michigan state was the team name of the team alabama played in the 2015 bowl game.
michigan state was the team name of the team alabama played in the 2015 bowl game.
what is the team name of the team alabama played in the 2015 bowl game?
michigan state
1984 cherry bowl









































the 1984 cherry bowl was a post-season american college football bowl game at the silverdome in pontiac, michigan between the army cadets and the michigan state spartans on december 22, 1984. the game was the final contest of the 1984 ncaa division i-a football season for both teams, and ended in a 10–6 victory for army.









































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this was the first cherry bowl and first bowl game played in michigan. this was army's first ever bowl game and michigan state's first bowl game since 1966.









































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1984 cherry bowl
the alabama crimson tide entered the season ranked 2nd in the ap and coaches polls behind defending national champions florida state. along with ohio state, the crimson tide were considered a preseason favorite for a berth in the inaugural college football playoff. after losing offensive coordinator doug nussmeier to michigan, the crimson tide added former oakland raiders, tennessee, and usc head football coach lane kiffin as their offensive coordinator. among other changes came a change at quarterback with a controversy between blake sims and florida state transfer jacob coker. initially, coker was considered to be the favorite for the starting job; however, sims, a more mobile quarterback, was named the starter shortly before the season began. alabama played its first game of the season in atlanta in the chick-fil-a kickoff game against the west virginia mountaineers, pulling away late to win 33–23. after two easy wins against florida atlantic and southern miss, alabama played florida, a rival from the sec east division. florida took an early 14–7 lead but the crimson tide eventually took control behind strong performances by blake sims and wide receiver amari cooper. in the next game, alabama played fellow sec west division foe ole miss. in that game, which was played in oxford, mississippi, ole miss upset the #3 crimson tide 23–17 after a shaky performance by blake sims. at this point in the season, alabama's playoff hopes were in doubt as three sec teams (mississippi state, ole miss, and auburn) were ranked in the initial college football playoff rankings ahead of the #5 crimson tide. in their next four games, the tide handily beat tennessee and texas a&m but struggled against last place arkansas and west division rivals lsu, winning 14–13 against the razorbacks and 20–13 in overtime versus the tigers. through these games, sims struggled while amari cooper's success propelled the tide offense to narrow wins. at this point in the season, speculation rose whether jakob coker would be moved into the starting role for the struggling sims.
2015 sugar bowl