College football game
The 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2016 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida , United States . The ninth edition of the St. Petersburg Bowl featured the Miami Redhawks from the Mid-American Conference against the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference .
Team selections
On December 4, 2016, it was announced that the game would feature the Miami Redhawks against the Mississippi State Bulldogs after both accepted invitations Sunday, marking the first time each team would meet.
Miami (OH)
Main article: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team
After finishing their regular season with a 6–6 record, the Miami Redhawks appeared in their eleventh bowl game, and the first since the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl game against Middle Tennessee . Miami opened the year with a six-game losing streak, and then finished with a six-game winning streak making them the first team to finish a regular season after they lost the first six consecutive games.
Mississippi State
Main article: 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
After finishing their regular season with a 5–7 record, Mississippi State appeared in their seventh straight bowl game. Mississippi State opened the year with 2 wins and 2 losses, losing to South Alabama and Louisiana State and winning against South Carolina and Massachusetts . Mississippi State then lost 3 consecutive games against Auburn , Brigham Young , and Kentucky before winning 2 games against Samford and Texas A&M . Lastly losing to Alabama and Arkansas before winning against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl .
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
Miami
MSU
1
10:07
9
58
4:53
Miami
18-yard field goal by Nick Dowd
3
0
2
8:36
8
66
4:54
Miami
James Gardner 6-yard touchdown reception from Gus Ragland, Nick Dowd kick no good (blocked)
9
0
2
0:22
9
64
2:53
MSU
Nick Fitzgerald 2-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good
9
7
3
8:11
8
85
4:24
Miami
Ryan Smith 1-yard touchdown reception from Gus Ragland, Nick Dowd kick good
16
7
3
4:15
9
82
3:50
MSU
Nick Fitzgerald 44-yard touchdown run, Westin Graves kick good
16
14
4
12:03
7
51
2:46
MSU
36-yard field goal by Westin Graves
16
17
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
16
17
Source:
Statistics
Statistics
Miami
MSU
First Downs
24
17
Third down efficiency
3–9
7–14
Total plays-yards
66–433
60–335
Rushes-yards
35–170 (4.9)
33–209 (6.3)
Passing yards
263
126
Passing, Comp-Att-Int
22–31–1
13–27–0
Time of Possession
35:08
24:52
Source:
References
"College Bowl Game Odds" . ESPN . December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.^ "2016 St. Petersburg Bowl Game Stats" . Stat Broadcast . Retrieved December 26, 2016.
"2016–2017 College Football Bowl Game Schedule" . CollegeFootballPoll.com . Retrieved December 7, 2016.Temple, Jesse; Scarborough, Alex (December 4, 2016). "St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (Ohio) RedHawks vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs" . ESPN
Kirshner, Alex (December 4, 2016). "2016 St. Pete Bowl, Mississippi State vs. Miami (OH): Date, location, and everything to know" . SBNation
Lowery, Logan (December 5, 2016). "MSU fans can let cowbells ring in St. Pete" . Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
Clark, Dave (December 4, 2016). "RedHawks to meet Mississippi State in St. Petersburg Bowl" . Cincinnati.com . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
Lonon, Sherri (December 5, 2016). "St. Petersburg Bowl Lineup Announced" . Patch
Bonner, Michael (December 4, 2016). "MSU extends record berth bowl to seven consecutive years" . The Clarion Ledger . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
Wait, Ben (December 5, 2016). "MSU will play Miami (Ohio) in St. Petersburg Bowl" . The Commercial Dispatch
"Scording Summary (Final) 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl" (PDF). Gasparilla Bowl .
External links
Gasparilla Bowl Formerly known as the St. Petersburg / Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl History
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