2015 Pinstripe Bowl, Duke vs. Indiana: Date, time, location and more

The Pinstripe Bowl is one of a few bowl games played in a baseball stadium, but few boast the history and stage that Yankees Stadium provides for representatives of the ACC and Big Ten.

Founded in 2010, the Pinstripe Bowl has been primarily sponsored by New Era Cap Company since its inception, and used to pit the Big 12 against the Big East. That didn’t go well for the Big 12, which went 0-3 in the game before the tie-ins switched.

In the 2014 Pinstripe Bowl, Penn State kicked a game-tying field goal with 20 seconds remaining in regulation and defeated Boston College in overtime after BC missed an extra point.

Here is everything you need to know to get ready for this year’s New Era Pinstripe Bowl:

Date and time: Sat., Dec. 26, 3:30 p.m. ET

TV channel: ABC

Location: The Bronx, New York City, NY

Stadium: Yankee Stadium, 54,251

Last year’s score: Penn State 31, Boston College 30

Last year’s attendance: 49,012

Last year’s TV rating: 2.4

Last year’s payout for each school: $2 million

Team with the most all-time appearances: Rutgers and Syracuse, 2

Team with the most all-time wins: Syracuse, 2

With six seconds left in a Halloween game against Miami, Duke looked like a possible ACC Coastal Division champion. The Blue Devils were 6-1, ranked No. 22 in the nation, and looking at a remaining schedule that featured just one other ranked opponent. More importantly, Duke had just scored two touchdowns in the last 2:40 of the game to take the lead over the Hurricanes, and only had to run out six seconds of clock to get to seven wins.

Eight laterals, two missed blocks in the back, twelve Hurricanes on the field and one Miami touchdown later, Duke’s season was effectively over. The Miami miracle kick return crushed the Blue Devils’ morale, and Duke never fully recovered. Duke was annihilated by rival North Carolina the next week, dropped games against Pittsburgh and Virginia in the next two weeks, and only arrested the fall with a six-point win over Wake Forest.

Even with the four-game November slide, Duke managed to get to bowl eligibility for the fourth consecutive year under David Cutcliffe, a feat never duplicated by the program before. Those past three appearances have ended in losses, and Duke hasn’t won a bowl game since 1961.

Last bowl game: 2014 Sun Bowl (36-31 loss to Arizona State)

All-time bowl record: 3-8

Head coach’s bowl record: David Cutcliffe is 4-4 in bowl games, but 0-3 at Duke.

Indiana’s hot start wasn’t sustainable, but two wins in their final two games - including a victory over arch rival Purdue - sent the team to their first bowl game since 2007. The Hoosiers rattled off a 4-0 start by beating teams like Wake Forest and Western Kentucky, but ran into a Big Ten buzzsaw when they faced four ranked teams in the span of six games. They lost all six, including a regrettable 55-52 shootout loss to 4-8 Rutgers, that left them teetering on the brink of a postseason shutout.

Indiana recovered behind the strength of a potent offense. Quarterback Nate Sudfield threw for more than 3,000 yards, including 735 total yards and eight touchdowns in his team’s two must-win games at the end of the year. His passing was bolstered by UAB transfer tailback Jordan Howard, who only needed 8.5 games to rush for over 1,213 yards. Those two combined to push IU into the top 20 in terms of total offense in the FBS.

Things get shakier on the defensive side of the ball. The Hoosiers gave up more than 42 points per game during their six-game losing streak. Quarterbacks like Chris Laviano, Connor Cook, and Jake Rudock all torched the Indiana secondary en route to huge passing numbers. As a result, the team finished the season with the worst passing defense in the FBS, allowing 326 aerial yards per game. Without the stellar play of Sudfield and Howard, they may not have won a game at all in 2015.

Last bowl game: 2007 Insight Bowl (49-33 loss to Oklahoma State)

All-time bowl record: 3-6

Head coach’s bowl record: This is Kevin Wilson’s first bowl game as a head coach.