College football game
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| 26th Cactus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Desmond Roland (RB, Okla. St.) & Seth Jacobs (LB, Okla. St.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington by 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dennis Hennigan (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 35,409 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell, & Allison Williams (ESPN) Mark Neely, David Diaz-Infante, & Dave Shore (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Cactus Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 2, 2015, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 10:15 p.m. ET and was televised on ESPN. Sponsored by the TicketCity ticket broker company, the game was officially known as the TicketCity Cactus Bowl.
The 26th edition of the Cactus Bowl (although the first edition contested under that name) featured the Oklahoma State Cowboys from the Big 12 Conference and the Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference. Oklahoma State beat Washington by a score of 30–22.
At 45 °F (7 °C), the game featured the coldest kickoff temperature in Cactus Bowl history.
Teams
The game represents the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series previously tied 1–1. The last time these two teams met was in 1985.
Further information: 2014 Washington Huskies football team Further information: 2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football teamGame summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics | WASH | OSU |
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| First downs | 22 | 22 |
| Plays–yards | 65–369 | 76–473 |
| Rushes–yards | 25–101 | 49–152 |
| Passing yards | 268 | 321 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 25–40–1 | 18–27–1 |
| Time of possession | 24:15 | 35:45 |
References
- "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
- ^ "2015 TicketCity Cactus Bowl Official Game Stats". Stat Broadcast.
- Haisten, Bill (January 3, 2015). "Oklahoma State Hangs On to Beat Washington in Cactus Bowl", Tulsa World. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- "2015 TicketCity Cactus Bowl". www.fiestabowl.org. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
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