Offensive: Ohio State RB Ezekiel Elliott[1] Defensive: Ohio State LB Darron Lee[2]
Favorite
Alabama by 7[3]
Referee
Land Clark (Pac-12)[4]
Halftime show
The Ohio State University Marching Band and the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band
Attendance
74,682[4]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Announcers
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe (ESPN)
Nielsen ratings
15.2 (28.3 million viewers)
Sugar Bowl
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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. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
In the game, the fourth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 42–35.[5] The Buckeyes advanced to the College Football Playoff Championship Game against the Oregon Ducks, which was played January 12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The contest was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Kickoff time was set for 8:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time, but was delayed until after the end of the Rose Bowl.
^Wasserman, Ari (January 2, 2015). "Five-star production: How Ezekiel Elliott's transformation has Ohio State Buckeyes on verge of national title". cleveland.com. Northeast Ohio Media Group, LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^Landis, Bill (January 2, 2015). "Ohio State football: Buckeyes LB Darron Lee's cocky, confident play got him an MVP vs. Alabama". cleveland.com. Northeast Ohio Media Group, LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^"College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
^ abCite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Cardale Jones, in 2nd career start, leads Ohio State in upset of Alabama". ESPN. Associated Press. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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