# 2015 Military Bowl

The 2015 Military Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2015 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The eighth edition of the Military Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the hometown Navy Midshipmen of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, it was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.

## Teams

The game featured the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Navy Midshipmen.

### Navy Midshipmen

On September 14, 2015, it was announced that Navy would play in the Military Bowl should they be bowl-eligible and not selected for one of the New Year's Six bowl games. After compiling a 9–2 record in their regular season and losing to Houston in their American Athletic Conference finale, the Midshipmen automatically qualified for the game.
This will be the Midshipmen's second Military Bowl, after the inaugural 2008 game (when it was known as the EagleBank Bowl) where they lost to Wake Forest by a score of 29–19.

### Pittsburgh Panthers

The Panthers are heading to their eighth straight bowl game, the longest such streak in school history. First-year head coach Pat Narduzzi led the Panthers to an 8–4 record and a 2nd-place finish in the ACC Coastal division. Pittsburgh is 13–18 all-time in bowl games.

## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | PITT | NAVY |
| 1 | 14:46 | | | | PITT | Quadree Henderson 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Chris Blewitt kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 9:26 | 10 | 75 | 5:20 | NAVY | Kennan Reynolds 1-yard touchdown run, Austin Grebe kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 0:41 | 14 | 86 | 6:47 | NAVY | Keenan Reynolds 5-yard touchdown run, Austin Grebe kick good | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1:41 | 12 | 84 | 4:23 | NAVY | Tyler Carmona 11-yard touchdown reception from Keenan Reynolds, Austin Grebe kick good | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | 12:28 | 5 | 75 | 2:32 | NAVY | Demond Brown 26-yard touchdown run, Austin Grebe kick good | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | 8:11 | 6 | 59 | 2:42 | NAVY | 35-yard field goal by Austin Grebe | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | 3:14 | 10 | 85 | 4:57 | PITT | Qadree Ollison 4-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Peterman, Chris Blewitt kick good | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | 2:57 | | | | PITT | Jordan Whitehead fumble recovery returned 22 yards for a touchdown, Chris Blewitt kick good | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | 10:58 | 14 | 68 | 6:59 | NAVY | Toneo Gulley 15-yard touchdown run, Austin Grebe kick good | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | 9:35 | 4 | 73 | 1:23 | PITT | Qadree Ollison 45-yard touchdown run, Chris Blewitt kick good | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | 4:19 | 9 | 75 | 5:16 | NAVY | Keenan Reynolds 9-yard touchdown run, Austin Grebe kick blocked | 28 | 44 |
| "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 28 | 44 |

### Statistics

| Statistics | PITT | NAVY |
| First Downs | 17 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 42–335 | 89–590 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 21–198 | 71–417 |
| Passing yards (net) | 137 | 173 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 13–21–3 | 10–18–0 |
| Time of Possession | 17:55 | 42:05 |