The 2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The sixth edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl featured the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of Conference USA. It began at 1:20 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by chicken fast food restaurant Zaxby's, the game was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.[5] Washington Huskies defeated the University of Southern Mississippi 44–31.
| 2015 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Heart of Dallas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fair Park Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Myles Gaskin (RB, Washington)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington by 8½[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Monica Saldivar[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Roche[4] (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,229[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/RedVoice | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, & Kayce Smith (ESPN) Brian Estridge, Rob Best, John Denton, & Landry Burdine (RedVoice) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
editThe game featured the Washington Huskies against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
Washington Huskies
editAfter finishing their regular season 6–6, bowl director Brant Ringler extended an invitation for the Huskies to play in the game, which they accepted.[6]
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
editAfter finishing their season 9–4, Olivas extended an invitation for the Golden Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted as well.[7]
Game summary
editScoring summary
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Source: [4]
Statistics
edit| Statistics[4] | WASH | USM |
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| First downs | 27 | 22 |
| Plays–yards | 78–580 | 69–375 |
| Rushes–yards | 44–296 | 30–22 |
| Passing yards | 284 | 353 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 23–34–0 | 26–39–0 |
| Time of possession | 34:25 | 25:35 |
References
edit- ^ Sabin, Rainer (December 26, 2015). "Heart of Dallas Bowl: Washington RB earns MVP with huge rushing day". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- ^ Monica Saldivar [@MonicaSaldivar] (December 26, 2015). "Getting ready to sing Anthem @HODBowl between @UWAthletics vs @SouthernMissFB at 1:15PM at the Cotton Bowl #HODBowl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d "2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl: Washington vs. Southern Miss". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ "Washington vs. Southern Miss in Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl". Heart of Dallas Bowl. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Huskies Headed to Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl". GoHuskies.com. University of Washington. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Southern Miss Heading to Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl". SouthernMiss.com. University of Southern Mississippi. December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
External links
edit- Game summary at ESPN
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