College football game
The 2016 Citrus Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 2016 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida . The 70th edition was one of the 2015–16 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The game was televised by ABC . It was sponsored by the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant franchise and is officially known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl .
Teams
The game featured the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference , and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference in their third meeting against each other, with all three matchups coming in January bowl games in Florida.
Michigan Wolverines
See also: 2015 Michigan Wolverines football team
After finishing their regular season with a 9–3 record, the Wolverines were selected to their fifth Citrus Bowl appearance. This was their 44th bowl game appearance, tied for 11th-highest total all-time among FBS schools. Michigan won the previous meeting against the Florida Gators in the 2008 Capital One Bowl , by a score of 41–35.
Florida Gators
See also: 2015 Florida Gators football team
After finishing their regular season with a 10–3 record, the Gators were selected to their sixth Citrus Bowl appearance, tying them with Georgia for the most Citrus Bowl appearances. This was their 42nd bowl game appearance.
Game summary
Scoring Summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
MICH
FLA
1
5:54
9
73
4:29
MICH
Drake Johnson 4-yard touchdown run, Kenny Allen kick good
7
0
1
1:58
8
75
3:56
FLA
Treon Harris 2-yard touchdown reception from Antonio Callaway , Neil MacInnes kick good
7
7
2
8:49
8
80
3:49
MICH
Jehu Chesson 31-yard touchdown reception from Jake Rudock , Kenny Allen kick good
14
7
2
1:01
12
77
5:00
MICH
21-yard field goal by Kenny Allen
17
7
3
8:47
12
69
6:13
MICH
Grant Perry 3-yard touchdown reception from Jake Rudock, Kenny Allen kick good
24
7
3
3:48
5
58
2:33
MICH
Sione Houma 2-yard touchdown run, Kenny Allen kick good
31
7
4
12:32
12
84
5:14
MICH
Drake Johnson 8-yard touchdown reception from Jake Rudock, Kenny Allen kick good
38
7
4
6:42
9
34
4:14
MICH
25-yard field goal by Kenny Allen
41
7
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
41
7
Statistics
Statistics
Michigan
Florida
First Downs
28
14
Plays–yards
77–503
52–273
Rushes–yards
46–225
26–118
Passing yards
278
155
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
20–31–0
10–25–2
Time of Possession
38:38
21:22
References
Los Angeles Times , December 10, 2015
^ "2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl Stats" (PDF). MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive. January 1, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
Kane, Justin (December 6, 2015). "Michigan To Face Florida In 70th Annual Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl" . buffalowildwingscitrusbowl.com . Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
"Michigan to Face Florida in 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015."Gators Will Face Michigan in 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl" . gatorzone.com . December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
Citrus Bowl Formerly known as the Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One Bowl History & conference tie-ins
Tangerine Bowl
Florida Citrus Bowl
Capital One Bowl
Citrus Bowl
There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.
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