2016 Foster Farms Bowl
The 2016 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The 15th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl, the game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the Indiana Hoosiers from the Big Ten Conference.
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| 15th Foster Farms Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Levi's Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Santa Clara, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Utah RB Joe Williams Defensive: Indiana LB Tegray Scales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Utah by 8[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Felisha Dias[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Smith (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 27,608 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,584,286[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson (Play-by-Play) Joel Klatt (Color Analyst) Shannon Spake (Sideline Reporter) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 edition was the first under its new management, as it is now run by the San Francisco 49ers NFL team.[4]
Team selection
The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference.
Utah
The Utes finished their regular season 8-4 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl.[5] This was Utah's second trip to the Foster Farms Bowl, with the previous appearance being during the 2005–06 bowl season when they won against Georgia Tech by a score of 38–10 in the 2005 Emerald Bowl.[6]
Indiana
After finishing their season 6–6, the Hoosiers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted.[7] This bowl marked the Hoosiers' eleventh bowl game (they were 3–7 in bowl games previously) and they were seeking their first bowl victory since the 1991 Copper Bowl, when they shut out Baylor 24–0.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics | IND | Utah |
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| First downs | 22 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 77–341 | 76–470 |
| Rushes–yards | 37–117 | 52–256 |
| Passing yards | 224 | 214 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 15-40-1 | 12-24-1 |
| Time of possession | 24:37 | 35:23 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| IND | Passing | Richard Lagow | 14/39, 188 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Devine Redding | 17 car, 72 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Nick Westbrook | 5 rec, 80 yds, 1 TD | |
| Utah | Passing | Troy Williams | 11/23, 178 yds, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Joe Williams | 26 car, 222 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Demari Simpkins | 4 rec, 58 yds |
Media
The 2016 Foster Farms Bowl was the first broadcast under a new deal with Fox News.
Levi's Stadium was equipped for Intel freeD instant replay technology (previously used by CBS during Super Bowl 50 at the stadium earlier in the year) in order to facilitate testing for Be the Player — a new instant replay feature Fox planned to use during Super Bowl LI to present first-person perspectives of plays.[8][9]
References
- "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- "Turlock teen wins chance to sing anthem at Foster Farms Bowl". The Modesto Bee. December 12, 2016.
- Bowl game payout
- "San Francisco 49ers Assume Management of Foster Farms Bowl at Levi's® Stadium". 49ers.com. Forty Niners Football Company LLC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- Utah accepts Bowl Bid
- Utah beats Georgia Tech
- "Indiana Accepts Bid to Play In Foster Farms Bowl". IUHoosiers.com. Indiana University. December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- "Live from Super Bowl LI: Intel's 'Be the Player' Set to Transform Analysis". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- Spangler, Todd (January 12, 2017). "Fox's Super Bowl LI Broadcast to Include Virtual Player POV Replays". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2017.