2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January)

2015 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
12th Armed Forces Bowl
Houston Cougars Pittsburgh Panthers
(7–5) (6–6)
The American ACC
35 34
Head coach: 
David Gibbs
(interim)		 Head coach: 
Joe Rudolph
(interim)
1234 Total
Houston 06029 35
Pittsburgh 017710 34
DateJanuary 2, 2015
Season2014
StadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
LocationFort Worth, Texas
MVPHouston RB Kenneth Farrow[1]
FavoritePittsburgh by 5.5[2]
RefereeBrad Rogers (C-USA)[3]
Attendance37,888[3]
PayoutUS$675,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/RedVoice LLC
AnnouncersTom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb, & Heather Mitts (ESPN)
Brian Estridge, John Denton, Rob Best, & Landy Burdine (RedVoice LLC)
Armed Forces Bowl
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The 2015 Armed Forces Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 2, 2015, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The twelfth annual Armed Forces Bowl, it matched the Houston Cougars of the American Athletic Conference against the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[4] The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season.

The bowl was the first to be sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin (which has two of its divisions headquartered in the DFW area); as such, for sponsorship purposes the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

With less than 11 minutes left on the game clock, Houston trailed Pittsburgh by 25 points, but the Cougars came back to win 35–34. It was the biggest fourth quarter comeback in bowl history.[5]

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  2. ^ "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
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  4. ^ "Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Features Houston & Pittsburgh". Armed Forces Bowl. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  5. ^ Friedlander, Andy (January 2, 2015). "Houston Shocks Pitt in Fort Worth's Armed Forces Bowl 'Miracle', Scoring Final 22 Points", Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 3, 2015.