The 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl was an American college football

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played on January 2, 2015, at

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. The 70th edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the

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and the

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of the

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. The game was one of the

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that concluded the

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. The game began at 3:20 p.m. EST and was nationally televised by

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. It was sponsored by tax preparation software company

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, and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.

Teams

This was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series tied 1–1. The previous time these two teams met was in 1987. The only other bowl game these two played against each other was the

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, which Iowa won 28–22. The Volunteers took the momentum early, scoring on their first four possessions and leading 28–0 before Iowa managed to reach 70 yards. Sophomore quarterback and game MVP Joshua Dobbs ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Vols posted their first winning season since going 7–6 in 2009, and earned its first postseason victory since the Phillip Fulmer era, the last being the

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over the

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Game summary

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TaxSlayer Bowl The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville, Florida, operated by Gator Bowl Sports. It has been held continuously since 1946, making it the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nati ...

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