2015 Quick Lane Bowl

The 2015 Quick Lane Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between Central Michigan of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Minnesota of the Big Ten Conference played on December 28, 2015, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second edition of the Quick Lane Bowl. The game began at 5:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN2.

2015 Quick Lane Bowl
2nd Quick Lane Bowl
Central Michigan Chippewas Minnesota Golden Gophers (7–5) (5–7) MAC Big Ten 14 21 Head coach:  John Bonamego Head coach:  Tracy Claeys (interim)
1 2 3 4 Total Central Michigan 0 7 0 7 14 Minnesota 3 7 3 8 21
Date	December 28, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
MVP	Minnesota QB Mitch Leidner[1]
Favorite	Minnesota by 5½[2]
Referee	Dan Romeo (Big XII)[3]
Attendance	34,217[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN2 Quick Lane Radio
Announcers	Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, & Kayce Smith (ESPN2) Don Chiodo, Brock Gutierrez, & Jim Costa (Quick Lane Radio)
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Teams

Main articles: 2015 Central Michigan Chippewas football team and 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Although Minnesota finished with a below .500 record, they were allowed to participate in a bowl game after only 77 teams qualified for 80 available bowl spots. Minnesota was selected as one of three 5–7 teams to fill the final bowl spots due to their Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.^[4]

See also: Bowl eligibility § Bowl teams with losing records

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP CMU MINN 1 10:11 9 70 4:49 MINN 22-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso 0 3 2 14:55 15 82 6:29 CMU Cooper Rush 1-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good 7 3 2 12:43 6 75 2:12 MINN K. J. Maye 11-yard touchdown reception from Mitch Leidner, Ryan Santoso kick good 7 10 3 8:30 9 64 4:58 MINN 42-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso 7 13 4 11:08 4 56 1:50 CMU Romello Ross 13-yard touchdown run, Brian Eavey kick good 14 13 4 4:26 13 74 6:36 MINN Mitch Leidner 13-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass from Mitch Leidner to K. J. Maye good 14 21 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 21

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Statistics

Statistics[3]	CMU	MINN
First Downs	17	21
Total offense, plays – yards	58–249	69–381
Rushes-yards (net)	28–104	39–158
Passing yards (net)	145	223
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	15–30–1	24–30–1
Time of Possession	24:31	35:29