# 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl

The 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The 26th edition of the Russell Athletic Bowl featured the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference. It began at 5:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was the Russell Athletic uniform company.

## Teams

The game featured the North Carolina Tar Heels against the Baylor Bears.

### North Carolina Tar Heels

After finishing their season 11–2, the Tar Heels accepted their invitation to play in the game.
This was the Tar Heels' second Russell Athletic Bowl; they had previously won the 1995 Carquest Bowl, defeating Arkansas by a score of 20–10.

### Baylor Bears

After finishing their season 9–3, the Bears accepted their invitation to play in the game.

## Game summary

The Bears set an all-time bowl game record with 645 total rushing yards.

### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | UNC | BU |
| 1 | 8:37 | 13 | 69 | 3:11 | UNC | Brandon Fritts 9-yard touchdown reception from Marquise Williams, Nick Weiler kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 4:25 | 13 | 75 | 4:12 | BU | Lynx Hawthorne 6-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 0:15 | 6 | 83 | 1:53 | BU | Devin Chafin 2-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 12:28 | 9 | 26 | 2:47 | UNC | 32-yard field goal by Nick Weiler | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | 9:35 | 8 | 75 | 2:53 | BU | Johnny Jefferson 11-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | 2:16 | 10 | 67 | 3:55 | BU | Johnny Jefferson 27-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | 0:35 | 10 | 75 | 1:41 | UNC | Marquise Williams 4-yard touchdown run, Nick Weiler kick good | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | 11:45 | 9 | 75 | 3:15 | UNC | Marquise Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Nick Weiler kick good | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | 3:07 | 8 | 61 | 3:21 | BU | Terence Williams 3-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | 2:04 | 1 | 80 | 0:14 | BU | Johnny Jefferson 80-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | 0:47 | 6 | 75 | 1:17 | UNC | Bug Howard 27-yard touchdown reception from Marquise Williams, Nick Weiler kick good | 31 | 42 |
| 4 | 10:24 | 13 | 75 | 5:23 | BU | Terence Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Chris Callahan kick good | 31 | 49 |
| 4 | 2:20 | 5 | 64 | 0:57 | UNC | Kendrick Singleton 7-yard touchdown reception from Marquise Williams, Nick Weiler kick good | 38 | 49 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | UNC | BU |
| First Downs | 28 | 38 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 73–487 | 103–756 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 36–244 | 84–645 |
| Passing yards (net) | 243 | 111 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 22–36–1 | 10–18–1 |
| Time of Possession | 22:54 | 37:06 |