College football game
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]
Teams
The game featured the Washington Huskies against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles .
Washington Huskies
After 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
After 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
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
WASH
USM
1
5:16
12
63
5:09
WASH
Myles Gaskin 2-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good
7
0
1
3:33
4
69
1:37
USM
Mike Thomas 56-yard touchdown reception from Nick Mullens , Stephen Brauchle kick good
7
7
1
0:56
6
75
2:37
WASH
Myles Gaskin 1-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good
14
7
2
10:56
13
73
4:53
USM
22-yard field goal by Stephen Brauchle
14
10
2
9:02
5
65
1:47
WASH
Jaydon Mickens 29-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good
21
10
2
1:15
8
80
0:55
USM
Ito Smith 1-yard touchdown run, Stephen Brauchle kick good
21
17
3
8:23
10
56
4:09
WASH
24-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle
24
17
3
2:47
7
57
2:43
USM
Ito Smith 2-yard touchdown run, Stephen Brauchle kick good
24
24
3
2:26
1
86
0:16
WASH
Myles Gaskin 86-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good
31
24
4
14:15
7
21
2:17
WASH
21-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle
34
24
4
7:53
9
74
4:51
WASH
Myles Gaskin 13-yard touchdown run, Cameron Van Winkle kick good
41
24
4
5:22
8
65
2:24
USM
Mike Thomas 27-yard touchdown reception from Nick Mullens, Stephen Brauchle kick good
41
31
4
0:13
10
45
5:08
WASH
23-yard field goal by Cameron Van Winkle
44
31
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
44
31
Source: [ 4]
Statistics
Statistics[ 4]
WASH
USM
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
^ 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
Formerly known as the TicketCity / Heart of Dallas Bowl
