2015 Independence Bowl

2015 Camping World Independence Bowl
40th Independence Bowl
1234 Total
Tulsa 2110615 52
Virginia Tech 242173 55
DateDecember 26, 2015
Season2015
StadiumIndependence Stadium
LocationShreveport, Louisiana
FavoriteVa. Tech by 13½[1]
RefereeCooper Castleberry (Big XII)
Attendance31,289[2]
PayoutUS$TBD
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/Sports USA
AnnouncersDave LaMont, Ray Bentley, & Jane Slater (ESPN)
Eli Gold, Phil Savage, & Darrell Rebouche (Sports USA)
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The 2015 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana in the United States. The 40th annual Independence Bowl featured the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane of the American Athletic Conference. Sponsored by Camping World, the game was officially known as the Camping World Independence Bowl.[3] The first half of the game, in which 76 points were scored, was the highest scoring half in college football bowl history until the second half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl the next year.[4][5]

  1. ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Independence Bowl Confirms Camping World Is New Title Sponsor", KSLA News, July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  4. ^ [1], Saturday Down South, December 27, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Idaho outscores Colorado State in Potato Bowl". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 18, 2021.