University of North Carolina Athletics
2015-16 Bowl Schedule Announced
June 9, 2015 | Football
DALLAS --- The 2015-16 college football postseason will begin with five bowl games on Sat., Dec. 19 and will include a record-setting number of matchups involving schools from all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences.
In all, forty-one postseason games will be played, with 40 of those contests coming in a two-week window between Dec. 19 and Jan. 2, 2016. New additions to the schedule this season are the Arizona Bowl (Tucson) and the AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando).
The Atlantic Coast Conference has 10 tie-ins for 2015-16 as well as potential spots in the College Football Playoff games and the New Year's Six games. The national semifinal games will be played in Arlington (Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic) and Miami Gardens (Capital One Orange Bowl).
ACC bowls begin with four games on Dec. 26: the St. Petersburg Bowl, the Hyundai Sun Bowl, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and the Independence Bowl. Dec. 28 features the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman and the Quick Lane Bowl with the Russell Athletic Bowl following on Dec. 29. The Belk Bowl and the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl are set for Dec. 30, while the TaxSlayer concludes the group of 10 on Jan. 2.
The second College Football Playoff National Championship Game will wrap up the collegiate schedule on Mon., Jan. 11, 2016, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
“This is the most comprehensive schedule – ever,” said Wright Waters, Football Bowl Association Executive Director. “At one end of the spectrum is the opportunity to crown a national champion through the bowl system. At every level, studentathletes, fans, teams and universities will all have the opportunity to compete in the postseason.”
The ESPN family of networks – including ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC – will offer live television coverage of 39 games, including the national semifinals on Dec. 31 and the national championship game. CBS Sports Network will televise the inaugural AutoNation Cure Bowl on Dec. 19 and CBS Sports will continue its long association with the Hyundai Sun Bowl on Dec. 26.
Date / Time (ET), Bowl, Site, Matchup, TV
Sat., Dec. 26, 11 a.m., St. Petersburg Bowl, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla., ACC vs. AAC, ESPN
Sat., Dec. 26, 2 p.m., Hyundai Sun Bowl, Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12, CBS
Sat., Dec. 26, 3:30 p.m., New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y., ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten, ABC
Sat., Dec. 26, 5:45 p.m., Independence Bowl, Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La., ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ESPN
Mon., Dec. 28, 2:30 p.m., Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md., ACC/Notre Dame vs. AAC, ESPN
Mon., Dec. 28, 5 p.m., Quick Lane Bowl, Ford Field, Detroit, Mich., ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten, ESPN2
Tues., Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m., Russell Athletic Bowl, Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla., ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big 12, ESPN
Wed., Dec. 30, 3:30 p.m., Belk Bowl, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C., ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ESPN
Wed., Dec. 30, 7 p.m., Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, LP Field, Nashville, Tenn., ACC/Notre Dame or Big Ten vs. SEC, ESPN
Sat., Jan. 2, 12 p.m., TaxSlayer Bowl, EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla., ACC/Notre Dame or Big Ten vs. SEC, ESPN
