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The 2015 Sugar Bowl was a college football game that was played on January 1, 2015 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the 81st Sugar Bowl, and a semifinal game in the College Football Playoff. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season.
The bowl absence lasted only one season as Perkins led the Crimson Tide to wins in both the Aloha and Sun Bowls before he resigned as head coach following the 1986 season. [11] Bill Curry continued the bowl tradition and led the Crimson Tide to Hall of Fame, Sun and Sugar Bowl appearances in his three seasons as head coach. [12]
The Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl placed second and third all-time, respectively, with 28.27 million and 28.16 million viewers each. The national championship was also the most-streamed ESPN broadcast outside of the FIFA World Cup. [35] The title game earned a Nielsen rating of 18.2, also a cable television record. [36]
The 2014–15 postseason was the first to feature a College Football Playoff (CFP) to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. Four teams were selected by a 13-member committee to participate in a single-elimination tournament, whose semifinals were held at the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl as part of a yearly rotation of six bowls.
The 2015–16 postseason was the second to feature a College Football Playoff (CFP) to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. Four teams were selected by a 12-member committee to participate in a single-elimination tournament, whose semifinals were held at the Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl as part of a yearly rotation of six bowls.
The victory is Washington's 10th consecutive win by 10 or fewer points since a 59-32 victory over Cal on Sept. 23. The Huskies have thrived in close games all season long, especially down the stretch.
The teams playing for the national championship were the winners of semifinal bowl games held on January 1, 2015. The semifinal games were the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The semifinal participants were chosen and ranked 1–4 by the 13-member playoff selection committee, with 1 playing 4 and 2 playing 3. [16] [17]
A lawsuit has been filed from the Sugar Bowl meeting gone wrong between Bevo and Uga. Texas’ win over Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl was precipitated by Bevo’s infamous escape from his pen ...