The 2015 Miami Beach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 21, 2015 at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. The second edition of the Miami Beach Bowl featured the champions from Conference USA, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and air on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.
Teams The game featured the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers against the South Florida Bulls. It was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with South Florida leading the series 4–2 before this game. The last meeting between these two teams was in 2010, when the Bulls beat the Hilltoppers 24–12 in Tampa.
South Florida Bulls
Sources told ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy that the Bulls had officially been invited to the game and accepted.
This was the Bulls' seventh bowl game (they were previously 4–2 all-time in bowl games) and their first since winning the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl over Clemson by a score of 31–26. It was also the Bulls' first bowl game in Florida since winning the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl (said game's inaugural edition) over Memphis by a score of 41–14.
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Game summary
Scoring Summary
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Statistics
Statistics WKU USF First downs 27 28 Plays–yards 79–612 79–597 Rushes–yards 33–151 45–290 Passing yards 461 307 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 32–46–2 15–34–0 Time of possession 31:28 28:32 Team Category Player Statistics WKU Passing Brandon Doughty 32/44, 461 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Anthony Wales 14 car, 105 yds, 2 TD Receiving Nicholas Norris 5 rec, 120 yds, 2 TD USF Passing Quinton Flowers 14/32, 273 yds, 1 TD Rushing Quinton Flowers 16 car, 108 yds, 2 TD Receiving Rodney Adams 6 rec, 130 yds, 1 TD
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