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The 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 12, 2015, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.The inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship, which replaced the BCS National Championship Game, the game determined a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2014 season.
This was Ohio State's first national championship since their victory in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, [30] and it was the third for Urban Meyer, who had won titles with Florida in the 2007 and 2009 BCS championships. [33] The Buckeyes finished the season with a 14–1 record, and the Ducks fell to 13–2 following their championship game loss. [34]
The games began on December 19, 2015, and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 11, 2016. A new record total of 41 team-competitive bowl games were played in FBS, including the national championship game and the inaugural Cure Bowl and Arizona Bowl.
The national championship game drew a viewership average of 25.7 million, a drop of 23 percent, [37] with a Nielsen rating of 15.8. [38] Still, the championship game set an ESPN college football record for unique viewers at over 2.4 million, and ranked third among all ESPN broadcasts behind two FIFA World Cup games. [39]
Oregon lost 42-20 to Ohio State in the 2015 national championship game. The Ducks have also never defeated the Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl, falling in 2010 under Kelly’s tutelage and in 1958.
2015: 2016 CFP National Championship* 1: L 40–45 January 11, 2016: Alabama: University of Phoenix Stadium: Glendale, AZ: 75,765 Dabo Swinney: 40 2016: 2016 Fiesta Bowl 1: W 31–0 December 31, 2016 Ohio State: University of Phoenix Stadium: Glendale, AZ: 70,236 Dabo Swinney: 41 2016: 2017 CFP National Championship* 1: W 35–31 January 9 ...
AT&T Stadium hosted the first College Football Playoff National Championship game, in January 2015. Cities across the United States can bid on the National Championship Game each year. The number of cities capable of bidding for the event is restricted by a requirement to have a stadium with at least 65,000 seats.
The 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was played on April 6, 2015, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It featured the South regional champion, the first-seeded Duke Blue Devils, and the West regional champion, the first-seeded Wisconsin Badgers.