2015 Pinstripe Bowl
The 2015 Pinstripe Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The sixth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference against the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It began at 3:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. This bowl marked Duke's first bowl victory in 54 years. Although Duke had reached 4 consecutive bowl games, they had lost the previous three.
This is the most recent Pinstripe Bowl victory by an ACC team.
Teams
The game featured the Indiana Hoosiers against the Duke Blue Devils.Indiana Hoosiers
After finishing their season 6–6, Holtzman extended an invitation for the Hoosiers to play in the game, which they accepted as well.This was the Hoosiers' tenth bowl game and their first since the 2007 Insight Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma State by a score of 49–33. The Hoosiers sought their first bowl victory since the 1991 Copper Bowl.
Duke Blue Devils
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Mark Holtzman extended an invitation for the Blue Devils to play in the game, which they accepted.This was the Blue Devils' twelfth bowl game and their fourth consecutive bowl game, where they sought their first bowl victory in 54 years. It was also the Blue Devils' second bowl game against an opponent from the Big Ten; their first was the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl, where they lost to Wisconsin by a score of 34–20.