The 2015 Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American

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bowl game played on December 29, 2015, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The 13th edition of the

Armed Forces Bowl The Armed Forces Bowl, formerly the Fort Worth Bowl from 2003 to 2005, is an annual postseason college football bowl game. First played in 2003, the game is normally held at the 45,000-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian ...

featured the

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of the

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against the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference. It began at 2:03 p.m. CST 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 company

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, it was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

Teams

The game featured the

against the Air Force Falcons. It was a rematch of the

2007 Armed Forces Bowl The 2007 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the California Golden Bears and the Air Force Falcons played on December 31, 2007, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The ...

(the first for both teams), which saw California defeat Air Force by a score of 42–36.

California Golden Bears

After finishing their regular season 7–5, the Golden Bears accepted their invitation to play in the game. This was the Golden Bears' second Armed Forces Bowl.

Air Force Falcons

After finishing their regular season 8–5, the Falcons accepted their invitation to play in the game. This was the Falcons' fifth Armed Forces Bowl, giving them the new record for most appearances in the game. Their overall record in the Armed Forces Bowl is 1–3; in addition to their aforementioned loss to California in the 2007 game, they also lost the

2008 Armed Forces Bowl The 2008 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was the sixth edition of the annual post-season college football bowl game, and was a bowl rematch of a regular season game between the Houston Cougars against the Air Force Falcons that was won by Air ...

to Houston 34–28,

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the

2009 Armed Forces Bowl The 2009 Armed Forces Bowl was the seventh edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, a college football bowl game, and was played at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The game started at 12:00 PM US EST on Thursday, December 31, 2009. The ga ...

over Houston 47–20, and lost the

2012 Armed Forces Bowl The 2012 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 29, 2012, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas in the ...

to Rice 33–14.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

References

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