2015 College Football Playoff national championship - wikipedia 2015 College Football Playoff national championship 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship College Football Playoff Oregon Ducks Ohio State Buckeyes ( 13 -- 1 ) ( 13 -- 1 ) Pac - 12 Big Ten 20 42 Head coach : Mark Helfrich Head coach : Urban Meyer AP Coaches CFP AP Coaches CFP 5 Total Oregon 7 10 0 20 Ohio State 14 7 7 14 42 Date January 12, 2015 Season 2014 Stadium AT&T Stadium Location Arlington, Texas MVP Offensive : # 15 RB Ezekiel Elliott, So. Ohio State Defensive : # 23 S Tyvis Powell, So. Ohio State Favorite Oregon by 7 National anthem Lady Antebellum Referee Greg Burks ( Big XII ) Attendance 85,788 United States TV coverage Network ESPN Announcers Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi ( ESPN ) Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega ( ESPN Deportes ) Mike Tirico, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe and Joe Schad ( ESPN Radio ) Nielsen ratings 18.9 ( 33.4 million viewers ) College Football Playoff National Championship 2016 > College Football Championship Game < 2014 2016 > The 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship was a bowl game that determined the consensus national champion of NCAA Division I FBS college football for the 2014 season, which took place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on January 12, 2015. It was the culminating game of the 2014 -- 15 bowl season as the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship, replacing the BCS National Championship Game. The national title was contested through a four - team bracket system, the College Football Playoff, which replaced the previous Bowl Championship Series. The game was played between the winners of two designated semi-final bowl games played on January 1, 2015 : the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes, who upset No. 1 Alabama 42 -- 35 in the 2015 Sugar Bowl, and the No. 2 Oregon Ducks, who defeated previously unbeaten No. 3 Florida State 59 -- 20 in the 2015 Rose Bowl. This was the first championship game since 2006 that did not feature at least one SEC team, and the teams ' first meeting since the 2010 Rose Bowl, which the Buckeyes won 26 -- 17. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the game, 42 -- 20, marking the first national championship awarded under the CFP system. Following the game, the AP Poll and Coaches ' Poll also named Ohio State as their top team of the season, marking Ohio State 's first national championship since 2002 and their 8th overall. Contents 1 Background 2 2015 College Football Playoff 3 Teams 3.1 Ohio State 3.2 Oregon 4 Starting lineups 5 Game summary 5.1 Scoring summary 5.2 Statistics 5.3 Individual statistics 6 Broadcasting 7 Aftermath 8 See also 9 References Background AT&T Stadium ( capacity 80,000 ) was announced as the host site in April 2013. Arlington and Tampa ( Raymond James Stadium ) were the only cities to submit hosting bids for the inaugural title game. Each team received 20,000 tickets. Premium seat packages for the event cost $1,899 to $3,899 apiece. The packages can include hotel accommodations, game tickets, parking access, pregame hospitality, and an on - field postgame experience. College Football Playoff announced that 1,000 tickets will be made available for purchase to fans who have signed up for a random drawing by May 1, 2014. On March 25, 2014, Dr Pepper was announced as the official championship partner and presenting sponsor of the new College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy. The cost of a thirty - second commercial during the game broadcast reached upwards of $1 million. 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinals 2015 Championship Game January 1 -- Sugar Bowl 1 Alabama 35 4 Ohio St 42 January 12 -- National Championship 4 Ohio St 42 January 1 -- Rose Bowl 2 Oregon 20 2 Oregon 59 3 Florida St 20 This bracket : view talk edit Teams For more details on this topic, see College Football Playoff. The teams playing for the national championship were the winners of semifinal bowl games held on January 1, 2015. The semifinal games were the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The semifinal participants were chosen and ranked 1 -- 4 by the 13 - member playoff selection committee, with 1 playing 4 and 2 playing 3. Ohio State Main article : 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Ohio State was 20 -- 24 all - time in bowl games. The Buckeyes made their fifth visit to the state of Texas, having won 4 previous games and outscoring four different schools 120 -- 33. Ohio State, all - time, came into the game with an 8 -- 0 record against Oregon. Oregon Main article : 2014 Oregon Ducks football team Oregon is 13 -- 15 all - time in bowl games. The Ducks are 6 -- 4 in Texas having won three straight games and played their third game in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex ( Dallas, Fort Worth and now Arlington ). Starting lineups Selected in an NFL Draft ( number corresponds to draft round ) † = 2014 All - American Ohio State Position Oregon Offense Devin Smith 2 WR Byron Marshall Taylor Decker 1 LT † Jake Fisher 2 Billy Price LG Hamani Stevens Jacoby Boren † Hroniss Grasu 3 Pat Elflein 