2015 Camellia Bowl

The 2015 Camellia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 19, 2015 at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The second edition of the Camellia Bowl featured the Ohio Bobcats from the Mid-American Conference against the Appalachian State Mountaineers of the Sun Belt Conference. This was the first ever meeting between the two teams. It began at 4:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by television broadcasting company Raycom Media, it was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl.^[4]

Teams

The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Appalachian State Mountaineers. It was the first overall meeting between the two schools.^[5]

Appalachian State Mountaineers

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

This was the first FBS bowl game in school history for Appalachian State, in their second season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Sun Belt Conference and their first season of bowl eligibility.

Ohio Bobcats

This was the sixth bowl appearance in the last seven seasons for head coach Frank Solich and the Ohio Bobcats. Solich entered with a 4–7 career record in bowl games as a head coach at both Ohio and Nebraska.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Ohio	APP
1	7:17	4	51	1:31	APP	Taylor Lamb 21-yard touchdown run, Zach Matics kick good	0	7
2	1:31	11	45	5:56	Ohio	36-yard field goal by Josiah Yazdani	3	7
2	1:23	1	−5	0:08	Ohio	Interception returned 20 yards for touchdown by Quentin Poling, Josiah Yazdani kick good	10	7
2	0:20	2	23	0:19	Ohio	A. J. Ouellette 7-yard touchdown run, Josiah Yazdani kick good	17	7
3	8:06	4	12	1:19	Ohio	Fumble recovery returned 45 yards for touchdown by Jovon Johnson, Josiah Yazdani kick good	24	7
4	13:52	11	97	4:46	APP	Barrett Burns 17-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Lamb, Zach Matics kick good	24	14
4	13:10	1	26	0:07	APP	Marcus Cox 26-yard touchdown run, Zach Matics kick good	24	21
4	11:56	4	47	1:02	APP	Barrett Burns 8-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Lamb, Zach Matics kick good	24	28
4	6:06	1	−3	0:04	Ohio	Marcus Cox tackled in endzone for a safety by Jovon Johnson	26	28
4	1:47	8	51	4:19	Ohio	21-yard field goal by Josiah Yazdani	29	28
4	0:00	9	73	1:47	APP	23-yard field goal by Zach Matics	29	31
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							29	31

Source: ^[3]

Statistics

Statistics^[3]	Ohio	APP
First downs	15	24
Plays–yards	65–272	75–427
Rushes–yards	36–107	49–303
Passing yards	165	124
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15–29–2	13–26–1
Time of possession	30:06	29:54

References

↑ "Appalachian State rallies past Ohio in Raycom Media Camellia Bowl". espn.com. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
↑ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2015
1 2 3 4 "2015 Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs. Appalchian State Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
↑ /humans.txt. "Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | Montgomery, AL". ESPN Events. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
↑ "Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. Ohio Bobcats football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
↑ McMurphy, Brett (December 2, 2015). "Arkansas State, Ga. Southern, App. State accept bowl bids". ESPN.Go.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

2015–16 NCAA football bowl game season

New Mexico (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 19) Camellia (Dec. 19) Cure (Dec. 19) New Orleans (Dec. 19) Miami Beach (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Boca Raton (Dec. 22) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) GoDaddy (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 24) Hawaii (Dec. 24) St. Petersburg (Dec. 26) Sun (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Pinstripe (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 26) Foster Farms (Dec. 26) Military (Dec. 28) Quick Lane (Dec. 28) Armed Forces (Dec. 29) Russell Athletic (Dec. 29) Arizona (Dec. 29) Texas (Dec. 29) Birmingham (Dec. 30) Belk (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) TaxSlayer (Jan. 2) Liberty (Jan. 2) Alamo (Jan. 2) Cactus (Jan. 2)

College Football Playoff games: Orange (semifinal) (Dec. 31) Cotton (semifinal) (Dec. 31) National Championship Game (Jan. 11)

All-Star Games: 2016 East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 23) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 23) Senior Bowl (Jan. 30)

Camellia Bowl

2014 2015 2016

Cramton Bowl (2014–present)

Broadcasters

Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Playoff games Georgia Southern Western Carolina (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug) 2015 Camellia Bowl

Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Ohio Bobcats bowl games

1962 Sun Bowl 1968 Tangerine Bowl 2007 GMAC Bowl 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 2010 New Orleans Bowl 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 2012 Independence Bowl 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl 2015 Camellia Bowl

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