2014 Quick Lane Bowl
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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| game_name = Quick Lane Bowl
| subheader = 1st Quick Lane Bowl
| title_sponsor =
| image =
| caption = Ford Field, site of the game
| date_game_played = December 26
| year_game_played = 2014
| football_season = 2014
| stadium = Ford Field
| city = Detroit, Michigan
| visitor_school = Rutgers University
| visitor_name_short = Rutgers
| visitor_nickname = Scarlet Knights
| visitor_record = 7–5
| visitor_conference = Big Ten
| visitor_coach = Kyle Flood
| visitor_1q = 7
| visitor_2q = 16
| visitor_3q = 7
| visitor_4q = 10
| home_school = University of North Carolina
| home_name_short = North Carolina
| home_nickname = Tar Heels
| home_record = 6–6
| home_conference = ACC
| home_coach = Larry Fedora
| home_1q = 0
| home_2q = 0
| home_3q = 7
| home_4q = 14
| MVP = Rutgers RB Josh Hicks{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/12/quick_lane_bowl_rutgers_plows.html |title=Quick Lane Bowl: Rutgers plows North Carolina, 40-21, as Josh Hicks rushes for 202 yards |author= |date=December 26, 2014 |website=mlive.com |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=December 27, 2014}}
| anthem = Jena Irene[https://twitter.com/JenaAsciutto1/status/548566411464155137 National Anthem sung by...]
| referee = Marc Curles (SEC)
| halftime =
| payout =
| us_network = ESPN
CBS Sports Radio
| us_announcers = Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, & Niki Noto (ESPN)
Doug Karsch & Jon Jansen (Quick Lane Radio)
| ratings =
| intl_network =
| intl_announcers =
| first_game_ever_played = yes
}}
The 2014 Quick Lane Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the North Carolina Tar Heels played on December 26, 2014, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first edition of the Quick Lane Bowl, replacing the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, and the final game of the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. For 2014 bowl season the Quick Lane Bowl had contractual tie-ins with the Big Ten Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference. With the discontinuance of the Little Caesars Bowl, successor to the Motor City Bowl, it was the first time since 1997 that a Mid-American Conference team did not play a post-season game in Detroit.{{cite news | url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2014/12/07/quick-lane-bowl-rutgers-north-carolina/20070241/ | title=Rutgers to face North Carolina in first Quick Lane Bowl | work=Detroit Free Press | date=December 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 December 2014 | author=Libby, Zach}} The game was sponsored by Ford Motor Company through its service-center brand Quick Lane.
Team selection
=Rutgers Scarlet Knights=
{{main|2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team}}
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights posted a 7–5 record (3–5 conference) in their first year competing in the Big Ten after moving over from the American Athletic Conference. As the regular season came to a close Rutgers officials entered into negotiations with several bowls, hoping to secure a post-season berth. Although apparently preferring the TaxSlayer and Music City Bowl, both of which had obligations to accept Big Ten teams, Rutgers accepted when Tom Lewand, president of the Detroit Lions and CEO of the Quick Lane bowl, extended an invitation on December 7, 2014.{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/12/the_anatomy_of_rutgers_berth_to_the_quick_lane_bowl.html | title=The anatomy of Rutgers' berth to the Quick Lane Bowl | work=NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | date=December 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 December 2014 | author=Sargeant, Keith}} With the acceptance head coach Kyle Flood became the first in Rutgers history to reach a bowl game in his first three seasons.{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/12/official_rutgers_headed_to_detroit_to_play_in_quick_lane_bowl.html | title=Rutgers will meet North Carolina in Detroit's inaugural Quick Lane Bowl | work=NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | date=December 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 December 2014 | author=Sargeant, Keith}}
=North Carolina Tar Heels=
{{main|2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team}}
The North Carolina Tar Heels finished the regular season 6–6 (4–4 conference) under third-year head coach Larry Fedora. This is the first time North Carolina will play a bowl game in the state of Michigan.{{cite news | url=http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/sports/local/2014/12/07/tar-heels-headed-to-detroits-quick-lane-bowl-to-face-rutgers/20065939/ | title=Tar Heels In Detroit's Quick Lane Bowl Vs. Rutgers | work=WFMY-TV | date=December 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707000433/http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/sports/local/2014/12/07/tar-heels-headed-to-detroits-quick-lane-bowl-to-face-rutgers/20065939/ | archive-date=2015-07-07 | url-status=dead }} Other possible destinations for UNC were the Independence Bowl, Military Bowl, and the St. Petersburg Bowl.{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/x1736886874/UNC-will-face-Rutgers-in-Detroit | title=UNC will face Rutgers in Detroit | work=Herald-Sun | date=December 7, 2014 | accessdate=7 December 2014 | author=Pryor, Brooke | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706224305/http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/x1736886874/UNC-will-face-Rutgers-in-Detroit | archivedate=6 July 2015 }}
Game summary
=Scoring summary=
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=RUTG|HomeName=UNC|state=}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=12:43
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=5
| DriveLength=75
| DriveTime=2:17
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Andre Patton
| QB=Gary Nova
| yards=34
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=7
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=13:37
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=7
| DriveLength=91
| DriveTime=3:42
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Josh Hicks
| yards=21
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=14
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=9:08
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=5
| DriveLength=49
| DriveTime=2:26
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Robert Martin
| yards=8
| kickresult=no good
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=20
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=0:11
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=10
| DriveLength=58
| DriveTime=4:44
| Type=FG
| yards=19
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=23
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=10:39
| Team=UNC
| DrivePlays=12
| DriveLength=76
| DriveTime=4:21
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Marquise Williams
| yards=1
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Thomas Moore
| Visitor=23
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=7:33
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=7
| DriveLength=75
| DriveTime=3:06
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Andrew Turzilli
| QB=Gary Nova
| yards=34
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=30
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=14:11
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=56
| DriveTime=3:09
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Robert Martin
| yards=28
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=37
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=10:04
| Team=RUTG
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=44
| DriveTime=2:13
| Type=FG
| yards=31
| Kicker=Kyle Federico
| Visitor=40
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=6:45
| Team=UNC
| DrivePlays=8
| DriveLength=71
| DriveTime=3:19
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Jack Tabb
| QB=Marquise Williams
| yards=7
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Thomas Moore
| Visitor=40
| Home=14
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=4:59
| Team=UNC
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=54
| DriveTime=1:46
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Kendrick Singleton
| QB=Mitchell Trubisky
| yards=1
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Thomas Moore
| Visitor=40
| Home=21
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=40|Home=21}}
Source: [http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2014-2015/ru13.html Stats]
=Statistics=
References
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External links
- [https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400610212 Game summary] at ESPN
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