2016 Dollar General Bowl

The 2016 Dollar General Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game that was played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on December 23, 2016.[5] The 18th edition of the Dollar General Bowl (previously called the GoDaddy Bowl) featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference.[6]

2016 Dollar General Bowl
18th Dollar General Bowl
Ohio Bobcats Troy Trojans
(8–5) (9–3)
MAC Sun Belt
23 28
Head coach: 
Frank Solich		 Head coach: 
Neal Brown
1234 Total
Ohio 71033 23
Troy 14770 28
DateDecember 23, 2016
Season2016
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPTroy LB Justin Lucas [1]
FavoriteTroy by 3.5[2]
RefereeTra Blake (C-USA)[3]
Attendance32,377[3]
PayoutUS$750,000[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersClay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Dr. Jerry Punch

Teams

The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans.

This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, where the Trojans defeated the Bobcats by a score of 48–21. Coincidentally, that had been Troy's most recent bowl appearance prior to this game.[7]

Ohio
Main articles: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2016 Mid-American Conference football season

Troy
Main articles: 2016 Troy Trojans football team and 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season

Game summary

Scoring summary

[8][9]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP Ohio Troy
1 13:34 2 48 0:19 Troy Jordan Chunn 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 0 7
1 8:19 7 99 2:58 Ohio Papi White 44-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 7 7
1 1:14 11 65 4:29 Troy Jordan Chunn 3-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 7 14
2 13:20 10 58 2:54 Ohio 33-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 10 14
2 4:52 5 18 2:03 Troy Emanuel Thompson 11-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers, Ryan Kay kick good 10 21
2 0:59 11 77 3:53 Ohio Jordan Reid 5-yard touchdown reception from Greg Windham, Louie Zervos kick good 17 21
3 5:47 1 4 0:04 Troy Jordan Chunn 4-yard touchdown run, Ryan Kay kick good 17 28
3 3:28 9 21 2:19 Ohio 47-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 20 28
4 4:01 8 36 3:54 Ohio 37-yard field goal by Louie Zervos 23 28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 23 28

Statistics
Statistics[3]OhioTroy
First Downs2317
Third down efficiency5–128–17
Rushes-yards30–78 (2.6)31–87 (2.8)
Passing yards315235
Passing, Comp-Att-Int23–47–424–41–2
Time of Possession30:4029:20
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
OhioPassingGreg Windham23/47, 315 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT
RushingGreg Windham10 car, 24 yds
ReceivingJordan Reid12 rec, 162 yds, 1 TD
TroyPassingBrandon Silvers24/41, 235 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
RushingJordan Chunn20 car, 56 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingEmanuel Thompson8 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD

References
  1. https://twitter.com/Justin_WSFA/status/812519134206554112
  2. "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. "2016 Dollar General Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. Bowl payout
  5. "Game Day". Dollar General Bowl. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  6. "Ohio University to Face Off Against Troy University In Dollar General Bowl". Dollar General Bowl. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  7. Ohio Bobcats vs. Troy Trojans series history
  8. http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155834
  9. http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400876048
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