2015 GoDaddy Bowl (January)

2015 GoDaddy Bowl
16th GoDaddy Bowl
Toledo Rockets Arkansas State Red Wolves
(8–4) (7–5)
MAC Sun Belt
63 44
Head coach: 
Matt Campbell		 Head coach: 
Blake Anderson
1234 Total
Toledo 2114721 63
Arkansas State 1431413 44
DateJanuary 4, 2015
Season2014
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPKareem Hunt (RB, Toledo)[1]
FavoriteToledo by 3.5[2]
RefereeKen Antee (C-USA)[3]
Attendance36,811[3]
PayoutUS$TBD
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/Nevada Sports Network
AnnouncersAllen Bestwick, Ray Bentley, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN)
Mike Grace, Jay Roberson, & Blake Gardner (Nevada SN)
GoDaddy Bowl
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The 2015 GoDaddy Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on January 4, 2015, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama in the United States. The sixteenth edition of the GoDaddy Bowl, it featured the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference against the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[4] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by web hosting service company GoDaddy.

Team selection

The game featured the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference against the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference.

It was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with Toledo leading the series 2–0 prior to the kickoff. The last time these two teams met was in 1992.

Toledo Rockets

See also: 2014 Toledo Rockets football team

After the Rockets finished the regular season with an 8–4 record, they accepted their invitation to play in the game.[5]

This was Toledo's second GoDaddy Bowl; the Rockets previously won the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) over the UTEP Miners, 45–13.

Arkansas State Red Wolves

See also: 2014 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

After the Red Wolves finished the regular season with a 7–5 record, bowl director Jerry Silverstein extended an invitation to play in the game.[6]

This was the Red Wolves' fourth GoDaddy Bowl, extending their record for most appearances in the game. The Red Wolves had a 2–1 record in the GoDaddy Bowl prior to this match-up, losing the 2012 game to the Northern Illinois Huskies, 38–20, winning the 2013 game over the Kent State Golden Flashes, 17–13, and winning the 2014 game over the Ball State Cardinals, 23–20.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TOL ARST
1 14:50 – – – TOL Fumble recovery returned 0 yards for touchdown by Trent Voss, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 7 0
1 13:30 5 75 1:20 ARST Booker Mays 44-yard touchdown reception from Fredi Knighten, Logan Spry kick good 7 7
1 5:04 12 88 4:35 TOL Kareem Hunt 4-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 14 7
1 2:36 3 70 1:16 TOL Kareem Hunt 44-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 21 7
1 1:25 3 82 1:11 ARST Tres Houston 66-yard touchdown reception from Fredi Knighten, Logan Spry kick good 21 14
2 7:13 8 42 3:29 ARST 31-yard field goal by Logan Spry 21 17
2 2:28 13 75 4:45 TOL Kareem Hunt 29-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 28 17
2 0:34 – – – TOL Fumble recovery returned 67 yards for touchdown by Allen Covington, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 35 17
3 8:15 8 69 3:21 TOL Kareem Hunt 6-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 42 17
3 4:40 8 83 3:35 ARST Booker Mays 55-yard touchdown reception from Fredi Knighten, Logan Spry kick good 42 24
3 2:06 – – – ARST Interception returned 94 yards for touchdown by Money Hunter, Logan Spry kick good 42 31
4 11:46 11 75 5:20 TOL Kareem Hunt 1-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 49 31
4 10:08 5 49 1:38 ARST Booker Mays 27-yard touchdown reception from Fredi Knighten, Logan Spry kick good 49 38
4 6:33 6 70 3:35 TOL Damion Jones-Moore 10-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 56 38
4 2:17 14 75 4:16 ARST Darion Griswold 3-yard touchdown reception from Fredi Knighten, 2-point pass no good 56 44
4 1:02 4 52 1:15 TOL Damion Jones-Moore 29-yard touchdown run, Jeremiah Detmer kick good 63 44
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 63 44

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics[3] TOL ARST
First downs 30 20
Plays–yards 80–541 63–468
Rushes–yards 53–365 32–65
Passing yards 176 403
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 21–27–1 23–31–0
Time of possession 35:17 24:43

References

  1. ^ Podolski, Mark (January 5, 2015). "Toledo RB, South graduate Kareem Hunt reflects on five-TD bowl game". news-herald.com. The News-Herald. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Stats Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Game". GoDaddyBowl.com. GoDaddy Bowl. 2014. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Rockets Accept Bid to Play in GoDaddy Bowl in Mobile on Jan. 4". Toledo Rockets. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Arkansas State Accepts Fourth Consecutive GoDaddy Bowl Invitation". GoDaddy Bowl. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.