The 2015 Military Bowl was a post-season American college football

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played on December 28, 2015 at

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in Annapolis, Maryland. The eighth edition of the

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featured the

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of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the hometown Navy Midshipmen of the

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. It began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on

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. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company

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, it was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.

Teams

The game featured the

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

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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

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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

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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

Statistics

References

Military Bowl Navy Midshipmen football bowl games Pittsburgh Panthers football bowl games December 2015 sports events in the United States

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