2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Temple Owls Houston Cougars (10–2) (11–1) 13 24 Head coach:  Matt Rhule Head coach:  Tom Herman AP Coaches CFP 20 21 22 AP Coaches CFP 17 18 19
1 2 3 4 Total Temple 0 3 7 3 13 Houston 7 10 7 0 24
Date	December 5, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	TDECU Stadium
Location	Houston, TX
Favorite	Houston, -4.5
Referee	Michael Roche
Attendance	35,721[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, and Todd McShay

2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple x		7	–	1					10	–	4
South Florida		6	–	2					8	–	5
Cincinnati		4	–	4					7	–	6
Connecticut		4	–	4					6	–	7
East Carolina		3	–	5					5	–	7
UCF		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
#8 Houston xy$		7	–	1					13	–	1
#18 Navy x		7	–	1					11	–	2
Memphis		5	–	3					9	–	4
Tulsa		3	–	5					6	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					3	–	9
SMU		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 31, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. The first football championship game for The American, it was hosted by the Houston Cougars, West Division champion, and featured the Temple Owls, East Division champion. It was broadcast on ABC.

References

1. "Statistics: Temple vs. Houston (Dec. 5, 2015)". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 24, 2015.