2015 St. Petersburg Bowl

Connecticut Huskies	Marshall Thundering Herd
(6–6)	(9–3)
The American	Conference USA
10	16
Head coach: Bob Diaco	Head coach: John "Doc" Holliday

	1	2	3	4	Total
Connecticut	7	0	3	0	10
Marshall	7	6	0	3	16

Date

December 26, 2015

Season

2015

Stadium

Tropicana Field

Location

St. Petersburg, Florida

MVP

Marshall WR Deandre Reaves

Favorite

Marshall by 4

Referee

Kevin Mar (Mtn. West)

Attendance

14,652

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN/ESPN Radio

Announcers

Tom Hart, Anthony Becht, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN)
Drew Goodman, Rene Ingoglia, & Brett McMurphy (ESPN Radio)

St. Petersburg Bowl
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The 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies of the American Athletic Conference and the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA, played on December 26, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was the final contest of the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football season for both teams. It ended in a 16–10 victory for Marshall.

The Huskies were selected to play in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl following a 6–6 regular season highlighted by a win over the otherwise-undefeated Houston Cougars to achieve bowl eligibility. Connecticut faced Marshall, who finished their regular season with a 9–3 record and for the first time since 2012 did not qualify for the Conference USA championship game.

In 2015, the St. Petersburg Bowl selection committee had a contractual arrangement with the American and Conference USA that allowed the committee to pick one team from each conference. The American has had a contractual bowl bid to the game since the game's inception in 2008.

This game featured the Connecticut Huskies of the American Athletic Conference against the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA in their first meeting against each other.

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