2015 St. Petersburg Bowl

2015 St. Petersburg Bowl
8th St. Petersburg Bowl
UConn Huskies Marshall Thundering Herd
(6–6) (9–3)
The American C-USA
10 16
Head coach: 
Bob Diaco		 Head coach: 
John "Doc" Holliday
1234 Total
UConn 7030 10
Marshall 7603 16
DateDecember 26, 2015
Season2015
StadiumTropicana Field
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida
MVPMarshall WR Deandre Reaves[1]
FavoriteMarshall by 4[2]
RefereeKevin Mar[3] (Mtn. West)
Attendance14,652[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTom Hart, Anthony Becht, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN)
Drew Goodman, Rene Ingoglia, & Brett McMurphy (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the UConn Huskies of the American Athletic Conference and the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA, played on December 26, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was the final contest of the 2015 FBS football season for both teams.[4] It ended in a 16–10 victory for Marshall.

The Huskies were selected to play in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl following a 6–6 regular season highlighted by a win over the otherwise-undefeated Houston Cougars to achieve bowl eligibility. UConn faced Marshall, who finished their regular season with a 9–3 record and for the first time since 2012 did not qualify for the Conference USA championship game.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DailyCampusMVP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "UConn and Marshall To Meet in Eighth Annual St. Petersburg Bowl". St. Petersburg Bowl. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.