2015 Peach Bowl

2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
CFP New Year’s Six 48th Peach Bowl
Houston Cougars Florida State Seminoles (12–1) (10–2) The American ACC 38 24 Head coach:  Tom Herman Head coach:  Jimbo Fisher AP Coaches CFP 14 16 18 AP Coaches CFP 9 8 9
1 2 3 4 Total Houston 7 14 0 17 38 Florida State 3 0 7 14 24
Date	December 31, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Favorite	Florida State by 7[1]
Referee	Tom Ritter (SEC)[2]
Attendance	71,007[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Dave Pasch, Brian Griese and Tom Luginbill (ESPN) Marc Kestecher, Mike Bellotti, & Allison Williams (ESPN Radio)

The 2015 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2015, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.^[3] The 48th Peach Bowl was one of the New Year's Eve bowl games.^[4] It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise, the game is officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The game started at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio.^[3]

Background

Houston, in their first year under newly hired Tom Herman, raced off to a 10–0 start and a #13 ranking, but a loss to Connecticut opened up a chance for Navy to swoop in and win the division title. However, the Cougars beat the Midshipmen handily to win the West Division and qualify for the first-ever American Athletic Conference championship game. Their victory over Temple the following week gave Houston their first conference title since 2006. Since the Cougars were the highest ranked "Group of Five" ranked team, they were selected to play in the Peach Bowl. This was their first major bowl appearance since the 1985 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Florida State had started the season 6–0 before a loss to Georgia Tech on the final play of the game dropped them from #9 to #17 ranked. A loss to then #3-ranked Clemson curtailed Atlantic Division title hopes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This was the Seminoles' first Peach Bowl since 2010.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP HOU FSU 1 5:17 11 64 3:33 HOU Greg Ward Jr. 7-yard touchdown run, Ty Cummings kick good 7 0 1 0:37 10 88 4:40 FSU 20-yard field goal by Roberto Aguayo 7 3 2 6:11 7 75 2:07 HOU Chance Allen 20-yard touchdown reception from Demarcus Ayers, Ty Cummings kick good 14 3 2 4:30 3 17 0:54 HOU Greg Ward Jr. 6-yard touchdown run, Ty Cummings kick good 21 3 3 10:18 9 59 3:29 FSU Dalvin Cook 1-yard touchdown run, Roberto Aguayo kick good 21 10 4 12:50 10 49 2:18 HOU 39-yard field goal by Ty Cummings 24 10 4 11:12 4 75 1:38 FSU Travis Rudolph 65-yard touchdown reception from Sean Maguire, Roberto Aguayo kick good 24 17 4 6:08 12 75 5:04 HOU Chance Allen 17-yard touchdown reception from Greg Ward Jr., Ty Cummings kick good 31 17 4 4:55 5 75 1:13 FSU Bobo Wilson 14-yard touchdown reception from Sean Maguire, Roberto Aguayo kick good 31 24 4 1:59 7 45 2:56 HOU Ryan Jackson 2-yard touchdown run, Ty Cummings kick good 38 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 38 24

Source:^[2]

Statistics

Statistics[2]	HOU	FSU
First Downs	27	17
Total offense, plays – yards	99–448	71–413
Rushes-yards (net)	53–187	23–16
Passing yards (net)	261	397
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	28–46–1	23–48–4
Time of Possession	34:27	25:33

Game notes

• First loss by Jimbo Fisher to a non "Power 5" team at Florida State.
• Houston is 13–2–2 all time against Florida State

References

1. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
2. "2015 Peach Bowl: Houston vs. Florida State Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
3. The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the College Football Playoff. Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
4. About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.