2015 Holiday Bowl

2015 National Funding Holiday Bowl
2015 National Funding Holiday Bowl
38th Holiday Bowl Game
USC Trojans	Wisconsin Badgers
(8–5)	(9–3)
Pac-12	Big Ten
21	23
Head coach: ; Clay Helton	Head coach: ; Paul Chryst
	CFP
	25
AP	Coaches
23	23
Date	December 30, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Offense: Joel Stave (QB, Wisconsin); Defense: Jack Cichy (LB, Wisconsin)
Favorite	USC by 3
Referee	John McDaid (SEC)
Attendance	48,329
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, & Olivia Harlan (ESPN); Drew Goodman, Tom Ramsey & Marty Cesario (ESPN Radio)
Holiday Bowl
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The 2015 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 38th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game started at 7:40 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN (also on ESPN Radio). The Badgers defeated the Trojans 23–21.

Teams

This was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with USC leading the series 6–0 before this game. The last time these two teams met was in 1966 when #5 USC defeated the unranked Badgers 38–3 in a regular season non-conference game.^[3]^[4]

Wisconsin

USC

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	USC	WIS
2	13:30	9	50	3:44	WIS	38-yard field goal by Rafael Gaglianone	0	3
2	8:56	6	74	3:19	WIS	Corey Clement 6-yard touchdown run, Rafael Gaglianone kick good	0	10
2	5:17	9	55	3:39	USC	Justin Davis 1-yard touchdown run, Alex Wood kick good	7	10
2	0:26	12	71	4:51	WIS	33-yard field goal by Rafael Gaglianone	7	13
3	7:49	12	64	6:15	WIS	Austin Traylor 4-yard touchdown reception from Joel Stave, Rafael Gaglianone kick good	7	20
3	5:34	5	55	2:15	USC	Justin Davis 1-yard touchdown run, Alex Wood kick good	14	20
4	10:19	12	82	5:08	USC	Darreus Rogers 7-yard touchdown reception from Cody Kessler, Alex Wood kick good	21	20
4	2:27	7	42	3:07	WIS	29-yard field goal by Rafael Gaglianone	21	23
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							21	23

Source:^[2]

Statistics

Statistics^[2]	USC	WIS
First downs	16	22
Plays–yards	61–286	75–394
Rushes–yards	28–65	46–177
Passing yards	221	217
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	18–33–1	18–29–0
Time of possession	22:42	37:18

References

^ "College Football: Wisconsin Badgers Team Page with Schedule and ATS Results". VegasInsider.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2015 Holiday Bowl: USC vs. Wisconsin Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ "Winsipedia - Wisconsin Badgers vs. USC Trojans football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ "Football - Wisconsin Athletics - Bowl matchup resumes strange series for Badgers". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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[1] "College Football: Wisconsin Badgers Team Page with Schedule and ATS Results". VegasInsider.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

[Stats-2] "2015 Holiday Bowl: USC vs. Wisconsin Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

[3] "Winsipedia - Wisconsin Badgers vs. USC Trojans football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

[4] "Football - Wisconsin Athletics - Bowl matchup resumes strange series for Badgers". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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