2015 Cure Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Cure Bowl 1st Cure Bowl AutoNation December 19 2015 2015 Orlando Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida San Jose State University San Jose State Spartans 5–7 Mountain West Ron Caragher 0 10 3 14 Georgia State University Georgia State Panthers 6–6 Sun Belt Trent Miles 0 7 0 9 San Jose St. by 1Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2015 San Jose State QB Kenny Potterhttp://curebowl.com/game-recap-spartans-rally-past-georgia-state-27-16-in-inaugural-autonation-cure-bowl/ Game Recap – Spartans Rally Past Georgia State 27-16 in Inaugural AutoNation Cure Bowl Hazel Ricky December 19, 2015 curebowl.com Orlando Sports Foundation, Inc December 24, 2015 Girl Scouts of CitrusDecember 2015 Steve LaMantia (C-USA) 18,536 TBD CBSSN/iHeartRadio Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, & Jenny Dell (CBSSN)Paul Kennedy, Max Starks, & Jamie Seh (iHeartRadio) 2016 yes The 2015 Cure Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015, at Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The first edition of the Cure Bowl featured the San Jose State Spartans of the Mountain West Conference against the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference. It began at 7:00 p.m. EST and aired on CBS Sports Network. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl.http://curebowl.com/2014/10/23/autonation-signs-title-sponsor-cure-bowl-air-cbs-network/ AutoNation Signs on as Title Sponsor of Cure Bowl to Air on CBS Network Cure Bowl October 23, 2014 November 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151124131813/http://curebowl.com/2014/10/23/autonation-signs-title-sponsor-cure-bowl-air-cbs-network/ November 24, 2015 dead mdy-all Teams The game featured the San Jose State Spartans against the Georgia State Panthers. It was the first overall meeting between the two schools.http://www.winsipedia.com/georgia-state/vs/san-jose-state Winsipedia - Georgia State Panthers vs. San Jose State Spartans football series history San Jose State Spartans 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team Because the Spartans finished 5–7 in their regular season, they would ordinarily be bowl-ineligible. However, only 77 teams finished at .500 or better on the season, leaving three bowl slots open to 5–7 teams based on their Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Spartans ranked fourth among such teams, after Nebraska and Missouri and together with Minnesota. However, since Missouri did not accept a bowl bid, the Spartans were invited to the Cure Bowl, which they accepted.http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aab.html San Jose State Heading To AutoNation Cure Bowl San Jose State University SJSUSpartans.com December 6, 2015 December 6, 2015 December 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151210041812/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120615aab.html dead This was the Spartans' tenth bowl game (with a 6–3 all-time record in bowl games) and their first since the 2012 Military Bowl, where they defeated Bowling Green by a score of 29–20. Georgia State Panthers 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team After finishing 6–6 in their regular season, bowl director Alan Gooch extended an invitation for the Panthers to play in the game, which they accepted.http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12700&ATCLID=210565190 First Bowl Game is AutoNation Cure Bowl vs. San Jose State Georgia State University GeorgiaStateSports.com December 6, 2015 December 6, 2015 This was the first bowl game in school history for Georgia State, seven years after football was approved, five years after they kicked off, and two years after joining the Football Bowl Subdivision. This ties the record for a team going from conception to a bowl berth, set the season prior by South Alabama. Game summary Scoring Summary SJ GSU expanded 2 11:05 SJ 14 75 7:36 FG 19 Austin Lopez 3 0 2 8:56 SJ — — — Other Tyler Ervin 85-yard punt return for a touchdown, Austin Lopez kick good 10 0 2 7:04 GSU 5 87 1:52 RecTD Donovan Harden Nick Arbuckle 38 good Wil Lutz 10 7 3 0:02 SJ 8 33 3:20 FG 19 Austin Lopez 13 7 4 12:44 GSU 4 −3 1:16 SafetyOther Team safety 13 9 4 10:46 GSU 4 36 1:58 RecTD Todd Boyd Nick Arbuckle 19 good Wil Lutz 13 16 4 9:15 SJ 3 66 1:31 RushTD Kenny Potter 42 good Austin Lopez 20 16 4 2:40 SJ 11 49 5:10 RecTD Josh Oliver Kenny Potter 1 good Austin Lopez 27 16 27 16 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=112509 2015 Cure Bowl: San Jose State vs. Georgia State Stats Stat Broadcast 2015-12-19 Statistics Statistics SJSU GSU First downs 20 11 Plays–yards 75–286 53–231 Rushes–yards 54–197 20–23 Passing yards 89 208 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 10–19–1 14–29–1 Time of possession 38:19 21:41 Team Category Player Statistics SJSU Passing Kenny Potter 10/19, 89 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Tyler Ervin 30 car, 132 yds Receiving Justin Holmes 3 rec, 48 yds GSU Passing Nick Arbuckle 14/29, 208 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Glenn Smith 6 car, 22 yds Receiving Ari Werts 3 rec, 63 yds References Cure Bowl Category:Cure Bowl Cure Bowl Category:Georgia State Panthers football bowl games Category:San Jose State Spartans football bowl games Category:2015 in Orlando, Florida