2015 ACC Championship Game

2015 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
1234 Total
North Carolina 97714 37
Clemson 7141410 45
Date December 5, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium Bank of America Stadium
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Chris Fowler (play-by-play)
Kirk Herbstreit (color)
Heather Cox (sidelines)
Tom Rinaldi (sidelines)
2015 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#2 Clemson x$^   8 0         14 1  
#14 Florida State   6 2         10 3  
Louisville   5 3         8 5  
NC State   3 5         7 6  
Syracuse   2 6         4 8  
Wake Forest   1 7         3 9  
Boston College   0 8         3 9  
Coastal Division
#15 North Carolina x   8 0         11 3  
Pittsburgh   6 2         8 5  
Miami   5 3         8 5  
Duke   4 4         8 5  
Virginia Tech   4 4         7 6  
Virginia   3 5         4 8  
Georgia Tech   1 7         3 9  
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 ACC Championship Game was the eleventh football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the Clemson Tigers, winners of the ACC's Atlantic Division, and the North Carolina Tar Heels, the winners of the ACC's Coastal Division. This was the game's sixth consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Teams

Atlantic Division champions

The Clemson Tigers went in to the game as the consensus #1 team in the nation after clinching the ACC Atlantic Division title against the Florida State Seminoles on November 7, 2015.

Coastal Division champions

The Tar Heels entered the game ranked #8 in the AP poll and #10 in the CFP poll, having clinched the ACC Coastal Division against Virginia Tech on November 21, 2015.

Scoring summary

1st quarter scoring:

2nd quarter scoring:

3rd quarter scoring:

4th quarter scoring:

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Statistics

Statistics UNC CU
First Downs 21 33
Total yards 382 608
Rushes-yards (net) 32–142 56–319
Passing yards (net) 240 289
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 12–35–1 26–42–1
Time of Possession 21:04 38:56

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