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| 83rd Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Solomon Thomas (DE), Stanford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Stanford by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Elia Esparza | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McDaid (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,166 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,150,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler (play-by-play) Gary Danielson (color) Allie LaForce (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Sun Bowl (December) was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2016. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. It featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Teams
Stanford
Main articles: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team and 2016 Pac-12 Conference football seasonNorth Carolina
Main articles: 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football seasonGame summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics | STAN | UNC |
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| First Downs | 16 | 25 |
| Plays-yards | 61–287 | 75–398 |
| Third down efficiency | 5–15 | 5–13 |
| Rushes-yards | 44–133 | 37–118 |
| Passing yards | 154 | 280 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 9–17–0 | 23–38–2 |
| Time of Possession | 32:25 | 27:35 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| STAN | Passing | Ryan Burns | 6–11, 86 yards |
| Rushing | Bryce Love | 22 carries, 115 yards | |
| Receiving | Bryce Love | 1 reception, 49 yards | |
| UNC | Passing | Mitchell Trubisky | 23–38, 280 yards |
| Rushing | T.J. Logan | 19 carries, 72 yards | |
| Receiving | Austin Proehl | 7 receptions, 91 yards |
References
- "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- https://www.facebook.com/eliaesparzamusic/posts/1105913679531258
- Bowl payout
- ^ Vassar, Matt (December 4, 2016). "Stanford Selected to 2016 Sun Bowl, Will Play UNC". Rule of Tree. SB Nation. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
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