2016 Citrus Bowl (December)
| 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 71st Citrus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Derrius Guice, LSU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 3.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mark Duddy (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 46,063 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$4,250,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch (play-by-play) Greg McElroy (color) Tom Luginbill (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Citrus Bowl (December) was an American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016, at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 71st edition of the Citrus Bowl, it was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised by ABC. It was sponsored by the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise and was officially titled the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl.
Teams
[edit]Teams were selected from the SEC and the ACC. The matchup was announced on December 4, 2016. LSU was chosen from the SEC and Louisville was chosen from the ACC.
LSU Tigers
[edit]Louisville Cardinals
[edit]Game summary
[edit]Scoring summary
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Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | LSU | UL |
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| First Downs | 20 | 11 |
| Plays-yards | 70–394 | 62–220 |
| Third down efficiency | 7–17 | 2–17 |
| Rushes-yards | 41–177 | 35–67 |
| Passing yards | 217 | 153 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 16–29–1 | 10–27–0 |
| Time of Possession | 35:38 | 24:22 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| LSU | Passing | Danny Etling | 16/29, 217 yds, 2 TD 1 INT |
| Rushing | Derrius Guice | 26 car, 138 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Malachi Dupre | 7 rec, 139 yds | |
| UL | Passing | Lamar Jackson | 10/27, 153 yds |
| Rushing | Lamar Jackson | 26 car, 33 yds | |
| Receiving | James Quick | 3 rec, 81 yds | |
| "Source": [2] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ Bowl payout
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| History & conference tie-ins | |
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| Tangerine Bowl | |
| Florida Citrus Bowl | |
| Capital One Bowl | |
| Citrus Bowl | |
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