2015 ACC Championship Game

2015 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
North Carolina Tar Heels Clemson Tigers (11–1) (12–0) 37 45 Head coach:  Larry Fedora Head coach:  Dabo Swinney AP Coaches CFP 8 8 10 AP Coaches CFP 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 Total North Carolina 9 7 7 14 37 Clemson 7 14 14 10 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

Main article: 2015 Clemson Tigers football team

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

Main article: 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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:

• UNC - FG 08:45 Nick Weiler 30 Yd Field Goal
• CU - TD 05:14 Wayne Gallman 16 Yd pass from Deshaun Watson (Ammon Lakip Kick)
• UNC - TD 01:44 T.J. Logan 46 Yd pass from Marquise Williams (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

2nd quarter scoring:

• CU - TD 10:35 Deshaun Watson 9 Yd Run (Ammon Lakip Kick)
• UNC - TD 03:52 Ryan Switzer 3 Yd pass from Marquise Williams (Nick Weiler Kick)
• CU - TD 00:02 Jordan Leggett 1 Yd pass from Deshaun Watson (Ammon Lakip Kick)

3rd quarter scoring:

• CU - TD 07:55 Wayne Gallman 3 Yd Run (Ammon Lakip Kick)
• CU - TD 04:58 Artavis Scott 35 Yd pass from Deshaun Watson (Ammon Lakip Kick)
• UNC - TD 01:39 Marquise Williams 1 Yd Run (Nick Weiler Kick)

4th quarter scoring:

• CU - TD 11:34 Deshaun Watson 2 Yd Run (Ammon Lakip Kick)
• UNC - TD 09:54 Elijah Hood 2 Yd Run (Nick Weiler Kick)
• CU - FG 02:14 Greg Huegel 27 Yd Field Goal
• UNC - TD 01:13 Ryan Switzer 17 Yd pass from Marquise Williams (Nick Weiler Kick)

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

External links

• Official website