| 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Russell Athletic Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orlando Citrus Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Baylor by 3[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John O'Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, & Dr. Jerry Punch (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The 26th edition of the Russell Athletic Bowl featured the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference. It began at 5:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was the Russell Athletic uniform company.[2]