College football game
2015 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
1 2 3 4 OT
Total
Indiana 0 17 14 10 0
41
Duke 10 7 10 14 3
44
Date December 26, 2015 Season 2015 Stadium Yankee Stadium Location Bronx, New York MVP Thomas Sirk (QB–Duke) (RB–Duke) Favorite Indiana by 2[ 1] Referee Chris Coyte (Pac-12 ) Attendance 37,218 Payout US$ 2,000,000 [ 2] Network ABC /ESPN Radio Announcers Rece Davis , Danny Kanell , Joey Galloway , & Paul Carcaterra (ESPN)Kevin Winter , Greg Buttle , & CJ Papa (ESPN Radio)
The 2015 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx . The sixth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference against the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference . It began at 3:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC . It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season . Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company , the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl .[ 3]
Heading into the 2023 game , this is the most recent victory by an ACC team.
Teams
The game featured the Indiana Hoosiers against the Duke Blue Devils .
Indiana Hoosiers
After finishing their season 6–6, Holtzman extended an invitation for the Hoosiers to play in the game, which they accepted as well.[ 4]
This was the Hoosiers' tenth bowl game (they were 3–6 in bowl games previously) and their first since the 2007 Insight Bowl , where they lost to Oklahoma State by a score of 49–33. The Hoosiers sought their first bowl victory since the 1991 Copper Bowl (where they shut out Baylor 24–0).
Duke Blue Devils
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Mark Holtzman extended an invitation for the Blue Devils to play in the game, which they accepted.[ 5]
This was the Blue Devils' twelfth bowl game (they were previously 3–8 in bowl games) and their fourth consecutive bowl game (their longest-and only-bowl streak in school history), where they sought their first bowl victory in 54 years (their last bowl win was when they beat Arkansas in the 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic by a score of 7–6). It was also the Blue Devils' second bowl game against an opponent from the Big Ten; their first was the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl , where they lost to Wisconsin by a score of 34–20.
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
IND
DU
1
9:48
13
45
4:15
DU
52-yard field goal by Ross Martin
0
3
1
1:16
1
85
0:14
DU
Shaun Wilson 85-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good
0
10
2
6:56
10
78
3:25
IND
Luke Timian 27-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld , Griffin Oakes kick good
7
10
2
1:25
6
53
2:00
IND
Devine Redding 17-yard touchdown run, Griffin Oakes kick good
14
10
2
1:00
2
73
0:25
DU
Thomas Sirk 73-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good
14
17
2
0:03
7
49
0:57
IND
45-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes
17
17
3
11:00
10
59
4:00
DU
34-yard field goal by Ross Martin
17
20
3
7:11
8
59
3:49
IND
Nick Westbrook 3-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld, Griffin Oakes kick good
24
20
3
5:25
3
19
0:54
DU
Braxton Deaver 10-yard touchdown reception from Thomas Sirk, Ross Martin kick good
24
27
3
1:20
6
65
1:52
IND
Alex Rodriguez 10-yard touchdown run, Griffin Oakes kick good
31
27
4
11:12
7
43
1:42
IND
27-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes
34
27
4
10:55
–
–
–
DU
Shaun Wilson kickoff return for 98 yards, Ross Martin kick good
34
34
4
4:03
5
82
2:04
IND
Mitchell Paige 25-yard touchdown reception from Nate Sudfeld, Griffin Oakes kick good
41
34
4
0:41
13
78
3:22
DU
Thomas Sirk 5-yard touchdown run, Ross Martin kick good
41
41
OT
–
4
7
–
DU
36-yard field goal by Ross Martin
41
44
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
41
44
Statistics
Statistics
IND
DUKE
First downs
33
23
Plays–yards
99–667
86–536
Rushes–yards
47–281
46–382
Passing yards
389
163
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
28–51–2
17–40–3
Time of possession
31:27
28:33
References
^ Odds, Los Angeles Times , December 10, 2015
^ "College Bowl Game Payouts" . Statistic Brain Research Institute. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .^ "Duke, Indiana To Play in New Era Pinstripe Bowl" . Pinstripe Bowl . December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015 .^ "Indiana Accepts Bid to Play In New Era Pinstripe Bowl" . IUHoosiers.com . Indiana University . December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015 .^ "Duke Bound for New Era Pinstripe Bowl" . GoDuke.com . Duke University . December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
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