2015 International Bowl recap: Canada wins series 3 games to 2

Photo credit: Ron Jenkins / USA Football

Canada defeated Team USA 3 games to 2 at the 2015 International Bowl series January 30 – February 7 in Arlington, Texas.

Now in its second year, the series of games is a collaboration of the sport’s national governing bodies in each country – USA Football and Football Canada – featuring top student-athletes in football’s greatest annual international competition.

Under the January 30 Friday night lights at AT&T Stadium – home of the Cowboys, Football Canada’s Under-18 National Team made up of participants from the 2014 Football Canada Cup defeated their U.S. counterparts by a final score of 25-9. The win marked the second consecutive year that Canada’s U-18 National Team won the U-18 contest.

The following night, provincial teams from Ontario and Alberta representing Canada won two out of three games against Team USA. In a pair of U-16 games, Ontario opened the day with a 34-17 win while Alberta blanked the Americans 42-0. In the U-17 game, Ontario’s squad fell to the U.S. 24-10.

To close out the series at Maverick Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas-Arlington, Team USA atoned for their U-18 loss by defeating Canada 35-0.

2015 International Bowl series results