2015 New Orleans Bowl

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2015 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
15th New Orleans Bowl
1234Total
Arkansas State3143828
Louisiana Tech107171347
DateDecember 19, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
MVPLouisiana Tech RB Kenneth Dixon [1]
Favorite La. Tech by 2 [2]
Referee Adam Savoie (American) [3]
Attendance32,487 [3]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer & Dr. Jerry Punch (ESPN)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 New Orleans Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 15th edition of the New Orleans Bowl featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from Conference USA against the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference. It began at 8:00 p.m. CST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, it was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. [4]

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Teams

The game featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. It was the 38th overall meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech leading the series 25–12 before this game (both had previously been in-conference foes in the Southland Conference and Big West Conference before Louisiana Tech joined the Western Athletic Conference and later Conference USA and Arkansas State joined the Sun Belt). The last meeting between these two teams was in 1998, when the Bulldogs beat the Indians 69–21 in Jonesboro. [5]

Arkansas State Red Wolves

Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Red Wolves had officially been invited to the game and accepted. [6]

This was the Red Wolves' second trip to the New Orleans Bowl; they (at the time known as the Indians) had previously played in the 2005 game, losing to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles by a score of 31–19. Notably, that game was played at Cajun Field in nearby Lafayette because of damage to the Superdome done by Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

This was the Bulldogs' second straight bowl appearance under third-year head coach Skip Holtz, following a 35–18 victory over Illinois in the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl. Holtz had a 3–3 career record in bowl games as head coach at Louisiana Tech, South Florida and East Carolina. The Louisiana Tech program entered 3–3–1 all-time in FBS bowl games.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP ARSTLa. Tech
112:007883:00La. Tech Kenneth Dixon 9-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Driskel, Jonathan Barnes kick good07
16:3815565:22ARST35-yard field goal by JD Houston37
11:555181:52La. Tech50-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes310
212:065632:53La. Tech Trent Taylor 13-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Driskel, Jonathan Barnes kick good317
27:2213914:44ARSTWarren Wand 1-yard touchdown run, JD Houston kick good1017
20:184251:14ARSTFredi Knighten 1-yard touchdown run, JD Houston kick good1717
310:009573:02La. Tech20-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes1720
38:177551:43ARST37-yard field goal by JD Houston2020
35:095843:08La. TechKenneth Dixon 59-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Driskel, Jonathan Barnes kick good2027
30:188903:08La. TechKenneth Dixon 8-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good2034
413:455161:15La. Tech28-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes2037
410:524882:02La. TechKenneth Dixon 4-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good2044
410:38000:14ARSTBlaise Taylor 98-yard kick return, 2-point pass good2844
41:3116709:07La. Tech22-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes2847
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2847

Source: [3]

Statistics

1234Total
Red Wolves3143828
Bulldogs107171347
StatisticsARSTLa. Tech
First downs2326
Plays–yards68–32374–687
Rushes–yards39–17736–229
Passing yards146458
Passing: Comp–Att–Int15–29–226–38–0
Time of possession25:1334:47
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ARSTPassingFredi Knighten14/28, 137 yds, 2 INT
RushingWarren Wand12 car, 66 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingTres Houston3 rec, 47 yds
La. TechPassing Jeff Driskel 26/38, 458 yds, 3 TD
Rushing Boston Scott 4 car, 106 yds
Receiving Trent Taylor 10 rec, 149 yds, 1 TD

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