# 2015 Foster Farms Bowl

The 2015 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2015, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The 14th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl (previously known as the Fight Hunger Bowl) featured the UCLA Bruins from the Pac-12 Conference against the Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Big Ten Conference. Since there were not enough bowl-eligible teams at the end of the regular season, 5–7 Nebraska was given a spot in this bowl because of its high Academic Progress Rate. Underdog Nebraska was victorious, winning the game 37–29.

## Teams

The game represented the 13th overall meeting between these two teams, but was the first of those meetings to occur in a bowl game. After this game, Nebraska leads the all-time series 7–6.

### UCLA

The Bruins were led by freshman quarterback Josh Rosen, who had completed 266 passes for an average of 279.2 yards per game. The team led the Pac-12 conference in sacks against (1.17 per game), pass defense efficiency (111.5), and pass defense (205.7 yards per game).

## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | UCLA | NEB |
| 1 | 10:17 | 10 | 79 | 4:43 | UCLA | Paul Perkins 1-yard touchdown run, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 3:50 | 12 | 75 | 6:27 | NEB | Imani Cross 1-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 11:04 | 4 | 86 | 1:38 | UCLA | Kenneth Walker III 60-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | 7:55 | 4 | 68 | 1:36 | UCLA | Nate Starks 26-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick good | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | 6:23 | 4 | 75 | 1:23 | NEB | Terrell Newby 3-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | 0:52 | 8 | 73 | 3:31 | NEB | Andy Janovich 1-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | 10:37 | 9 | 78 | 4:23 | NEB | Stanley Morgan Jr. 22-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Armstrong Jr., Drew Brown kick failed | 21 | 27 |
| 3 | 4:50 | 11 | 67 | 4:32 | NEB | 20-yard field goal by Drew Brown | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | 14:11 | 9 | 51 | 4:01 | NEB | Tommy Armstrong Jr. 3-yard touchdown run, Drew Brown kick good | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | 11:29 | 8 | 76 | 2:35 | UCLA | Jordan Payton 9-yard touchdown reception from Josh Rosen, 2-point pass from Josh Rosen to Thomas Duarte good | 29 | 37 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | UCLA | NEB |
| First Downs | 17 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 57–386 | 81–500 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 16–67 | 62–326 |
| Passing yards (net) | 319 | 174 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 26–41–2 | 12–19–0 |
| Time of Possession | 21:45 | 38:15 |

## Depth chart

* FS
* Jaleel Wadood (2)
* SS
* Randall Goforth (3)
| OLB | LB | LB | OLB |
| Deon Hollins (58) | Kenny young (42) | Jayon Brown (12) | Aaron Wallace (51) |
* CB
* John Johnson (7)
| DE | NT | DT |
| Eli Ankou (96) | Kenny Clark (97) | Takkarist McKinley (98) |
* CB
* Ishmael Adams (1)
* WR
* Jamal Turner (10)
* TE
* Sam Cotton (84)
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Alex Lewis (71) | Dylan Utter (66) | Ryne Reeves (65) | Zach Sterup (58) | Nick Gates (68) |
* TE
* Cethan Carter (11)
* WR
* Taariq Allen (7)
* QB
* Tommy Armstrong (4)
* RB
* Imani Cross (32)

## Depth chart

* FS
* Aaron Williams (24)
* SS
* Nate Gerry (25)
* NB
* Byerson Cockrell (28)
| LB | LB |
| Michael Rose (15) | Josh Banderas (52) |
* CB
* Joshua Kalu (10)
| DE | DT | DT | DE |
| Jack Gangwish (95) | Vincent Valentine (98) | Maliek Collins (7) | Greg McMullen (90) |
* CB
* Chris Jones (8)
* WR
* Jordan Payne (9)
* WR
* Darren Andrews (4)
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Connor McDermott (68) | Christian Garcia (72) | Jake Brendel (54) | Caleb Benenoch (74) | Kolton Miller (77) |
* WR
* Stephen Johnson (6)
* WR
* Thomas Duarte (18)
* QB
* Josh Rosen (3)
* RB
* Paul Perkins (24)

## Game notes

* Coach Riley is the first head coach to win this game twice. The first time was with Oregon State in 2007.