2015 Arizona Bowl

2015 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
1234 Total
Nevada 31636 28
Colorado State 01373 23
DateDecember 29, 2015
Season2015
StadiumArizona Stadium
LocationTucson, Arizona
MVPOffense: James Butler (RB-NEV)
Defense: Ian Seau (DE-NEV)
FavoriteColorado State by 312[1]
RefereeTracy Jones (AAC)[2]
Halftime showLos Lobos Band
Attendance20,425[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkASN/Campus Insiders
AnnouncersRon Thulin, Doug Chapman, Monica McNutt (sideline) and Shae Peppler (sideline)[3]
Arizona Bowl
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The 2015 Arizona Bowl (known as the 2015 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a post-season college football bowl game between the Nevada Wolf Pack and the Colorado State Rams played on December 29, 2015, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. It was the inaugural edition of the Arizona Bowl and the final game of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. In an unusual circumstance for a postseason bowl game, both teams were from the Mountain West Conference due to issues fulfilling the bowl's conference tie-ins, resulting in the first bowl game to feature conference opponents since the 1979 Orange Bowl.[4][5]

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Nova® Home Loans Arizona Bowl Will Reach More Than 88 Million Households On American Sports Network" (Press release). West Palm Beach, FL: American Sports Network. PRNewswire. December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. ^ Lyell, Kelly (December 6, 2015). "Colorado State heads to Arizona Bowl to face MW foe Nevada". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. ^ Finley, Ryan (October 1, 2015). "Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl announced". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 12, 2015.