2014 Russell Athletic Bowl

2014 Russell Athletic Bowl
25th Russell Athletic Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Clemson Tigers (8–4) (9–3) Big 12 ACC 6 40 Head coach:  Bob Stoops Head coach:  Dabo Swinney AP Coaches CFP NR 24 NR AP Coaches CFP 18 18 17
1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 0 0 0 6 6 Clemson 17 10 13 0 40
Date	December 29, 2014
Season	2014
Stadium	Orlando Citrus Bowl
Location	Orlando, Florida
MVP	Clemson QB Cole Stoudt
Favorite	Oklahoma by 6.5
National anthem	Liberty Voices
Referee	Matt Moore (SEC)
Attendance	40,071
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, & Jeannine Edwards (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)

The 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2014, at Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Florida. This was the 25th Russell Athletic Bowl. It was one of the 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games that conclude the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Russell Athletic uniform company.

The game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the Clemson Tigers. Oklahoma placed in a three-way tie for fourth in the Big 12 Conference. Clemson was the runner-up in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

This was the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with Oklahoma leading the series 2–1 going into the game. The previous time these two teams met was in the 1989 Citrus Bowl, when Clemson won 13–6.

Kickoff was expected to be around 5:30 pm ET.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP OKLA CLEM 1 13:26 1 65 0:12 CLEM Artavis Scott 65-yard touchdown reception from Cole Stoudt, Ammon Lakip kick good 0 7 1 8:21 9 37 3:38 CLEM 34-yard field goal by Ammon Lakip 0 10 1 3:26 – – – CLEM Interception returned 47 yards for touchdown by Ben Boulware, Ammon Lakip kick good 0 17 2 14:00 9 48 2:36 CLEM 49-yard field goal by Ammon Lakip 0 20 2 7:34 14 80 5:09 CLEM Mike Williams 26-yard touchdown reception from Cole Stoudt, Ammon Lakip kick good 0 27 3 9:24 5 50 1:33 CLEM Cole Stoudt 2-yard touchdown run, Ammon Lakip kick good 0 34 3 1:42 11 80 4:18 CLEM Germone Hopper 24-yard touchdown reception from Cole Stoudt, Ammon Lakip kick no good (miss left) 0 40 4 6:57 5 43 1:38 OKLA Alex Ross 11-yard touchdown run, Michael Hunnicutt kick no good (blocked) 6 40 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 6 40

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Statistics

Statistics	OKLA	CLEM
First downs	17	22
Plays–yards	68–275	79–387
Rushes–yards	31–172	42–68
Passing yards	103	319
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	17–37–3	26–37–0
Time of possession	27:36	32:24