2015 Cure Bowl
| 2015 AutoNation Cure Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orlando Citrus Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | San Jose State QB Kenny Potter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | San Jose St. by 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Girl Scouts of Citrus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve LaMantia (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,536 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBSSN/iHeartRadio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, & Jenny Dell (CBSSN) Paul Kennedy, Max Starks, & Jamie Seh (iHeartRadio) |
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The 2015 Cure Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015 at Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The first edition of the Cure Bowl featured the San Jose State Spartans of the Mountain West Conference against the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference. It began at 7:00 p.m. EST and aired on CBS Sports Network. It was the one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
The game featured the San Jose State Spartans against the Georgia State Panthers. It was the first overall meeting between the two schools.
Because the Spartans finished 5–7 in their regular season, they would ordinarily be bowl-ineligible. However, only 77 teams finished at .500 or better on the season, leaving three bowl slots open to 5–7 teams based on their Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Spartans ranked fourth among such teams, after Nebraska and Missouri and together with Minnesota. However, since Missouri did not accept a bowl bid, the Spartans were invited to the Cure Bowl, which they accepted.
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