| 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2nd Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 24, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Thomas Robinson Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nassau, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Western Michigan RB Jamauri Bogan[1] Defensive: Western Michigan LB Grant DePalma[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Western Michigan by 2½[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Brandon Cruse (Mtn. West)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,123[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/RedVoice, LLC. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Steve Levy, Mack Brown, Mark May, & Kaylee Hartung (ESPN) Brian Hanni & Rob Best (RedVoice) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2015 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The second edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders of Conference USA against the Western Michigan Broncos of the Mid-American Conference. It began at noon EST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant chain, the game is officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.[4][5]
The game is best remembered as the Broncos' first bowl victory in school history.
- ^ a b Glon, Tim (December 24, 2015). "Bogan runs Western Michigan past Middle Tennessee 45-31 in 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl". bahamasbowl.com. Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Communications. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
Bogan was named the Offensive Player of the Game of the game for his efforts, while teammate Grant DePalma was named the game's Defensive Player of the Game.
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Statswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Middle Tennessee accepts 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl invitation". Bahamas Bowl. November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Western Michigan accepts 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl invitation". Bahamas Bowl. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.