2015 TaxSlayer Bowl
| 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 70th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Network ESPN/ESPN Radio | | |||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, and Jessica Mendoza (ESPN) Adam Amin, John Congemi, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl was an American
TaxSlayer.com,[5]
and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.
Teams
This was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series tied 1–1. The previous time these two teams met was in 1987. The only other bowl game these two played against each other was the 1982 Peach Bowl, which Iowa won 28–22.
The Volunteers took the momentum early, scoring on their first four possessions and leading 28–0 before Iowa managed to reach 70 yards. Sophomore quarterback and game MVP Joshua Dobbs ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Vols posted their first winning season since going 7–6 in 2009, and earned its first postseason victory since the Phillip Fulmer era, the last being the 2008 Outback Bowl over the Wisconsin Badgers.[6]
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Source: [4]
Statistics
| Statistics[4] | Iowa | TENN |
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| First downs | 23 | 27 |
| Plays–yards | 66–421 | 73–461 |
| Rushes–yards | 35–244 | 51–283 |
| Passing yards | 177 | 178 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 15–31–1 | 17–22–1 |
| Time of possession | 27:52 | 32:08 |
References
- ^ Coble, Don (January 2, 2015). "Tennessee turns TaxSlayer Bowl win over Iowa into a long-needed celebration". jacksonville.com. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "2014". Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "2015 TaxSlayer Bowl Official Game Stats" (PDF). Stat Broadcast.
- ^ "TaxSlayer.com Announces New Sponsorship". Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ "Outback Bowl News". www.outbackbowl.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.