2015 Foster Farms Bowl

2015 Foster Farms Bowl
2015 Foster Farms Bowl
14th Foster Farms Bowl
UCLA Bruins	Nebraska Cornhuskers
(8–4)	(5–7)
Pac-12	Big Ten
29	37
Head coach: ; Jim L. Mora	Head coach: ; Mike Riley
Date	December 26, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Levi's Stadium
Location	Santa Clara, California
MVP	Offensive: QB Tommy Armstrong, Jr. (Nebraska); Defense: Jaleel Wadood (UCLA)
Favorite	UCLA by 6½
Referee	Ron Cherry (ACC)
Attendance	33,527
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, & Shelley Smith (ESPN); Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
Foster Farms Bowl
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The 2015 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2015, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The 14th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl (previously known as the Fight Hunger Bowl) featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-12 Conference against the Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Big Ten Conference. Since there were not enough bowl-eligible teams at the end of the regular season, 5–7 Nebraska was given a spot in this bowl because of its high Academic Progress Rate. Underdog Nebraska was victorious, winning the game 37–29.

Teams

The game represented the 13th overall meeting between these two teams, but was the first of those meetings to occur in a bowl game. After this game, Nebraska leads the all-time series 7–6.

Nebraska

UCLA

The Bruins were led by freshman quarterback Josh Rosen, who had completed 266 passes for an average of 279.2 yards per game. The team led the Pac-12 conference in sacks against (1.17 per game), pass defense efficiency (111.5), and pass defense (205.7 yards per game).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	UCLA	NEB
1	10:17	10	79	4:43	UCLA	Paul Perkins 1-yard touchdown run, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good	7	0
1	3:50	12	75	6:27	NEB	Imani Cross 1-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good	7	7
2	11:04	4	86	1:38	UCLA	Kenneth Walker III 60-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good	14	7
2	7:55	4	68	1:36	UCLA	Nate Starks 26-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good	21	7
2	6:23	4	75	1:23	NEB	Terrell Newby 3-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good	21	14
2	0:52	8	73	3:31	NEB	Andy Janovich 1-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good	21	21
3	10:37	9	78	4:23	NEB	Stanley Morgan Jr. 22-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Armstrong Jr., Drew Brown kick failed	21	27
3	4:50	11	67	4:32	NEB	20-yard field goal by Drew Brown	21	30
4	14:11	9	51	4:01	NEB	Tommy Armstrong Jr. 3-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good	21	37
4	11:29	8	76	2:35	UCLA	Jordan Payton 9-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, 2-point pass from Josh Rosen to Thomas Duarte good	29	37
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							29	37

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Statistics

Statistics^[2]	UCLA	NEB
First Downs	17	31
Total offense, plays – yards	57–386	81–500
Rushes-yards (net)	16–67	62–326
Passing yards (net)	319	174
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	26–41–2	12–19–0
Time of Possession	21:45	38:15

Depth chart

UCLA Defensive starters

FS
Jaleel Wadood (2)

SS
Randall Goforth (3)

OLB	LB	LB	OLB
Deon Hollins (58)	Kenny young (42)	Jayon Brown (12)	Aaron Wallace (51)

CB
John Johnson (7)

DE	NT	DT
Eli Ankou (96)	Kenny Clark (97)	Takkarist McKinley (98)

CB
Ishmael Adams (1)

Nebraska Offensive starters

WR
Jamal Turner (10)

TE
Sam Cotton (84)

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Alex Lewis (71)	Dylan Utter (66)	Ryne Reeves (65)	Zach Sterup (58)	Nick Gates (68)

TE
Cethan Carter (11)

WR
Taariq Allen (7)

QB
Tommy Armstrong (4)

RB
Imani Cross (32)

Depth chart

Nebraska Defensive starters

FS
Aaron Williams (24)

SS
Nate Gerry (25)

NB
Byerson Cockrell (28)

LB	LB
Michael Rose (15)	Josh Banderas (52)

CB
Joshua Kalu (10)

DE	DT	DT	DE
Jack Gangwish (95)	Vincent Valentine (98)	Maliek Collins (7)	Greg McMullen (90)

CB
Chris Jones (8)

UCLA Offensive starters

WR
Jordan Payne (9)

WR
Darren Andrews (4)

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Connor McDermott (68)	Christian Garcia (72)	Jake Brendel (54)	Caleb Benenoch (74)	Kolton Miller (77)

WR
Stephen Johnson (6)

WR
Thomas Duarte (18)

QB
Josh Rosen (3)

RB
Paul Perkins (24)

Game notes

Coach Riley is the first head coach to win this game twice. The first time was with Oregon State in 2007.

References

^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2015 Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA vs. Nebraska". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

External links

Game summary at ESPN

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[1] Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015

[Stats-2] "2015 Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA vs. Nebraska". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

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