Utah State University Utah State Aggies 6–6 Mountain West Matt Wells 0 7 7 7 Utah State by 6Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2015 Akron K Robert Steinhttp://www.cincinnati.com/story/recruiting-blog/2015/12/22/sycamore-graduate-robert-stein-wins-mvp-honors-for-akron-in-famous-idaho-potato-bowl/77792076/ Sycamore grad named MVP of Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dyer Mike December 23, 2015 cincinnati.com www.cincinnati.com December 24, 2015 Charles Lewis (Sun Belt) 18,876 325,000 ESPN/ESPN Radio Mark Neely, Mike Bellotti, & Kevin Weidl (ESPN) Paul Loeffler, Pat Hill, & Marty Cesario (ESPN Radio) The 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 22, 2015 at Albertsons Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The nineteenth annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl pitted the Akron Zips of the Mid-American Conference against the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference. The game started at 1:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. The game is sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission. It is most notable for being the first bowl game victory in school history for Akron. Teams The game featured the Akron Zips against the Utah State Aggies. It was the first overall meeting between the two schools.http://www.winsipedia.com/akron/vs/utah-state Winsipedia - Akron Zips vs. Utah State Aggies football series history Akron Zips 2015 Akron Zips football team After finishing their regular season 7–5, the Zips accepted their invitation to the game.http://gozips.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151206pjuxht Akron to Face Utah State in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Akron 2015-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151210214421/http://gozips.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151206pjuxht 2015-12-10 This was the fourth bowl game in school history for Akron, and their first since the 2005 Motor City Bowl, where they lost to Memphis 38–31. Previous bowl games are: Grantland Rice Bowl 1968, and the Pioneer Bowl 1976. Utah State Aggies 2015 Utah State Aggies football team After finishing their regular season 6–6, the Aggies accepted their invitation to the game.http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aaa.html utahstateaggies.com - Utah State Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site - Football www.utahstateaggies.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151210182337/http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aaa.html 2015-12-10 This was the Aggies' fourth Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; they had previously lost the 1997 Humanitarian Bowl (said game's inaugural edition) to Cincinnati 35–19, then lost the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to Ohio 24–23, and finally won the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl over Toledo, 41–15. Game summary Scoring summary Akron USU 1 10:38 Akron 3 56 0:52 RecTD Thomas Woodson Tyrell Goodman 14 good Robert Stein 7 0 2 2:53 Akron 12 59 5:34 FG Robert Stein 33 10 0 2 1:32 USU 3 71 1:21 RecTD Brandon Swindall Kent Myers 9 good Brock Warren 10 7 2 0:00 Akron 1 0 0:04 FG Robert Stein 29 13 7 3 12:41 USU 7 64 2:19 RecTD Hunter Sharp Kent Myers 19 good Brock Warren 13 14 3 5:43 Akron 8 40 4:00 RushTD Donnell Alexander 2 good Robert Stein 20 14 4 8:15 Akron 10 64 1:30 FG Robert Stein 46 23 14 4 1:12 USU 10 64 1:30 RecTD Brandon Swindall Chuckie Keeton 2 good Brock Warren 23 21 23 21 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=112007 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Akron vs. Utah State Stats Stat Broadcast 2015-12-22 Statistics Statistics Akron USU First downs 17 22 Plays–yards 72–282 74–363 Rushes–yards 42–100 29–131 Passing yards 182 232 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–30–1 28–45–1 Time of possession 34:07 25:53 References Category:2015–16 NCAA football bowl games 2015 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Category:2015 in sports in Idaho Category:December 2015 sports events in the United States