2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
January 01, 1970
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. The first football championship game for The American, it was hosted by the Houston Cougars, West Division champion, and featured the Temple Owls, East Division champion. It was broadcast on ABC.
2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They finished the season 13–1, 7–1 in American Athletic play to win a share of the West Division title. Due to their head to head win over Navy, they represented the West Division in the inaugural American Athletic Championship Game. This was their first conference championship game since 2011, when they were Conference USA. They were aiming for their first conference championship since 2006.
The Temple Owls were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in American Athletic Conference play to finish as champions of the East Division. This was their first division title since 2009, when they tied with Ohio for the MAC West title. They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Championship Game. The Owls were aiming for their first conference title since winning the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1967 and their first major conference title in school history.
2015, american, athletic, conference, football, championship, game, held, december, 2015, central, time, tdecu, stadium, houston, texas, first, football, championship, game, american, hosted, houston, cougars, west, division, champion, featured, temple, owls, . The 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 5 2015 at 11 00 a m Central Time at TDECU Stadium in Houston Texas The first football championship game for The American it was hosted by the Houston Cougars West Division champion and featured the Temple Owls East Division champion It was broadcast on ABC 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship GameConference ChampionshipLogo of the Championship GameTemple Owls Houston Cougars 10 2 11 1 13 24Head coach Matt Rhule Head coach Tom HermanAPCoachesCFP202122 APCoachesCFP1718191234 TotalTemple 0373 13Houston 71070 24DateDecember 5 2015Season2015StadiumTDECU StadiumLocationHouston TXMVPGreg Ward Jr QB Houston FavoriteHouston by 5 5RefereeMichael RocheAttendance35 721 1 United States TV coverageNetworkABC IMGAnnouncersSean McDonough Chris Spielman and Todd McShay ABC Tony Castricone and Tony Pike IMG American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game 2016 gt 2015 American Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L East Division Temple x 7 1 10 4 South Florida 6 2 8 5 Cincinnati 4 4 7 6 UConn 4 4 6 7 East Carolina 3 5 5 7 UCF 0 8 0 12 West Division No 8 Houston xy 7 1 13 1 No 18 Navy x 7 1 11 2 Memphis 5 3 9 4 Tulsa 3 5 6 7 Tulane 1 7 3 9 SMU 1 7 2 10 Championship Houston 24 Temple 13 Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participantAs of December 31 2015Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Houston 1 2 Temple 2 Game summary 2 1 Statistics 3 ReferencesTeams editHouston edit Main article 2015 Houston Cougars football team The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division They finished the season 13 1 7 1 in American Athletic play to win a share of the West Division title Due to their head to head win over Navy they represented the West Division in the inaugural American Athletic Championship Game This was their first conference championship game since 2011 when they were Conference USA They were aiming for their first conference championship since 2006 Temple edit Main article 2015 Temple Owls football team The Temple Owls were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference They finished the season 10 4 7 1 in American Athletic Conference play to finish as champions of the East Division This was their first division title since 2009 when they tied with Ohio for the MAC West title They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Championship Game The Owls were aiming for their first conference title since winning the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1967 and their first major conference title in school history Game summary editScoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Temple Houston 1 10 05 10 36 2 55 Houston Javin Webb 1 yard run Ty Cummings kick 0 7 2 13 28 9 42 2 59 Houston Ty Cummings 24 yard field goal 0 10 2 5 32 5 71 1 59 Houston Greg Ward Jr 47 yard run Ty Cummings kick 0 17 2 1 46 9 51 3 46 Temple Austin Jones 40 yard field goal 3 17 3 6 40 7 71 3 38 Houston Greg Ward Jr 10 yard run Ty Cummings kick 3 24 3 2 26 10 75 4 14 Temple Robby Anderson 13 yard pass from P J Walker Austin Jones kick 10 24 4 11 29 10 29 4 47 Temple Austin Jones 39 yard field goal 13 24 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 13 24 Source 2 Statistics edit Statistics Houston Temple First Downs 16 19 Total offense 339 385 Rushing yards TD 233 3 98 0 Passing yards TD 106 0 287 1 Passing Comp Att Int 12 22 0 26 44 1 Fumbles Number Lost 0 0 1 1 Penalties Number Yards 5 40 2 15 Punts Average Yardage 36 5 33 Kickoffs Average Yardage 63 59 Sacks Number Yards 1 4 0 0 Field Goals Good Att 1 1 2 2 Points off turnovers 7 0 Time of Possession 26 01 32 58References edit Statistics Temple vs Houston Dec 5 2015 American Athletic Conference Retrieved December 24 2015 Statistics Temple vs Houston Dec 5 2015 American Athletic Conference Retrieved December 24 2015 nbsp This college football related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game amp oldid 1221380159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