3 RG Cameron Hunt Darryl Baldwin RT Tyrell Crosby Jeff Heuerman 3 TE Evan Baylis Evan Spencer 6 WR Dwayne Stanford Cardale Jones 4 QB † Marcus Mariota 1 Ezekiel Elliott 1 RB Royce Freeman Defense † Joey Bosa 1 LDE DE Arik Armstead 1 Michael Bennett 6 DT NG Alex Balducci Adolphus Washington 3 DT DE DeForest Buckner 1 Steve Miller RDE OLB Tony Washington Darron Lee 1 SLB ILB Rodney Hardrick Curtis Grant MLB ILB Joe Walker Joshua Perry 4 WLB OLB Tyson Coleman Doran Grant 4 CB Chris Seisay Eli Apple 1 CB Troy Hill Vonn Bell 2 Erick Dargan Tyvis Powell Reggie Daniels Game summary Scoring summary Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ORE OSU 12 : 21 11 75 2 : 39 ORE Keanon Lowe 7 - yard touchdown reception from Marcus Mariota, Aidan Schneider kick good 7 0 4 : 36 10 97 3 : 16 OSU Ezekiel Elliott 33 - yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good 7 7 1 : 08 46 1 : 27 OSU Nick Vannett 1 - yard touchdown reception from Cardale Jones, Sean Nuernberger kick good 7 14 4 : 49 6 49 2 : 16 OSU Cardale Jones 1 - yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good 7 21 0 : 48 12 66 4 : 01 ORE 26 - yard field goal by Aidan Schneider 10 21 11 : 23 70 0 : 10 ORE Byron Marshall 70 - yard touchdown reception from Marcus Mariota, Aidan Schneider kick good 17 21 6 : 39 6 17 1 : 42 ORE 23 - yard field goal by Aidan Schneider 20 21 0 : 00 12 75 6 : 39 OSU Ezekiel Elliott 9 - yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good 20 28 9 : 44 9 76 4 : 13 OSU Ezekiel Elliott 2 - yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good 20 35 0 : 28 5 14 2 : 17 OSU Ezekiel Elliott 1 - yard touchdown run, Sean Nuernberger kick good 20 42 `` TOP '' = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 20 42 Statistics Statistics Oregon Ohio State First downs 20 28 Plays -- yards 71 -- 465 84 -- 538 Rushes -- yards 33 -- 132 61 -- 296 Passing yards 333 242 Passing : Comp -- Att -- Int 24 -- 38 -- 1 16 -- 23 -- 1 Time of possession 22 : 31 37 : 29 Individual statistics Oregon passing C / ATT Yds TD INT Marcus Mariota 24 / 37 333 Oregon rushing Car Yds TD LG Thomas Tyner 12 62 0 12 Marcus Mariota 10 39 0 8 Royce Freeman 10 22 0 8 Byron Marshall 9 0 9 Oregon receiving Rec Yds TD LG Byron Marshall 8 169 70 Dwayne Stanford 61 0 28 Keanon Lowe 55 28 Evan Baylis 5 25 0 9 Charles Nelson 21 0 14 Thomas Tyner 0 Ohio State passing C / ATT Yds TD INT Cardale Jones 16 / 23 242 Ohio State rushing Car Yds TD LG Ezekiel Elliott 36 246 33 Cardale Jones 21 38 17 Curtis Samuel 6 0 6 Corey Smith 0 Jalin Marshall 0 5 Ohio State receiving Rec Yds TD LG Corey Smith 76 0 50 Michael Thomas 53 0 23 Jalin Marshall 5 52 0 26 Devin Smith 45 0 45 Nick Vannett 9 8 Curtis Samuel 8 0 8 Ezekiel Elliott - 1 0 - 1 Completions / attempts Carries Long gain Receptions Broadcasting The game was televised by ESPN with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit as English commentators, and Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi as English sideline reporters and on ESPN Deportes with Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega as Spanish commentators. ESPN revived the Megacast coverage it had employed during the 2014 BCS National Championship Game : other ESPN networks ( including ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, and ESPN3 ) supplemented coverage with analysis and additional perspectives of the game. Approximately 33.4 million watched the game. The game set a cable television record for ratings, receiving an 18.5 Nielsen rating. The game was broadcast on nationwide radio by ESPN Radio with Mike Tirico and Todd Blackledge on the call, with Holly Rowe and Joe Schad on the sidelines. Locally, the game was broadcast on radio by the Oregon IMG Sports Network flagshiped by KUGN ( NewsTalk 590 ) in Eugene, Oregon with Jerry Allen ( play - by - play ) and Mike Jorgensen ( color commentator ), and by the Ohio State IMG Sports Network flagshiped by WBNS - AM ( 1460 ESPN Columbus ) and WBNS - FM ( 97.1 The Fan ) in Columbus, Ohio with Paul Keels ( play - by - play ), Jim Lachey ( color commentator ) and Marty Bannister on the sidelines. Aftermath Following the game, fans took to the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to celebrate. Fans tore down a temporary goalpost at Ohio Stadium. 89 fires were reported, and members of the Columbus Police Department used tear gas to disperse crowds. Just over a year later, Elliott, who had entered the draft early following his junior season, was brought back to AT&T Stadium when the Dallas Cowboys selected him with the 4th overall pick. See also College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS References Jump up ^ `` SportsCenter on Twitter ''. Twitter. Retrieved January 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` College Football Las Vegas Sportsbook Odds, NCAA Football Sports Betting Lines and Point Spreads at VegasInsider.com ''. VegasInsider.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Smith, Troy L. ( January 12, 2015 ). `` Lady Antebellum to sing national anthem at tonight 's college football championship game ''. cleveland.com. 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Question: who won the 2015 college football national championship
Answer: Buckeyes won 26–17.